glottidale

From glottide, from New Latin glottis, from Ancient Greek γλωττίς (glōttís), derived from γλῶττα (glôtta), variant of γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue”). By surface analysis, glottid(e) (“glottis”) +‎ -ale (“-al”, adjectival derivational suffix).

• IPA^(key): /ɡlot.tiˈda.le/
• Rhymes: -ale
• Hyphenation: glot‧ti‧dà‧le

glottidale m or f (plural glottidali)

1. (anatomy) pertaining to the glottis, glottal
2. (phonetics) glottal

glottidale f (plural glottidali)

1. (phonetics) a glottal speech sound

   Synonym: (rare) glottale

• occlusiva glottidale

• glottide