glottis

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡlɒt.ɪs/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈɡlɑ.tɪs/
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• Canada, General-American: [ˈɡlɑ.ɾɪs]
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• Australian: /ˈɡlɔt.ɪs/
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• Australian: [ˈɡlɔɾ.ɪs]
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Late 16th century borrowing from New Latin glōttis, from Ancient Greek γλωττῐ́ς (glōttĭ́s, “mouth of the windpipe”), from γλῶττᾰ (glôttă, “tongue”) + -ῐς (-ĭs, feminine noun suffix). Cognates include Latin gula.

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: glotis — organ of speech
• Chinese Cantonese: 聲門 /声门 (seng1 mun4) — organ of speech
• Chinese: 聲門 /声门 (sian-mn̂g) — organ of speech
• Chinese Mandarin: 聲門 /声门 (shēngmén) — organ of speech
• Czech: hlasivková štěrbina — organ of speech
• Esperanto: gloto — organ of speech
• Finnish: äänirako — organ of speech
• French: glotte — organ of speech
• Galician: glote — organ of speech
• German: Stimmritze — organ of speech
• German: Glottis — organ of speech
• Ancient Greek: γλωσσίς (glōssís) — organ of speech
• Hebrew: סדק קול (sédeq qol) — organ of speech
• Hungarian: hangrés — organ of speech
• Hungarian: hangszalagrés — organ of speech
• Ido: gloto — organ of speech
• Indonesian: glotis — organ of speech
• Italian: glottide — organ of speech
• Japanese: 声門 (seimon) — organ of speech
• Korean: 성문 (seongmun) — organ of speech
• Northern Kurdish: zengîlok — organ of speech
• Polish: głośnia — organ of speech
• Portuguese: glote — organ of speech
• Romanian: glotă — organ of speech
• Russian: гло́тка (glótka) — organ of speech
• Spanish: glotis — organ of speech
• Tagalog: pasadila — organ of speech
• Thai: ช่องเส้นเสียง — organ of speech
• Thai: ชุดสายเสียง — organ of speech
• Tzotzil: tsʼuk — organ of speech
• Vietnamese: thanh môn — organ of speech