epiglottis

Borrowed from New Latin epiglōttis, from Ancient Greek ἐπῐγλωττῐ́ς (epiglōttís, “valve covering the larynx”), from ἐπῐ- (epi-, “upon, over”) +‎ γλωττῐ́ς (glōttís, “glottis, mouth of the windpipe”); equivalent to epi- (“upon; above”) +‎ glottis.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɛ.pɪ.ˈɡlɒ.tɪs/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɛ.pə.ˈɡlɑ.tɪs/
• Rhymes: -ɒtɪs

epiglottis (plural epiglottises or epiglottides)

1. (anatomy) A cartilaginous organ in the throat of terrestrial vertebrates covering the glottis when swallowing to prevent food and liquid from entering the trachea, and in Homo sapiens also a speech organ.
   • 2004, Top Gear, season 5, episode 9, Jeremy Clarkson (actor):

     My epiglottis is full of bees!

• glottis

• Category:epiglottis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

• “epiglottis”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “epiglottis”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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Internationalism (see English epiglottis), ultimately from New Latin epiglōttis.

• IPA^(key): /ˈepiɡlotːis/, [ˈe̞piɡˌlo̞t̪ːis̠]
• Rhymes: -otːis
• Syllabification^(key): e‧pig‧lot‧tis

epiglottis

1. epiglottis

• kurkunkansi

From Ancient Greek ἐπῐγλωττῐ́ς (epiglōttís, “valve covering the larynx”), from ἐπῐ- (epi-, “upon, over”) +‎ γλωττῐ́ς (glōttís, “glottis, mouth of the windpipe”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /e.piˈɡloːt.tis/, [ɛpɪˈɡɫ̪oːt̪ːɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.piˈɡlot.tis/, [epiˈɡlɔt̪ːis]

epiglōttis f (genitive epiglōttidis); third declension (Late Latin)

1. (anatomy) an epiglottis

Third-declension noun.