"glottis" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɡlɒ.tɪs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɡlɑ.tɪs/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-glottis.wav [Southern-England] Forms: glottises [plural], glottides [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒtɪs Etymology: Late 16th century borrowing from New Latin glōttis, from Ancient Greek γλωττῐ́ς (glōttís, “mouth of the windpipe”), from γλῶττᾰ (glôtta, “tongue”) + -ῐς (-is, feminine noun suffix). Cognates include Latin gula. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|NL.|glōttis}} New Latin glōttis, {{der|en|grc|γλωττῐ́ς||mouth of the windpipe}} Ancient Greek γλωττῐ́ς (glōttís, “mouth of the windpipe”), {{af|grc|γλῶττᾰ|-ῐς|nocat=1|pos2=feminine noun suffix|t1=tongue}} γλῶττᾰ (glôtta, “tongue”) + -ῐς (-is, feminine noun suffix), {{cog|la|gula}} Latin gula Head templates: {{en-noun|+|glottides}} glottis (plural glottises or glottides)
  1. (anatomy) The opening between the true vocal cords which is located in the larynx and affects voice modulation through expansion or contraction. Wikipedia link: glottis Categories (topical): Anatomy Derived forms: diglottism, epiglottis, glottal, glottic, glotto-, glott-, subglottis, supraglottis Related terms: glottalise, glottalize, -glot, proglottis Translations (organ of speech): γλωσσίς (glōssís) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), glotis [feminine] (Catalan), 聲門 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 声门 (siaⁿ-mn̂g) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 聲門 (Chinese Cantonese), 声门 (seng¹ mun⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 聲門 (Chinese Mandarin), 声门 (shēngmén) (Chinese Mandarin), gloto (Esperanto), äänirako (Finnish), glotte [feminine] (French), glote [feminine] (Galician), Stimmritze [feminine] (German), Glottis [feminine] (German), סדק קול (sédeq qol) [masculine] (Hebrew), hangrés (Hungarian), hangszalagrés (Hungarian), gloto (Ido), glottide [feminine] (Italian), 声門 (seimon) (alt: せいもん) (Japanese), 성문 (seongmun) (alt: 聲門) (Korean), zengîlok [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), głośnia [feminine] (Polish), glote [feminine] (Portuguese), glotă [feminine] (Romanian), гло́тка (glótka) [feminine] (Russian), glotis [feminine] (Spanish), pasadila (Tagalog), ช่องเส้นเสียง (Thai), ชุดสายเสียง (Thai), tsʼuk (Tzotzil), thanh môn (alt: 聲門) (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "organ of speech",
      "word": "hangszalagrés"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "organ of speech",
      "word": "gloto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "organ of speech",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "glottide"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せいもん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "seimon",
      "sense": "organ of speech",
      "word": "声門"
    },
    {
      "alt": "聲門",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seongmun",
      "sense": "organ of speech",
      "word": "성문"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "organ of speech",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zengîlok"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "organ of speech",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "głośnia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "organ of speech",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "glote"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "organ of speech",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "glotă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "glótka",
      "sense": "organ of speech",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гло́тка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "organ of speech",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "glotis"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "organ of speech",
      "word": "pasadila"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "organ of speech",
      "word": "ช่องเส้นเสียง"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "organ of speech",
      "word": "ชุดสายเสียง"
    },
    {
      "code": "tzo",
      "lang": "Tzotzil",
      "sense": "organ of speech",
      "word": "tsʼuk"
    },
    {
      "alt": "聲門",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "organ of speech",
      "word": "thanh môn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "glottis"
}

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