epiglottis

epiglottis

See also: Epiglottis

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin epiglōttis, from Ancient Greek ἐπῐγλωττῐ́ς (epiglōttís, “valve covering the larynx”), from ἐπῐ- (epi-, “upon, over”) +‎ γλωττῐ́ς (glōttís, “glottis, mouth of the windpipe”); equivalent to epi- (“upon; above”) +‎ glottis.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɛ.pɪ.ˈɡlɒ.tɪs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɛ.pə.ˈɡlɑ.tɪs/
• Rhymes: -ɒtɪs

Noun

epiglottis (plural epiglottises or epiglottides)

1. (anatomy) A cartilaginous organ in the throat of terrestrial vertebrates covering the glottis when swallowing to prevent food and liquid from entering the trachea, and in Homo sapiens also a speech organ.
   • 2004, Top Gear, season 5, episode 9:

     My epiglottis is full of bees!

Derived terms

• epiglottal
• epiglottic
• epiglottidean
• epiglottidectomy
• epiglottitis
• epiglotto-

 

Related terms

• glottis

Translations

cartilaginous organ

Arabic: لِسَان اَلْمِزْمَار‎ m (lisān al-mizmār) Egyptian Arabic: لسان المزمار‎ m (lisaan el muzmaar) Armenian: կատիկ (hy) (katik), մակալեզու (hy) (makalezu), մակալեզվակ (makalezvak) Catalan: epiglotis (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 會厭／会厌 (zh) (huìyàn) Czech: hrtanová příklopka f Dutch: epiglottis (nl), strotklep f Finnish: kurkunkansi (fi) French: épiglotte (fr) f German: Epiglottis (de) f Greek: επιγλωττίδα (el) f (epiglottída) Hungarian: gégefedő (hu) Icelandic: speldi n, barkakýlislok n, barkalok n Ido: epigloto (io) Japanese: 会厭 (ええん, een), 喉頭蓋 Korean: 후두개 (ko) (hudugae) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: zimanê kirkiragê m, zimanê zûrnayî m Latvian: uzbalsenis m Maori: kōpani Norwegian: Bokmål: epiglottis m, strupelokk n Polish: nagłośnia f Portuguese: epiglote (pt) f Russian: надгортанник (ru) m (nadgortannik) (nadgortannik) Spanish: epiglotis (es) f Swedish: epiglottis (sv), struplock (sv) n Tagalog: harang-pasadila Thai: ฝากล่องเสียง (fǎa-glɔ̀ng-sǐiang)

See also

• epiglottis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

References

• “epiglottis”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “epiglottis”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

Anagrams

• pig toilets

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Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English epiglottis), ultimately from New Latin epiglōttis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈepiɡlotːis/, [ˈe̞piɡˌlo̞t̪ːis̠]
• Rhymes: -otːis
• Syllabification^(key): e‧pig‧lot‧tis

Noun

epiglottis

1. epiglottis

Declension

Inflection of epiglottis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative		epiglottis	epiglottikset
genitive		epiglottiksen	epiglottisten epiglottiksien
partitive		epiglottista	epiglottiksia
illative		epiglottikseen	epiglottiksiin
		singular	plural
nominative		epiglottis	epiglottikset
accusative	nom.	epiglottis	epiglottikset
	gen.	epiglottiksen
genitive		epiglottiksen	epiglottisten epiglottiksien
partitive		epiglottista	epiglottiksia
inessive		epiglottiksessa	epiglottiksissa
elative		epiglottiksesta	epiglottiksista
illative		epiglottikseen	epiglottiksiin
adessive		epiglottiksella	epiglottiksilla
ablative		epiglottikselta	epiglottiksilta
allative		epiglottikselle	epiglottiksille
essive		epiglottiksena	epiglottiksina
translative		epiglottikseksi	epiglottiksiksi
instructive		—	epiglottiksin
abessive		epiglottiksetta	epiglottiksitta
comitative		—	epiglottiksineen

Possessive forms of epiglottis (type vastaus)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	epiglottikseni	epiglottiksemme
2nd person	epiglottiksesi	epiglottiksenne
3rd person	epiglottiksensa

Synonyms

• kurkunkansi

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐπῐγλωττῐ́ς (epiglōttís, “valve covering the larynx”), from ἐπῐ- (epi-, “upon, over”) +‎ γλωττῐ́ς (glōttís, “glottis, mouth of the windpipe”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /e.piˈɡloːt.tis/, [ɛpɪˈɡɫ̪oːt̪ːɪs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.piˈɡlot.tis/, [epiˈɡlɔt̪ːis]

Noun

epiglōttis f (genitive epiglōttidis); third declension (Late Latin)

1. (anatomy) an epiglottis

Inflection

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	epiglōttis	epiglōttidēs
Genitive	epiglōttidis	epiglōttidum
Dative	epiglōttidī	epiglōttidibus
Accusative	epiglōttidem	epiglōttidēs
Ablative	epiglōttide	epiglōttidibus
Vocative	epiglōttis	epiglōttidēs

Descendants

Descendants of epiglōttis in other languages

• → English: epiglottis
• → Irish: eipeaglotas
• → Italian: epiglottide