glottale

• IPA^(key): /ɡlɔ.tal/
• Homophones: glottal, glottales

glottale

1. feminine singular of glottal

Borrowed from French glottal, derived from glotte (“glottis”), ultimately from Ancient Greek γλῶττα (glôtta), variant of γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡlotˈta.le/
• Rhymes: -ale
• Hyphenation: glot‧tà‧le

glottale m or f (plural glottali)

1. (phonetics, rare) glottal

   Synonym: glottidale

• occlusiva glottale (“glottal stop”)

• galletto, gattello