glottis

See also: Glottis

English

Etymology

From New Latin glottis, from Ancient Greek γλωττίς (glōttís), γλωσσίς (glōssís), derived from γλῶττα (glôtta), γλῶσσα (glôssa). Cognates include Latin gula.

Noun

glottis (plural glottises or glottides)

1. (anatomy) The opening between the true vocal cords, located in the larynx.

Derived terms

• epiglottis
• subglottis
• supraglottis

Related terms

• glottal
• glottalisation, glottalization
• glottalise, glottalize
• glattalised, glottalized
• -glot

Translations

organ of speech

• Catalan: glotis f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 聲門／声门 (seng¹ mun⁴), 声门 (seng¹ mun⁴)

  Mandarin: 聲門／声门 (zh) (shēngmén), 声门 (zh) (shēngmén)

  Min Nan: 聲門／声门, 声门 (siaⁿ-mn̂g)

• Finnish: äänirako (fi)
• French: glotte (fr) f
• Galician: glote f
• German: Glottis (de) f
• Ido: gloto (io)
• Italian: glottide (it) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 声門 (せいもん, seimon)
• Korean: 성문 (seongmun) (聲門)
• Polish: głośnia f
• Portuguese: glote (pt) f
• Romanian: glotă (ro) f
• Russian: гло́тка (ru) f (glótka)
• Spanish: glotis (es) f
• Tagalog: pasadila
• Tzotzil: tsʼuk
• Vietnamese: thanh môn (聲門)

See also

• Wikipedia article on the glottis

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γλωττίς (glōttís) derived from γλῶττα (glôtta), variant of γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡloːt.tis/, [ˈɡɫ̪oːt̪ːɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlot.tis/, [ˈɡlɔt̪ːis]

Noun

1. (New Latin, anatomy) glottis

Descendants

• English: glottis
• Italian: glottide

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.