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Definition: Glottal |
GlottalAdjective1. Of or relating to or produced by the glottis; "glottal stops". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "glottal" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
Crosswords: Glottal |
| English words defined with "glottal": Glottidean, guttural. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Glottal" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 94.44% of the time. "Glottal" is used about 18 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 94.44% | 17 | 85,106 |
| Noun (proper) | 5.56% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 18 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "glottal": Glottal catch ♦ glottal plosive ♦ glottal stop. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "glottal": glottal-stop. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
glottal stop | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "glottal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 喉塞音 (glottal stop). (various references) | |
Danish | stemmelaebe-. (various references) | |
Dutch | met betrekking tot de glottis. (various references) | |
Farsi | مربوطبه دهانه نای , وابسته بدهانه حنجره . (various references) | |
French | glottique. (various references) | |
German | Stimmritzen.... (various references) | |
Greek | γλωσσίδικοσ, γλωττίδικοσ. (various references) | |
Hungarian | hangrés-, hangrés (glottis, hiatus). (various references) | |
Indonesian | glotal. (various references) | |
Italian | glottideo, della glottide. (various references) | |
Manx | sluggidagh. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ottalglay.(various references) | |
Romanian | glotal. (various references) | |
Swedish | glottisstöt (glottal stop). (various references) | |
Turkish | gırtlaktan çıkan, gırtlaksı (guttural, throaty). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "glottal": epiglottal. (additional references) | |
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"Glottal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: glott, gluteal, Goettel, gotta, Gottleb, Gullotti, klontal. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "glottal" (pronounced glÄ"tul) |
| 4 | -Ä" t u l | bottle, Pottle, throttle. |
| 3 | -t u l | infantile, infertile, accidental, acquittal, anecdotal, artiodactyl, battle, beetle, belittle, betel, bicoastal, brattle, Bristol, brittle, brutal, butyl, Cantle, capital, Capitol, cattle, chattel, chortle, coastal, coincidental, committal, compartmental, congenital, consonantal, continental, crustal, crystal, dental, detrimental, developmental, digital, disgruntle, dismantle, distal, ductile, elemental, embattle, entitle, environmental, experimental, extramarital, fatal, fertile, fetal, fractal, frontal, fundamental, futile, genital, gentle, governmental, horizontal, hospital, hostel, hostile, hurtle, immortal, immotile, incidental, incremental, spittle, startle, subtitle, subtle, supplemental, tactile, tattle, temperamental, instrumental, intercontinental, intergovernmental, judgmental, kettle, Kittel, Kittle, lentil, lintel, little, mantel, mantle, marital, mental, metal, mettle, monumental, mortal, motile, Myrtle, Natal, neonatal, nettle, noncommittal, nonfatal, nongovernmental, nonvolatile, occidental, occipital, orbital, oriental, ornamental, parental, parietal, pedestal, periodontal, petal, Pistil, pistol, pivotal, portal, postal, postnatal, prattle, prefrontal, premarital, prenatal, projectile, quintal, rattle, rebuttal, recital, rectal, regimental, rental, resettle, scuttle, sentimental, settle, shuttle, skeletal, skittle, societal, title, tittle, tootle, total, transcendental, transcontinental, transmittal, turtle, unsentimental, unsettle, unsubtle, varietal, vegetal, versatile, vestal, vital, vittle, volatile, Whittle, Wintle. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-l-l-o-t-t" | |
-2 letters: allot, atoll, gloat, total. | |
-3 letters: alto, gall, gaol, goal, goat, lota, olla, tall, toga, tola, toll. | |
-4 letters: ago, all, alt, att, gal, gat, goa, got, lag, lat, log, lot, oat, tag, tao, tat, tog, tot. | |
-5 letters: ag, al, at, go, la, lo, ta, to. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-l-l-o-t-t" | |
+1 letter: tollgate. | |
+2 letters: allotting, tollgates, totalling. | |
+3 letters: allegretto, epiglottal, topgallant. | |
+4 letters: allegrettos, reallotting, topgallants. | |
+5 letters: preallotting, subtotalling, tautological, teetotalling, tetragonally. | |
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