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7-letter words (1 found)

GLOTTIS,

5-letter words (9 found)

GILTS,GLITS,GLOST,STILT,STOIT,TILTS,TOILS,TOITS,TOLTS,

4-letter words (31 found)

GILT,GIOS,GIST,GITS,GLIT,LIGS,LIST,LITS,LOGS,LOST,LOTI,LOTS,OILS,SILO,SILT,SLIT,SLOG,SLOT,SOIL,SOLI,STOT,TIGS,TILS,TILT,TITS,TOGS,TOIL,TOIT,TOLT,TOST,TOTS,

3-letter words (27 found)

GIO,GIS,GIT,GOS,GOT,IOS,ISO,ITS,LIG,LIS,LIT,LOG,LOS,LOT,OIL,OIS,SIG,SIT,SOG,SOL,SOT,TIG,TIL,TIS,TIT,TOG,TOT,

2-letter words (14 found)

GI,GO,IO,IS,IT,LI,LO,OI,OS,SI,SO,ST,TI,TO,

You can make 82 words from glottis according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of glottis

glottis

Etymology

Late 16th century borrowing from New Latin glōttis, from Ancient Greek γλωττῐ́ς (glōttís, “mouth of the windpipe”), from γλῶττᾰ (glôtta, “tongue”) +‎ -ῐς (-is, feminine noun suffix). Cognates include Latin gula.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡlɒ.tɪs/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡlɑ.tɪs/
  • Rhymes: -ɒtɪs

Noun

glottis (plural glottises or glottides)

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

Derived terms

Related terms

  • glottalise, glottalize
  • -glot
  • proglottis

Translations

References

  • “glottis”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • “glottis”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Dutch

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin glōttis, from Ancient Greek γλωττῐ́ς (glōttís).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣlɔ.tɪs/
  • Hyphenation: glot‧tis

Noun

glottis f (plural glottissen)

  1. glottis
    Synonym: stemspleet

Derived terms

  • glottaal
  • glottisslag

Related terms

  • glosse
  • polyglot

Finnish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin glōttis, from Ancient Greek γλωττῐ́ς (glōttís).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡlotːis/, [ˈɡlo̞t̪ːis̠]
  • Rhymes: -otːis
  • Syllabification(key): glot‧tis

Noun

glottis

  1. (anatomy) glottis

Declension

Latin

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek γλωττῐ́ς (glōttís, “mouth of the windpipe; corncrake”), from γλῶττᾰ (glôtta, “tongue”) +‎ -ῐς (-is, feminine noun suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡloːt.tis/, [ˈɡɫ̪oːt̪ːɪs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɡlot.tis/, [ˈɡlɔt̪ːis]

Noun

glōttis f (genitive glōttidis); third declension

  1. a little bird
  2. (New Latin, anatomy) the glottis

Inflection

Third-declension noun.

Related terms

  • hypoglōttion

Descendants

References

  • “glottis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • glottis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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