# glottis
## English
### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɡlɒt.ɪs/
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* (General American, Canada) IPA: /ˈɡlɑ.tɪs/, [ˈɡlɑ.ɾɪs]
* (General Australian) IPA: /ˈɡlɔt.ɪs/, [ˈɡlɔɾ.ɪs]
* Rhymes: -ɒtɪs

### Noun

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

#### Derived terms

* diglottism
* epiglottis
* glottal
* glottic
* glotto-, glott-
* subglottis
* supraglottis

#### 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 (glōttĭ́s).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɣlɔ.tɪs/
* Hyphenation: glot‧tis

### Noun

glottis f (plural glottissen)
* glottis
    Synonym: stemspleet

#### Derived terms

* glottaal
* glottisslag

#### Related terms

* glosse
* polyglot

## Finnish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡlotːis/, [ˈɡlo̞t̪ːis̠]
* Rhymes: -otːis
* Hyphenation: glot‧tis

### Noun

glottis
* (anatomy) glottis

#### Declension

Possessive forms of glottis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
glottikseni
glottikseni
accusative
nom.
glottikseni
glottikseni
gen.
glottikseni
genitive
glottikseni
glottisteni glottiksieni
partitive
glottistani
glottiksiani
inessive
glottiksessani
glottiksissani
elative
glottiksestani
glottiksistani
illative
glottikseeni
glottiksiini
adessive
glottiksellani
glottiksillani
ablative
glottikseltani
glottiksiltani
allative
glottikselleni
glottiksilleni
essive
glottiksenani
glottiksinani
translative
glottiksekseni
glottiksikseni
abessive
glottiksettani
glottiksittani
instructive
comitative
—glottiksineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
glottiksesi
glottiksesi
accusative
nom.
glottiksesi
glottiksesi
gen.
glottiksesi
genitive
glottiksesi
glottistesi glottiksiesi
partitive
glottistasi
glottiksiasi
inessive
glottiksessasi
glottiksissasi
elative
glottiksestasi
glottiksistasi
illative
glottikseesi
glottiksiisi
adessive
glottiksellasi
glottiksillasi
ablative
glottikseltasi
glottiksiltasi
allative
glottiksellesi
glottiksillesi
essive
glottiksenasi
glottiksinasi
translative
glottikseksesi
glottiksiksesi
abessive
glottiksettasi
glottiksittasi
instructive
comitative
—glottiksinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
glottiksemme
glottiksemme
accusative
nom.
glottiksemme
glottiksemme
gen.
glottiksemme
genitive
glottiksemme
glottistemme glottiksiemme
partitive
glottistamme
glottiksiamme
inessive
glottiksessamme
glottiksissamme
elative
glottiksestamme
glottiksistamme
illative
glottikseemme
glottiksiimme
adessive
glottiksellamme
glottiksillamme
ablative
glottikseltamme
glottiksiltamme
allative
glottiksellemme
glottiksillemme
essive
glottiksenamme
glottiksinamme
translative
glottikseksemme
glottiksiksemme
abessive
glottiksettamme
glottiksittamme
instructive
comitative
—glottiksinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
glottiksenne
glottiksenne
accusative
nom.
glottiksenne
glottiksenne
gen.
glottiksenne
genitive
glottiksenne
glottistenne glottiksienne
partitive
glottistanne
glottiksianne
inessive
glottiksessanne
glottiksissanne
elative
glottiksestanne
glottiksistanne
illative
glottikseenne
glottiksiinne
adessive
glottiksellanne
glottiksillanne
ablative
glottikseltanne
glottiksiltanne
allative
glottiksellenne
glottiksillenne
essive
glottiksenanne
glottiksinanne
translative
glottikseksenne
glottiksiksenne
abessive
glottiksettanne
glottiksittanne
instructive
comitative
—glottiksinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
glottiksensa
glottiksensa
accusative
nom.
glottiksensa
glottiksensa
gen.
glottiksensa
genitive
glottiksensa
glottistensa glottiksiensa
partitive
glottistaan glottistansa
glottiksiaan glottiksiansa
inessive
glottiksessaan glottiksessansa
glottiksissaan glottiksissansa
elative
glottiksestaan glottiksestansa
glottiksistaan glottiksistansa
illative
glottikseensa
glottiksiinsa
adessive
glottiksellaan glottiksellansa
glottiksillaan glottiksillansa
ablative
glottikseltaan glottikseltansa
glottiksiltaan glottiksiltansa
allative
glottikselleen glottiksellensa
glottiksilleen glottiksillensa
essive
glottiksenaan glottiksenansa
glottiksinaan glottiksinansa
translative
glottiksekseen glottikseksensa
glottiksikseen glottiksiksensa
abessive
glottiksettaan glottiksettansa
glottiksittaan glottiksittansa
instructive
comitative
—glottiksineen glottiksinensa :

## Latin
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

glōttis f (genitive glōttidis); third declension
* a little bird
* (New Latin, anatomy) the glottis
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#### Inflection

Third-declension noun.

#### Related terms

* hypoglōttion

#### Descendants

* → English: glottis
* → French: glotte
* → Italian: glottide

### 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.