Meanings
adjectiveglottal (not comparable)
- not comparableOf or relating to the glottis.
- not comparablehuman sciencesArticulated with the glottis.
Her Malay was the Malay of the Staate of Lanchap [...] and she spoke it fierily, with crisp glottal checks, with much bubbling reduplication.
1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 2561 more example
Both EE and SSBE feature glottal stops – unvoiced Ts – but in EE it can happen in the middle of words – eg “wa’er for “water” – whereas in SSBE it happens only at the end of words.
2023 October 31, “Language barrier: why even Harry has stopped speaking the king’s English”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2024
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Ancient Greekγλωττῐ́ς (glōttĭ́s)
- New Latinglōttis
- Englishglottis
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishglottal
Translations
Arabic حَنْجَرِيّ
- حَنْجَرِيّ (ḥanjariyy)articulated with the glottis
Catalan glòtic
- glòticof or relating to the glottis
Czech glotální
- glotálníof or relating to the glottis
Finnish äänirako-, glottaalinen
- äänirako-of or relating to the glottis
- glottaalinenarticulated with the glottis
French glottique, glottal
- glottiqueof or relating to the glottis
- glottalof or relating to the glottis
German glottal
- glottalof or relating to the glottis
Hebrew סדקי
- סדקי (sidkí)articulated with the glottis
Polish głośniowy, krtaniowy
- głośniowyof or relating to the glottis
- krtaniowyarticulated with the glottis
Portuguese glotal
- glotalof or relating to the glottis
Scottish Gaelic glotasach
- glotasachof or relating to the glottis
Spanish glótico
- glóticoof or relating to the glottis
Tagalog pigit
- pigitarticulated with the glottis
Turkish gırtlaksal, gırtlaksı
- gırtlaksalof or relating to the glottis
- gırtlaksıof or relating to the glottis
Vietnamese âm thanh hầu
- âm thanh hầuarticulated with the glottis
Welsh glotol
- glotolof or relating to the glottis
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with glottal
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APA
glottal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glottal
MLA
“glottal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glottal. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “glottal,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glottal.
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