Definitions for glottal

glottal glot·tal

Spelling: [glot-l]
IPA: /ˈglɒt l/

Glottal is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 89 anagrams from letters in glottal (agllott).

Definitions for glottal

noun

  1. glottal stop.

adjective

  1. of or relating to the glottis.
  2. Phonetics. articulated at the glottis.

Origin of glottal

First recorded in 1840-50; glott(is) + -al1

Examples for glottal

In standard English the h is a glottal continuant only when there is precise and emphatic utterance.

The language was rich in glottal stops, clicks and guttural strangling sounds.

The glottal lips vibrate differently for the different vowels.

The backward apostrophe probably represents the glottal stop; the simple apostrophe may indicate the same sound.

The glottal lips open partly by yielding sidewise,—that is, they are compressed,—and partly by being shoved upward and outward.

Word Value for glottal
Scrable

8

Words with friends

11

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