glotal
التعريفات والمعاني
== Catalan ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Central) [ɡluˈtal]
IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ɡloˈtal]
=== Adjective ===
glotal m or f (masculine and feminine plural glotals)
(anatomy) glottal (relating to the glottis)
(phonetics, of a phoneme) glottal (articulated on the glottis)
==== Related terms ====
glotis
=== Further reading ===
“glotal”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
“glotal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
“glotal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
== Portuguese ==
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -al, -aw
Hyphenation: glo‧tal
=== Adjective ===
glotal m or f (plural glotais)
(anatomy) glottal (relating to the glottis)
(phonetics, of a phoneme) glottal (articulated on the glottis)
=== Noun ===
glotal f (plural glotais)
(phonetics) glottal (a consonant articulated on the glottis)
==== Related terms ====
glote
=== Further reading ===
“glotal”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“glotal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Romanian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from French glottal.
=== Adjective ===
glotal m or n (feminine singular glotală, masculine plural glotali, feminine/neuter plural glotale)
glottal
==== Declension ====
== Spanish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ɡloˈtal/ [ɡloˈt̪al]
Rhymes: -al
Syllabification: glo‧tal
=== Adjective ===
glotal m or f (masculine and feminine plural glotales)
glottal
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“glotal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
== Swedish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin glōttis + -al
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ɡlʊˈtɑːl/
=== Adjective ===
glotal (not comparable)
of or pertaining to the glottis
(phonology, phonetics) glottal
==== Declension ====
=== References ===
“glotal”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
“glotal”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
“glotal”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)