(of a plosive or fricative consonant, as in some African languages) pronounced with a glottal stop
noun
3. phonetics
an ejective consonant
Derived forms
ejectively (eˈjectively)
adverb
ejective in American English
(iˈdʒektɪv)
adjective
1.
serving to eject
2. Phonetics(of a voiceless stop, affricate, or fricative)
produced with air compressed above the closed glottis
noun
3. Phonetics
an ejective stop, affricate, or fricative
Derived forms
ejectively
adverb
Word origin
[1650–60; eject + -ive]This word is first recorded in the period 1650–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: backhand, parade, romantic, syllabus, triplet-ive is a suffix of adjectives (and nouns of adjectival origin) expressing tendency, disposition,function, connection, etc. Other words that use the affix -ive include: active, corrective, destructive, passive, sportive
Examples of 'ejective' in a sentence
ejective
They reflect a significant and positive worldwide correlation between elevation and the likelihood that a language employs ejective phonemes.
Caleb Everett 2013, 'Evidence for direct geographic influences on linguistic sounds: the case of ejectives.',PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3680446?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In addition, we hypothesize that ejective sounds may help to mitigate rates of water vapor loss through exhaled air.
Caleb Everett 2013, 'Evidence for Direct Geographic Influences on Linguistic Sounds: The Case of Ejectives',PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0065275. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)