Meanings
nounglottal stop (plural glottal stops)
plural glottal stops
- human sciencesA plosive sound articulated with the glottis.
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 - The glottal stop symbol, ʔ.
Synonyms: glottal plosive
- human scienceshiatus
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe glottal stop symbol, ʔ.
Similar
glottal plosive
More synonyms by meaning
nouna stop consonant articulated by releasing pressure at the glottis; as in the sudden onset of a vowel
Similar
glottal plosiveglottal catch
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian глотална пауза
- глотална пауза (glotalna pauza)plosive sound articulated with the glottis
Catalan oclusiva glotal
- oclusiva glotalplosive sound articulated with the glottis
Chinese Mandarin 聲門塞音 /声门塞音, 清喉塞音
- 聲門塞音 /声门塞音 (shēngmén sèyīn)plosive sound articulated with the glottis
- 清喉塞音 (qīnghóu sèyīn)plosive sound articulated with the glottis
- 喉塞音plosive sound articulated with the glottis
Czech ráz
- rázplosive sound articulated with the glottis
Dutch glottisslag
- glottisslagplosive sound articulated with the glottis
Esperanto glota halto
- glota haltoplosive sound articulated with the glottis
Estonian kõrisulghäälik
- kõrisulghäälikplosive sound articulated with the glottis
Finnish glottaaliklusiili
- glottaaliklusiiliplosive sound articulated with the glottis
French coup de glotte
- coup de glotteplosive sound articulated with the glottis
German Knacklaut, glottaler Plosiv
- Knacklautplosive sound articulated with the glottis
- glottaler Plosivplosive sound articulated with the glottis
- Stimmritzenverschlusslautplosive sound articulated with the glottis
- Glottisschlagplosive sound articulated with the glottis
Hungarian hangszalag-zárhang, gégezárhang
- hangszalag-zárhangplosive sound articulated with the glottis
- gégezárhangplosive sound articulated with the glottis
- glottális stopplosive sound articulated with the glottis
Icelandic raddglufulokhljóð
- raddglufulokhljóðplosive sound articulated with the glottis
Irish stop glotais
- stop glotaisplosive sound articulated with the glottis
Japanese 声門閉鎖音, 声門破裂音
- 声門閉鎖音 (seimon heisaon)plosive sound articulated with the glottis
- 声門破裂音 (seimon haretsuon)plosive sound articulated with the glottis
Korean 성문 폐쇄음
- 성문 폐쇄음 (seongmun pyeswaeeum)plosive sound articulated with the glottis
Latin occlusiva glottidalis
- occlusiva glottidalisplosive sound articulated with the glottis
Latvian glotāls slēdzenis
- glotāls slēdzenisplosive sound articulated with the glottis
Malay hentian glotis
- hentian glotisplosive sound articulated with the glottis
Māori ngoto
- ngotoplosive sound articulated with the glottis
Persian انسدادی چاکنایی
- انسدادی چاکناییplosive sound articulated with the glottis
Polish zwarcie krtaniowe
- zwarcie krtanioweplosive sound articulated with the glottis
Portuguese oclusiva glotal
- oclusiva glotalplosive sound articulated with the glottis
Romanian ocluziune glotală
- ocluziune glotalăplosive sound articulated with the glottis
Russian горта́нная смы́чка, твёрдый при́ступ
- горта́нная смы́чка (gortánnaja smýčka)plosive sound articulated with the glottis
- твёрдый при́ступ (tvjórdyj prístup)plosive sound articulated with the glottis
Scottish Gaelic consan dùinte glotasach
- consan dùinte glotasachplosive sound articulated with the glottis
Spanish oclusiva glotal, saltillo
- oclusiva glotalplosive sound articulated with the glottis
- saltilloplosive sound articulated with the glottis
Swedish glottisstöt, glottal klusil
- glottisstötplosive sound articulated with the glottis
- glottal klusilplosive sound articulated with the glottis
Turkish gırtlak vuruşu, gırtlak ünsüzü
- gırtlak vuruşuplosive sound articulated with the glottis
- gırtlak ünsüzüplosive sound articulated with the glottis
Ukrainian гортанна змичка
- гортанна змичка (hortanna zmyčka)plosive sound articulated with the glottis
Cite this entry
APA
glottal stop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glottal%20stop
MLA
“glottal stop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glottal%20stop. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “glottal stop,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glottal%20stop.
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