glottal
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡlɒt.l̩/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡlɑ.tl̩/, [ˈɡlɑ.ɾl̩]
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈɡlɔt.l̩/, [ˈɡlɔɾ.l̩]
- Rhymes: -ɒtəl
- Hyphenation: glot‧tal
Adjective edit
glottal (not comparable)
- Of or relating to the glottis.
- (phonetics) Articulated with the glottis.
- 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 256:
- Her Malay was the Malay of the Staate of Lanchap [...] and she spoke it fierily, with crisp glottal checks, with much bubbling reduplication.
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
of or relating to the glottis
articulated with the glottis
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Noun edit
glottal (plural glottals)
- (linguistics) A sound made with the glottis
French edit
Etymology edit
Derived from glott(e) (“glottis”) + -al (“-al”, adjectival derivational suffix).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
glottal (feminine glottale, masculine plural glottaux, feminine plural glottales)
- (anatomy, relational) glottis; glottal
- (phonetics) articulated with the glottis, glottal
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “glottal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin glottalis.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
glottal (strong nominative masculine singular glottaler, not comparable)
- glottal
- Synonyms: Stimmritzen-, (linguistics also) Kehlkopf-
Declension edit
Positive forms of glottal (uncomparable)
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist glottal | sie ist glottal | es ist glottal | sie sind glottal | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | glottaler | glottale | glottales | glottale |
| genitive | glottalen | glottaler | glottalen | glottaler | |
| dative | glottalem | glottaler | glottalem | glottalen | |
| accusative | glottalen | glottale | glottales | glottale | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der glottale | die glottale | das glottale | die glottalen |
| genitive | des glottalen | der glottalen | des glottalen | der glottalen | |
| dative | dem glottalen | der glottalen | dem glottalen | den glottalen | |
| accusative | den glottalen | die glottale | das glottale | die glottalen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein glottaler | eine glottale | ein glottales | (keine) glottalen |
| genitive | eines glottalen | einer glottalen | eines glottalen | (keiner) glottalen | |
| dative | einem glottalen | einer glottalen | einem glottalen | (keinen) glottalen | |
| accusative | einen glottalen | eine glottale | ein glottales | (keine) glottalen | |