glottal stop

glottal stop

n.

A speech sound produced by a momentary complete closure of the glottis, followed by an explosive release.

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glottal stop

n

(Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology) a plosive speech sound produced as the sudden onset of a vowel in several languages, such as German, by first tightly closing the glottis and then allowing the air pressure to build up in the trachea before opening the glottis, causing the air to escape with force

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

glottal stop - a stop consonant articulated by releasing pressure at the glottis; as in the sudden onset of a vowel glottal catch, glottal plosive occlusive, plosive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, stop consonant, stop - a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it; "his stop consonants are too aspirated"

Translations

glottal stop

n (Phon) → Knacklaut m, → Stimmritzenverschlusslaut m