glotal

glotal

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ɡloˈtal/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ɡluˈtal/

Adjective

glotal (masculine and feminine plural glotals)

1. (anatomy) glottal (relating to the glottis)
2. (phonetics, of a phoneme) glottal (articulated on the glottis)

Related terms

• glotis

Further reading

• “glotal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “glotal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “glotal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡloˈtaw/ [ɡloˈtaʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡluˈtal/ [ɡluˈtaɫ]

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: glo‧tal

Adjective

glotal m or f (plural glotais)

1. (anatomy) glottal (relating to the glottis)
2. (phonetics, of a phoneme) glottal (articulated on the glottis)

Noun

glotal f (plural glotais)

1. (phonetics) glottal (a consonant articulated on the glottis)

Related terms

• glote

Further reading

• “glotal” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Romanian

Etymology

From French glottal.

Adjective

glotal m or n (feminine singular glotală, masculine plural glotali, feminine and neuter plural glotale)

1. glottal

Declension

Declension of glotal

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	glotal		glotală	glotali	glotale
	definite	glotalul		glotala	glotalii	glotalele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	glotal		glotale	glotali	glotale
	definite	glotalului		glotalei	glotalilor	glotalelor

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡloˈtal/ [ɡloˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: glo‧tal

Adjective

glotal (plural glotales)

1. glottal

Derived terms

• oclusiva glotal

Related terms

• glotis

Further reading

• “glotal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014