glottis

== English == === Etymology === Late 16th century borrowing from New Latin glōttis, from Ancient Greek γλωττῐ́ς (glōttĭ́s, “mouth of the windpipe”), from γλῶττᾰ (glôttă, “tongue”) +‎ -ῐς (-ĭs, feminine noun suffix). Cognates include Latin gula. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡlɒt.ɪs/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈɡlɑ.tɪs/, [ˈɡlɑ.ɾɪs] (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈɡlɔt.ɪs/, [ˈɡlɔɾ.ɪs] Rhymes: -ɒtɪs === Noun === glottis (plural glottises or glottides) (anatomy) The opening between the true vocal cords which is located in the larynx and affects voice modulation through expansion or contraction. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== glottalise, glottalize -glot proglottis ==== Translations ==== === References === “glottis”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “glottis”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. == Dutch == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from New Latin glōttis, from Ancient Greek γλωττῐ́ς (glōttĭ́s). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɣlɔ.tɪs/ Hyphenation: glot‧tis === Noun === glottis f (plural glottissen, no diminutive) glottis Synonym: stemspleet ==== Derived terms ==== glottaal glottisslag ==== Related terms ==== glosse polyglot == Finnish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from New Latin glōttis, from Ancient Greek γλωττῐ́ς (glōttĭ́s). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡlotːis/, [ˈɡlo̞t̪ːis̠] Rhymes: -otːis Syllabification(key): glot‧tis Hyphenation(key): glot‧tis === Noun === glottis (anatomy) glottis ==== Declension ==== == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowing from Ancient Greek γλωττῐ́ς (glōttĭ́s, “mouth of the windpipe; corncrake”), from γλῶττᾰ (glôttă, “tongue”) +‎ -ῐς (-ĭs, feminine noun suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɡɫoːt.tɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɡlɔt.tis] === Noun === glōttis f (genitive glōttidis); third declension a little bird (New Latin, anatomy) the glottis ==== Inflection ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== hypoglōttion ==== Descendants ==== === References === “glottis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “glottis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.