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A plosive sound articulated with the glottis.
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Antonyms: none provided
The glottal stop symbol, ʔ.
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hiatus
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a stop consonant articulated by releasing pressure at the glottis; as in the sudden onset of a vowel
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: glottal plosive, glottal catch
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: stop consonant, stop, occlusive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, plosive
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Across languages
Translations
50 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
հագագային աղեղ
(hagagayin aġeġ)
— plosive sound articulated with the glottis
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Asturian:
oclusiva glotal
— plosive sound articulated with the glottis
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Central Bikol:
untok
— plosive sound articulated with the glottis
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Bulgarian:
глотална пауза
(glotalna pauza)
— plosive sound articulated with the glottis
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Catalan:
oclusiva glotal
— plosive sound articulated with the glottis
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Chinese Mandarin:
聲門塞音 /声门塞音
(shēngmén sèyīn)
— plosive sound articulated with the glottis
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Chinese Mandarin:
清喉塞音
(qīnghóu sèyīn)
— plosive sound articulated with the glottis
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Chinese Mandarin:
喉塞音
— plosive sound articulated with the glottis
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Czech:
ráz
— plosive sound articulated with the glottis
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Dutch:
glottisslag
— plosive sound articulated with the glottis
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Esperanto:
glota halto
— plosive sound articulated with the glottis
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Estonian:
kõrisulghäälik
— plosive sound articulated with the glottis
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Finnish:
glottaaliklusiili
— plosive sound articulated with the glottis
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French:
coup de glotte
— plosive sound articulated with the glottis
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German:
Knacklaut
— plosive sound articulated with the glottis
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German:
glottaler Plosiv
— plosive sound articulated with the glottis
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German:
Stimmritzenverschlusslaut
— plosive sound articulated with the glottis
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German:
Glottisschlag
— plosive sound articulated with the glottis
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Hungarian:
gégezárhang
— plosive sound articulated with the glottis
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Hungarian:
glottális stop
— plosive sound articulated with the glottis
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Hungarian:
glottális hang
— plosive sound articulated with the glottis
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Icelandic:
raddglufulokhljóð
— plosive sound articulated with the glottis
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Irish:
stop glotais
— plosive sound articulated with the glottis
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Japanese:
声門閉鎖音
(seimon heisaon)
— plosive sound articulated with the glottis
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Japanese:
声門破裂音
(seimon haretsuon)
— plosive sound articulated with the glottis
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Korean:
성문 폐쇄음
(seongmun pyeswaeeum)
— plosive sound articulated with the glottis
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Lakota:
khezé
— plosive sound articulated with the glottis
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Latin:
occlusiva glottidalis
— plosive sound articulated with the glottis
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Latvian:
glotāls slēdzenis
— plosive sound articulated with the glottis
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Limburgish:
glottisslaag
— plosive sound articulated with the glottis
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Malay:
hentian glotis
— plosive sound articulated with the glottis
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Māori:
ngoto
— plosive sound articulated with the glottis
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Navajo:
saad niyíłtłáádígíí
— plosive sound articulated with the glottis
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Persian:
انسدادی چاکنایی
— plosive sound articulated with the glottis
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Polish:
zwarcie krtaniowe
— plosive sound articulated with the glottis
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Portuguese:
oclusiva glotal
— plosive sound articulated with the glottis
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Romanian:
ocluziune glotală
— plosive sound articulated with the glottis
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Russian:
горта́нная смы́чка
(gortánnaja smýčka)
— plosive sound articulated with the glottis
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Russian:
твёрдый при́ступ
(tvjórdyj prístup)
— plosive sound articulated with the glottis
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Scottish Gaelic:
consan dùinte glotasach
— plosive sound articulated with the glottis
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Spanish:
oclusiva glotal
— plosive sound articulated with the glottis
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Spanish:
saltillo
— plosive sound articulated with the glottis
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Swedish:
glottisstöt
— plosive sound articulated with the glottis
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Swedish:
glottal klusil
— plosive sound articulated with the glottis
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Tahitian:
’eta
— plosive sound articulated with the glottis
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Turkish:
gırtlak vuruşu
— plosive sound articulated with the glottis
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Turkish:
gırtlak ünsüzü
— plosive sound articulated with the glottis
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Tzotzil:
tsʼukal
— plosive sound articulated with the glottis
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Ukrainian:
гортанна змичка
(hortanna zmyčka)
— plosive sound articulated with the glottis
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Winnebago:
hiyuša jikere
— plosive sound articulated with the glottis