See Also: glottal(medicine)
glottal(dictionary)
glottal stop(dictionary)

glottal (iou)



glottal adjective. M19.
[from GLOTT(IS + -AL1.]
Pertaining to or produced by the glottis.
glottal catch, glottal stop a sound produced by the sudden opening or shutting of the glottis before or after an emission of breath or voice.
J. Heller The same splintered syllable, the same glottal stutter, kept coming out.
glo'ttalic adjective relating to the glottis and its total or partial closure M20.