1. of or pertaining to the
glottis.
2. Phonetics. articulated at the
glottis.
Related forms
subglottal, adjective
subglottally, adverb
superglottal, adjective
superglottally, adverb
Examples from the web for glottal
- If you look at inverse filtering you will never see a glottal pulse that isn't somewhat skewed to the right.
British Dictionary definitions for glottal
adjective 1. of or relating to the glottis
2. (phonetics) articulated or pronounced at or with the glottis
Word Origin and History for glottal
adj. 1846; see glottis + -al (1). Glossal is attested from 1860.
glottal in Medicine
glottal glot·tal (glŏt'l)
adj.
Of or relating to the glottis.