Dictionary

glottis en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɡlɔt.ɪs/ (Australia)
• [ˈɡlɑ.ɾɪs] (Canada, General-American)
• [ˈɡlɔɾ.ɪs] (Australia)
• (UK) audio
• /ˈɡlɒt.ɪs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈɡlɑ.tɪs/ (Canada, General-American)

Etymology

Late 16th century borrowing from New Latin glōttis, from Ancient Greek γλωττῐ́ς (glōttĭ́s, “mouth of the windpipe”), from γλῶττᾰ (glôttă, “tongue”) + -ῐς (-ĭs, feminine noun suffix). Cognates include Latin gula.

Meanings

1. The opening between the true vocal cords which is located in the larynx and affects voice modulation through expansion or contraction.

Forms

Deriveds

supraglottis · subglottis · glotto- · epiglottis · diglottism · glottic · glottal · glott-

Relateds

glottalize · glottalise · proglottis · -glot

Translations (31)

ja 声門 (organ of speech) · hu hangszalagrés (organ of speech) · de Stimmritze (organ of speech) · tl pasadila (organ of speech) · eo gloto (organ of speech) · hu hangrés (organ of speech) · pl głośnia (organ of speech) · vi thanh môn (organ of speech) · ko 성문 (organ of speech) · nan-hbl 聲門 /声门 (organ of speech) · fi äänirako (organ of speech) · ca glotis (organ of speech) · io gloto (organ of speech) · pt glote (organ of speech) · ru гло́тка (organ of speech) · cmn 聲門 /声门 (organ of speech) · it glottide (organ of speech) · yue 聲門 /声门 (organ of speech) · de Glottis (organ of speech) · th ช่องเส้นเสียง (organ of speech) · th ชุดสายเสียง (organ of speech) · tzo tsʼuk (organ of speech) · ro glotă (organ of speech) · fr glotte (organ of speech) · he סדק קול (organ of speech) · cs hlasivková štěrbina (organ of speech) · gl glote (organ of speech) · kmr zengîlok (organ of speech) · id glotis (organ of speech) · grc γλωσσίς (organ of speech) · es glotis (organ of speech)