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glottal

  • /ˈɡlɒt.əl/ UK
  • /ˈɡlɑ.təl/ Atlantic Canada, US
  • [ˈɡlɑ.ɾl̩] Atlantic Canada, US
  • /ˈɡlɒt.əl/ Boston, Canada, Maine
  • [ˈɡlɒɾ.l̩] Boston, Canada, Maine
  • /ˈɡlɔt.əl/ Australia
  • [ˈɡlɔɾ.l̩] Australia

Rhymes with -ɒtəl

adjective

  1. not comparable Of or relating to the glottis.
  2. not comparable Articulated 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.

Similar: glottic, glottidean

noun glottals

  1. A sound made with the glottis

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adjective

Similar: glottic, glottidean

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adj of or relating to the glottis

Españolglótico
Portuguêsglotal
Françaisglottique, glottal
Deutschglottal

adj articulated with the glottis

Tiếng Việtâm thanh hầu
العربيةحَنْجَرِيّ ḥanjariyy
עבריתסדקי sidkí

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@misc{glottal_2026,
  title = {glottal},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/glottal},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}