glottal
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 7
/ˈɡlɒt.l̩/
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/ˈɡlɒt.l̩/ · /ˈɡlɑ.tl̩/ · [ˈɡlɑ.ɾl̩] · /ˈɡlɔt.l̩/ · [ˈɡlɔɾ.l̩]
Definition of glottal
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
- (not-comparable)Of or relating to the glottis.
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adj
- (not-comparable)Of or relating to the glottis.
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(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.”
“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.”
noun
- A sound made with the glottis
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From glottis + -al.
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