epiglottal

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Scrabble points: 13
Words With Friends: 17
Letters: 10

Pronunciation

/ɛpɪˈɡlɒtəl/

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/ɛpɪˈɡlɒtəl/ · /ɛpɪˈɡlɑtəl/ · [ɛpɪˈɡlɑ.ɾɫ̩]

Definition of epiglottal

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

(not-comparable)Pertaining to the epiglottis.

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adj

(not-comparable)Pertaining to the epiglottis.
(not-comparable)Produced using the epiglottis.

noun

An epiglottal consonant.

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Etymology

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi Proto-Hellenic *epí Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí) Ancient Greek ἐπῐ- (epĭ-) Proto-Hellenic *glṓťťā Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssă) Ancient Greek -ῐς (-ĭs) Ancient Greek γλωσσῐ́ς (glōssĭ́s) Ancient Greek ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́ς (epĭglōssĭ́s) Ancient Greek ἐπῐγλωττῐ́ς (epĭglōttĭ́s)bor. New Latin epiglōttislbor. English epiglottis Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English epiglottal From epiglottis + -al.

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