Dictionary

glottal stop en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɡlɒʔəl stɒp/ (Northern-England)
• /ɡlɑtəl stɑp/ (General-American)
• /ɡlɒtəl stɒp/ (UK)

Meanings

1. A 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:
2. The glottal stop symbol, ʔ.
3. hiatus

Forms

Relateds

uh-oh · stød · 'okina · ʔ · okina · ‘okina · hamza · ʻokina

Synonyms

glottal plosive

Translations (50)

is raddglufulokhljóð (plosive sound articulated with the glottis) · cs ráz (plosive sound articulated with the glottis) · de Glottisschlag (plosive sound articulated with the glottis) · bcl untok (plosive sound articulated with the glottis) · et kõrisulghäälik (plosive sound articulated with the glottis) · fr coup de glotte (plosive sound articulated with the glottis) · ru горта́нная смы́чка (plosive sound articulated with the glottis) · sv glottisstöt (plosive sound articulated with the glottis) · gd consan dùinte glotasach (plosive sound articulated with the glottis) · es oclusiva glotal (plosive sound articulated with the glottis) · cmn 清喉塞音 (plosive sound articulated with the glottis) · fi glottaaliklusiili (plosive sound articulated with the glottis) · ty ’eta (plosive sound articulated with the glottis) · lv glotāls slēdzenis (plosive sound articulated with the glottis) · hu glottális stop (plosive sound articulated with the glottis) · mi ngoto (plosive sound articulated with the glottis) · tzo tsʼukal (plosive sound articulated with the glottis) · ga stop glotais (plosive sound articulated with the glottis) · li glottisslaag (plosive sound articulated with the glottis) · nl glottisslag (plosive sound articulated with the glottis) · ca oclusiva glotal (plosive sound articulated with the glottis) · uk гортанна змичка (plosive sound articulated with the glottis) · ms hentian glotis (plosive sound articulated with the glottis) · cmn 喉塞音 (plosive sound articulated with the glottis) · de Stimmritzenverschlusslaut (plosive sound articulated with the glottis) · la occlusiva glottidalis (plosive sound articulated with the glottis) · cmn 聲門塞音 /声门塞音 (plosive sound articulated with the glottis) · lkt khezé (plosive sound articulated with the glottis) · nv saad niyíłtłáádígíí (plosive sound articulated with the glottis) · ast oclusiva glotal (plosive sound articulated with the glottis) · pt oclusiva glotal (plosive sound articulated with the glottis) · pl zwarcie krtaniowe (plosive sound articulated with the glottis) · de Knacklaut (plosive sound articulated with the glottis) · de glottaler Plosiv (plosive sound articulated with the glottis) · fa انسدادی چاکنایی (plosive sound articulated with the glottis) · sv glottal klusil (plosive sound articulated with the glottis) · hu glottális hang (plosive sound articulated with the glottis) · hu gégezárhang (plosive sound articulated with the glottis) · ru твёрдый при́ступ (plosive sound articulated with the glottis) · ko 성문 폐쇄음 (plosive sound articulated with the glottis) · es saltillo (plosive sound articulated with the glottis) · tr gırtlak ünsüzü (plosive sound articulated with the glottis) · bg глотална пауза (plosive sound articulated with the glottis) · hy հագագային աղեղ (plosive sound articulated with the glottis) · ro ocluziune glotală (plosive sound articulated with the glottis) · ja 声門閉鎖音 (plosive sound articulated with the glottis) · ja 声門破裂音 (plosive sound articulated with the glottis) · win hiyuša jikere (plosive sound articulated with the glottis) · tr gırtlak vuruşu (plosive sound articulated with the glottis) · eo glota halto (plosive sound articulated with the glottis)