-glot

1. a combining form with the meanings “having a tongue,” “speaking, writing, or written in a language” of the kind or number specified by the initial element:

   polyglot.

Word History and Origins

Origin of -glot¹

< Greek ( Attic ) -glottos -tongued, adj. derivative of glôtta tongue; glotto-

Example Sentences

Polyglot, pol′i-glot, adj. having or containing many languages.

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The aperture, or opening between these ligaments, is called the glot´tis, or chink of the glottis.

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Artistic faience was made at Sceaux for about forty-five years previous to 1795, by Chapelle and Glot successively.

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Epiglottis, ep-i-glot′is, n. the cartilage at the root of the tongue that partly closes the aperture of the larynx.

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Glot' tis, the opening between the vocal cords, or the mouth of the windpipe.

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