A linguistics student swallowed her own tongue after attempting the legendary glottal approximant.
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Glottal
//ˈɡlɒt.l̩//
Synonyms for "glottal" (129 found)
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Strong matches (39)
Related words (64)
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18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
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2 entriesrelated to
2 entriesTranslations
19 translations across 15 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- حَنْجَرِيّ adj (articulated with the glottis)
Catalan
1 entries- glòtic adj (of or relating to the glottis)
Czech
1 entries- glotální adj (of or relating to the glottis)
Finnish
2 entries- glottaalinen adj (articulated with the glottis)
- äänirako adj (of or relating to the glottis)
French
2 entries- glottal adj (of or relating to the glottis)
- glottique adj (of or relating to the glottis)
German
1 entries- glottal adj (of or relating to the glottis)
Hebrew
1 entries- סדקי adj (articulated with the glottis)
Polish
2 entries- głośniowy adj (of or relating to the glottis)
- krtaniowy adj (articulated with the glottis)
Portuguese
1 entries- glotal adj (of or relating to the glottis)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- glotasach adj (of or relating to the glottis)
Spanish
1 entries- glótico adj (of or relating to the glottis)
Tagalog
1 entries- pigit adj (articulated with the glottis)
Turkish
2 entries- gırtlaksal adj (of or relating to the glottis)
- gırtlaksı adj (of or relating to the glottis)
Vietnamese
1 entries- âm thanh hầu adj (articulated with the glottis)
Welsh
1 entries- glotol adj (of or relating to the glottis)
Sample 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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