glottis
Appearance
See also: Glottis
English
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.
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.
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Translations
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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 (glōttís).
Pronunciation
Noun
glottis f (plural glottissen)
- glottis
- Synonym: stemspleet
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Finnish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from New Latin glōttis, from Ancient Greek γλωττῐ́ς (glōttís).
Pronunciation
Noun
glottis
Declension
Inflection of glottis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | glottis | glottikset | |
genitive | glottiksen | glottisten glottiksien | |
partitive | glottista | glottiksia | |
illative | glottikseen | glottiksiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | glottis | glottikset | |
accusative | nom. | glottis | glottikset |
gen. | glottiksen | ||
genitive | glottiksen | glottisten glottiksien | |
partitive | glottista | glottiksia | |
inessive | glottiksessa | glottiksissa | |
elative | glottiksesta | glottiksista | |
illative | glottikseen | glottiksiin | |
adessive | glottiksella | glottiksilla | |
ablative | glottikselta | glottiksilta | |
allative | glottikselle | glottiksille | |
essive | glottiksena | glottiksina | |
translative | glottikseksi | glottiksiksi | |
abessive | glottiksetta | glottiksitta | |
instructive | — | glottiksin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Latin
Etymology
Borrowing from Ancient Greek γλωττῐ́ς (glōttís, “mouth of the windpipe; corncrake”), from γλῶττᾰ (glôtta, “tongue”) + -ῐς (-is, feminine noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈɡloːt.tis/, [ˈɡɫ̪oːt̪ːɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɡlot.tis/, [ˈɡlɔt̪ːis]
Noun
glōttis f (genitive glōttidis); third declension
Inflection
Third-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
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nominative | glōttis | glōttidēs |
genitive | glōttidis | glōttidum |
dative | glōttidī | glōttidibus |
accusative | glōttidem | glōttidēs |
ablative | glōttide | glōttidibus |
vocative | glōttis | glōttidēs |
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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.
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- Rhymes:English/ɒtɪs
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- English lemmas
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