glottal

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
11
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/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

  1. (not-comparable)Of or relating to the glottis.
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Of or relating to the glottis.
  2. (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

  1. A sound made with the glottis

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Etymology

From glottis + -al.

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