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glottis

/ˈɡlɒt.ɪs/US/ˈɡlɑ.tɪs/

glottis noun: the opening between the true vocal cords which is located in the larynx and affects voice modulation through expansion or contraction.

Noun

glottis (plural glottises or glottides)

  1. The opening between the true vocal cords which is located in the larynx and affects voice modulation through expansion or contraction.

glottis meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Kannada and Tagalog

glottis in Tamil

குரல்வளை, குரல்வளை முகப்பு, குரல்வளைத் துளை, தொண்டைக்குழி, மூச்சுக்குழல்வாய்

glottis in Urdu

حلقوم

glottis in Kannada

ಉಲಿಪೆಟ್ಟಿಗೆ, ಕಂಠದ್ವಾರ, ಶ್ವಾಸನಾಳ ದ್ವಾರ

glottis in Tagalog

organ of speech
pasadila
More languagesFewer languages
glottis in Indonesian
glotis
glottis in Thai
ช่องเส้นเสียง, ชุดสายเสียง
glottis in Vietnamese
thanh môn

Forms of glottis

pluralglottises
pluralglottides

Origin of glottis

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.

Words formed from glottis

Words that rhyme with glottis

Questions about glottis

What does glottis mean?
Glottis means the opening between the true vocal cords which is located in the larynx and affects voice modulation through expansion or contraction.
What is glottis in Tamil?
Glottis in Tamil is குரல்வளை, குரல்வளை முகப்பு, குரல்வளைத் துளை. See Glottis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is glottis?
Glottis is a noun.
How do you pronounce glottis?
Glottis is pronounced /ˈɡlɒt.ɪs/ (UK).
What is the plural of glottis?
The plural of glottis is glottises.

Words near glottis in the dictionary

  1. glottally
  2. glottals
  3. glottic
  4. glottidean
  5. glottides
  6. glottis
  7. glottiscope
  8. glottiscopes
  9. glottises
  10. glotto-
  11. glottochronologic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: glottis (page history and authors); glottis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); glottis (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); glottis (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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