glotal

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ɡluˈtal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ɡloˈtal]

Adjective

glotal m or f (masculine and feminine plural glotals)

1. (anatomy) glottal (relating to the glottis)
2. (phonetics, of a phoneme) glottal (articulated on the glottis)

Related terms

• glotis

Further reading

• “glotal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “glotal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “glotal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡloˈtaw/ [ɡloˈtaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡluˈtal/ [ɡluˈtaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡluˈtal/ [ɡluˈtaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡluˈta.li/

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: glo‧tal

Adjective

glotal m or f (plural glotais)

1. (anatomy) glottal (relating to the glottis)
2. (phonetics, of a phoneme) glottal (articulated on the glottis)

Noun

glotal f (plural glotais)

1. (phonetics) glottal (a consonant articulated on the glottis)

Related terms

• glote

Further reading

• “glotal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French glottal.

Adjective

glotal m or n (feminine singular glotală, masculine plural glotali, feminine and neuter plural glotale)

1. glottal

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	glotal		glotală		glotali	glotale
	definite	glotalul		glotala		glotalii	glotalele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	glotal		glotale		glotali	glotale
	definite	glotalului		glotalei		glotalilor	glotalelor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡloˈtal/ [ɡloˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: glo‧tal

Adjective

glotal m or f (masculine and feminine plural glotales)

1. glottal

Derived terms

• oclusiva glotal

 

Related terms

• glotis

 

Further reading

• “glotal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28