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epiglottal

Meaning of "epiglottal" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF EPIGLOTTAL

ˌepɪˈɡlɒtəl


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EPIGLOTTAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Epiglottal is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES EPIGLOTTAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Epiglottal consonant

An epiglottal consonant is a consonant that is articulated with the aryepiglottic folds against the epiglottis. They are occasionally called aryepiglottal consonants.

Definition of epiglottal in the English dictionary

The definition of epiglottal in the dictionary is of or relating to the epiglottis. Other definition of epiglottal is produced by the epiglottis.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EPIGLOTTAL

aristotle · axolotl · bluebottle · bottle · crotal · crottle · dottel · dottle · glottal · greenbottle · isoglottal · mottle · polyglottal · pottle · rotl · shottle · supraglottal · throttle · unbottle · wattle

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EPIGLOTTAL

epigean · epigene · epigenesis · epigenesist · epigenetic · epigenetically · epigenetics · epigenist · epigenous · epigeous · epiglottic · epiglottides · epiglottis · epignathous · epigon · epigone · Epigoni · epigonic · epigonism · epigonous

WORDS THAT END LIKE EPIGLOTTAL

abettal · abuttal · acquittal · committal · midsagittal · noncommittal · prebuttal · quittal · rebuttal · recommittal · remittal · sagittal · submittal · surrebuttal · transmittal

Synonyms and antonyms of epiglottal in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «epiglottal» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF EPIGLOTTAL

Find out the translation of epiglottal to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of epiglottal from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «epiglottal» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

会厌
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

epiglottal
570 millions of speakers
en

English

epiglottal
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

epiglottal
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

epiglottal
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

epiglottal
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

epiglottal
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

epiglottal
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

epiglottal
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Epiglottal
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

epiglottal
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

喉頭蓋
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

후두
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Epiglottal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

epiglottal
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

epiglottal
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

एपिग्लॉटल
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

epiglottal
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

epiglottal
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

epiglottal
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

epiglottal
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

epiglottal
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

epiglottal
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

epiglottal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

epiglottal
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

epiglottal
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of epiglottal

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EPIGLOTTAL»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of epiglottal
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about epiglottal

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EPIGLOTTAL»

Discover the use of epiglottal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to epiglottal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Handbook of Phonetic Sciences
In the 1989 IPA chart, epiglottals were added as “Other Symbols": voiceless epiglottal fricative, voiced epiglottal fricative, and epiglottal plosive. The theory of the vocal tract prevalent at the time of the 1989 revision would have dictated that  ...
William J. Hardcastle, John Laver, Fiona E. Gibbon, 2012
2
Equine Respiratory Diseases
The cause of epiglottal hypoplasia is unknown. Clinical signs Horses with epiglottal hypoplasia are predisposed to epiglottal entrapment and/or dorsal displacement of the soft palate. Clinical signs relate to the presence of these secondary ...
Bonnie Rush, Tim Mair, 2008
3
Endoscopic Evaluation and Treatment of Swallowing Disorders
By and large, however, epiglottal inversion during the swallow is the single best indicator of hyola- ryngeal elevation in a FEES procedure. In Chapter 3, Figure 3- 7 illustrates the normal sequence of epiglottic inversion during swallowing as ...
Susan Langmore, 2011
4
A Course in Phonetics
(10) and (11) The gestures for pharyngeal and epiglottal sounds involve pulling the root of the tongue or the epiglottis back toward the back wall of the pharynx. Many people cannot make a stop gesture at this position. Furthermore, it would be ...
Peter Ladefoged, Keith Johnson, 2010
5
Neuroanatomical Terminology: A Lexicon of Classical Origins ...
PARTLY CORRESPONDS: 1. posterior epiglottal nerve (Andersch & Soemmerring, 1792) Described as fourth branch of macrodissected adult human internal laryngeal nerve (Soemmerring, 1791); in the original Latin, nervus epiglottideus ...
Larry Swanson, 2014
6
Endangered Languages
Regardless of their phonological status, epiglottal articulations have not traditionally been reported for the A-P region. But a recent laryngographic study by Edmondson, Esling, Harris and Tung-chiou (2006) conducted on Amis (Aus- tronesian, ...
Peter Austin, Andrew Simpson, 2007
7
Voiced Epiglottal Fricative
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The voiced epiglottal fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages.
Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Susan F. Marseken, 2010
8
Equine Medicine, Surgery and Reproduction
Methods (b) and (c) utilize a hooked bistoury to make a longitudinal cut in the loose mucous membrane overlying the epiglottal cartilage. The procedure of axial section of the EE is performed under endoscopic surveillance - the endoscope is ...
Tim Mair, Sandy Love, James Schumacher, 2013
9
The Phonetics and Phonology of Gutturals: A Case Study from ...
Traill (1986) claims that there is epiglottal trilling in the production of strident vowels in 1X66. He provides fiberscopic data from his own productions, and claims that while native speaker data was not that clear, he can see trilling during the ...
Amanda Miller-Ockhuizen, 2003
10
Manual of Dysphagia Assessment in Adults
When epiglottal retroflexion is absent. the epiglottis can be observed to have remained upright with the lateral margins of the epiglottis vertically folded between the lateral pharyngeal walls (Figure 4-26l. As the pha- ryngeal walls fall away from ...
Joseph Murray, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EPIGLOTTAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term epiglottal is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Golden oldies: How Hong Kong's horses defy Father Time
Dan Excel underwent throat surgery a little over six months ago to repair an epiglottal entrapment. That's never a good thing for an animal of ... «South China Morning Post, May 15»
2
Angels Series Preview: Q&A with Turk's Teeth of Halos Heaven
​We call him Shoebacca -- hear his epiglottal roar! In an epoch of Portland beardoos, Shoe grooms the moss. He's like Hector guarding our ... «Athletics Nation, Aug 14»
3
In his continuing series on customer service reps, Gene calls …
... strips, Dagwood snores like this: “Sknxx-x,” with multiple consonant sounds, as snores have, and a hyphen to show the epiglottal hesitations. «Washington Post, May 14»
4
Mufhasa retired after glittering career
Mufhasa underwent tie-back surgery to correct an epiglottal entrapment in March this year, then ran a mighty second to Pierro in the Gr I ... «Stuff.co.nz, Dec 13»
5
Darien student gains new appreciation for horses
Duke, a 7-year-old Belgian draft horse, recently went to the farm with medical issues. Due to laser surgery that removed a piece of his epiglottal ... «The Darien News, Oct 13»
6
2013 National Press Club Centennial Spelling Bee
Marvel at the epiglottal dexterity of the contestants! Watch the press team take a circuitous path to victory! See Sen. Tim Kaine's nonpareil ... «YouTube, Sep 13»
7
The X Factor: week two auditions, Saturday, review
A 17-year-old yodeller had the unique distinction of getting Nicole Scherzinger hot under the collar with his epiglottal action. A cat-loving taxi ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Sep 13»
8
SAN what? Gene tries to make sense of a radio ad
Here it is: “We are selling a tree-sourced appliance for the implementation and maximization of the achievement of epiglottal and uvular ... «Washington Post, Aug 13»
9
Last hurrah on the cards for Kiwi champ
Soon afterwards Mufhasa underwent a tie-back operation in Sydney to correct an epiglottal entrapment in his throat, which had caused him to ... «Waikato Times, Jun 13»
10
Appearance of the Epiglottis During Upper Airway Sonography
... prediction of difficult intubation and postextubation stridor, and measurement of epiglottal enlargement during acute epiglottitis.1–5 However, ... «Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, Jul 12»
REFERENCE
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