A linguistics student swallowed her own tongue after attempting the legendary glottal approximant.
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Glottal
/ˈɡlɒt.l̩/
Synonyms for "glottal" (132 found)
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Strong matches (39)
diphthongdissimilateddissimilationdorsalepenthetic vowelexplosiveflatfrontglideglossalglottalizationgutturalhardheavyhighintonatedlabiallabializationlabiodentallabiovelar
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Adjective(2 words)
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narrownasalnasalizedocclusiveopenoxytonepalatalpalatalizedparasitic vowelpeakpharyngealpharyngealizationpharyngealizedphonephonemephonemicphoneticphonicpitchpitched
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plosiveposttonicprothetic vowelretroflexroundedsegmental phonemesemivowelsoftsonantsonorityspeech soundstopstoppedstressedstrongsurdsyllabicsyllabic nucleussyllabic peaksyllabletensethickthroatytonaltonictransition soundtriphthongtwangyunaccentedunroundedunstressedvelarvocablevocalicvocoidvoicevoicedvoiced soundvoicelessvoiceless soundvoicingvowelvowellikeweakwide
Adjective(1 words)
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3 entriesanatomical termlinguistic termphonetic term
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4 entriesglottal foldglottal openingglottal stopglottalized consonant
Collocations
6 entriesglottal apertureglottal phonemeglottal stopglottalization processglottalized consonantglottalized vowel
Inflections
2 entriesmore glottalmost glottal
Derivations
3 entriesSample sentences
8 total sentences available.
A glottal stop is a consonant articulated by closing and opening the glottis.
Source: tatoeba (10014212)
"Не-а" is possibly the only word in the Russian language in which a glottal stop is pronounced by most native speakers.
Source: tatoeba (10025590)
In Lojban, the dot "." is a pause or glottal stop.
Source: tatoeba (10495706)
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