glotal
Spanish, adjective/ɡloˈtal/
glotal is spelled G-L-O-T-A-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written Spanish, the 183,993rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Glotal is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “glottal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Relacionado a la glotis”.
What does glotal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relacionado a la glotis.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of glotal
- glotales feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce glotal?
- /ɡloˈtal/
- [ɡloˈt̪al]
- [gloˈt̪al]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is glotal in Spanish?
glotal appears about once in every 26 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).