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GLOTTAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does glottal mean?
• GLOTTAL (adjective)
The adjective GLOTTAL has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to or produced by the glottis
Familiarity information: GLOTTAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or produced by the glottis
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
glottal stops
Pertainym:
glottis (the vocal apparatus of the larynx; the true vocal folds and the space between them where the voice tone is generated)
Derivation:
glottis (the vocal apparatus of the larynx; the true vocal folds and the space between them where the voice tone is generated)
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