epiglottidale

Italian

Etymology

Derived from epiglottide, from New Latin epiglottis, from Ancient Greek ἐπιγλωττίς (epiglōttís), derived from γλῶττα (glôtta), variant of γλῶσσα (glôssa, tongue).
Surface analysis: epiglottid(e) (epiglottis) + -ale (-al, adjectival derivational suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /epiɡlɔtːiˈdale/, [e.pi.ɡl̺ɔt̪.t̪iˈd̪äː.l̺e̞]
  • Hyphenation: e‧pi‧glot‧ti‧dà‧le

Adjective

epiglottidale (masculine and feminine plural epiglottidali)

  1. (anatomy) pertaining to the epiglottis, epiglottal
  2. (phonetics) epiglottal

Noun

epiglottidale f (plural epiglottidali)

  1. (phonetics) An epiglottal speech sound.

Synonyms

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