glottal stopnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌɡlɒt.əl ˈstɒp/us/ˌɡlɑː.t̬əl ˈstɑːp/specializeda speech sound produced by closing the vocal cords and then opening them quickly so that the air from the lungs is released with force
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- alveolar
- approximant
- articulatory
- aspiration
- assimilation
- clear l
- clipped
- consonant
- nasalization
- onomatopoeia
- palatal
- palato-alveolar
- pharyngeal
- phoneme
- pronounce
- silent letter
- velum
- voiced
- vowel
- weak form
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