glottal en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈɡlɑ.təl/ (Atlantic-Canada, General-American)
- /ˈɡlɒt.əl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- [ˈɡlɒɾ.l̩] (Boston, Canada, Maine)
- /ˈɡlɔt.əl/ (Australia)
- [ˈɡlɑ.ɾl̩] (Atlantic-Canada, General-American)
- [ˈɡlɔɾ.l̩] (Australia)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈɡlɒt.əl/ (Boston, Canada, Maine)
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek γλωττῐ́ς (glōttĭ́s)bor. New Latin glōttisbor. English glottis Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English glottal From glottis + -al.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Of or relating to the glottis.
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(not-comparable) 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: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 256:
Deriveds
glottalling · intraglottal · nonglottal · pharyngoglottal · periglottal · glottalise · glottal fry · glottal-stopped · supraglottal · glottalize · infraglottal · transglottal · glottal catch · glottal stop · subglottal · glottality · glottalic · glottalization
Synonyms
Translations (19)
fi glottaalinen (articulated with the glottis) · fr glottal (of or relating to the glottis) · cs glotální (of or relating to the glottis) · pt glotal (of or relating to the glottis) · pl krtaniowy (articulated with the glottis) · vi âm thanh hầu (articulated with the glottis) · tr gırtlaksı (of or relating to the glottis) · de glottal (of or relating to the glottis) · cy glotol (of or relating to the glottis) · fr glottique (of or relating to the glottis) · he סדקי (articulated with the glottis) · gd glotasach (of or relating to the glottis) · ar حَنْجَرِيّ (articulated with the glottis) · fi äänirako- (of or relating to the glottis) · tl pigit (articulated with the glottis) · tr gırtlaksal (of or relating to the glottis) · ca glòtic (of or relating to the glottis) · pl głośniowy (of or relating to the glottis) · es glótico (of or relating to the glottis)