glottal UK /ˈɡlɒt.əl/US /ˈɡlɑ.təl/adjective 2noun 1forms 1 adjective2 •Of or relating to the glottis. •Articulated with the glottis.Her Malay was the Malay of the Staate of Lanchap [...] and she spoke it fierily, with crisp glottal checks, with much bubbling reduplication. — 1958 noun1 •A sound made with the glottis formsglottals
