adjective
- relating to or produced by the glottis (the opening between the vocal cords)
Usage: anatomy; linguistics
Examples
- The glottal stop is a common sound in many languages.
- She studied glottal consonants in her phonetics class.
- The singer’s glottal technique created a unique vocal effect.
- Glottal sounds are produced when air passes through the vocal cords.
- The linguist analyzed the glottal features of the dialect.
- His glottal pronunciation was characteristic of his regional accent.