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Stems March 29th

Glott (tongue)—   epiglottic, polyglot, glossolalia, glottal, monoglot, glossectomy

Define two words and write sentences for each word defined.

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62 Comments for “Stems March 29th”

  1. brett stoddard 5th period

    Glott( tongue)
    Glottal-of or pertaining to the glottis.
    The glottal perrains to the glottis.

    Monoglot-knowing only one language.
    Monoglot is also known as monolingual.

  2. glott (tongue)

    epiglottic- a flap of cartilage that covers the windpipe while swallowing.
    polyglott- a book that contains side-by-side versions of the same text in several different languages.

    The epiglottis is a very useful flap of cartilage that covers the windpipe because it helps the food go down the right tube.
    A polyglott book is very useful to people who visit the United States, or people who become citizens to help them practice different languages.

  3. Connor Ferguson 2nd period

    glottal-of or pertaining to the glottis. Some foreign languages use glottal stops.

    polyglot-able to speak or write in different languages. A translator at the UN is a polyglot they can speak many different languages.

  4. John Parvin McBride 2nd Period

    polyglot-linguist: a person who speaks more than one language
    He is a polyglot, he can speak English, Spanish, and French.
    monoglot-a person capable of speaking only a single language; capable of speaking only a single language
    I am a monoglot, I can only speak English

  5. Logan Storey 6th period

    Glott (tongue)— epiglottic, polyglot, glossolalia, glottal, monoglot, glossectomy
    polyglot- A person having a speaking, reading, or writing knowledge of several languages.I know some people that come from different countrys and they are polyglot.
    monoglot- a person who knows only one language.
    Im a monoglot and so is the rest of my family.

  6. Owen Clarke 4th

    Glott (tongue)
    Monoglot-knowing only 1 language “I am a monoglot.”
    Polyglot-able to speak several languages “Dylan is a ployglot.”

  7. joshua sanchez-6

    polyglot-able to speak and write different languages.
    I know many people the can polyglot.
    monoglot- knowing only one language.
    Most people are monoglots.

  8. Ryan Chamberlain 1st period

    Stems:

    Glott/tongue/epiglottic-a thin, valvelike, cartilaginous structure that covers the glottis during swallowing, preventing the entrance of food and drink into the larynx.

    Glott/tongue/polyglot-able to speak or write several languages; multilingual.

    Glott/tongue/glossolalia-incomprehensible speech in an imaginary language, sometimes occurring in a trance state, an episode of religious ecstasy, or schizophrenia

    Glott/tongue/glottal-of or pertaining to the glottis.

  9. glottal-of or relating to the glottis
    Before looking uo the defintion I did not know the meanng of glottal

    epiglottis-the opening of the vocal folds
    An infection of the epiglottis can make you very sick

  10. Courtney Grays 6

    epiglottis-the opening of the vocal folds.

    glottal-of or relating to the glottis.

  11. Glott (tongue) Epiglottic- a flap of cartilage at the root of the mouth
    Polyglot- knowing or using several languages

    I think the epiglottic can also be called the uvula.
    I don’t think you’re considered a polyglot.

  12. Austinh5th per

    Glott tongue

    Epiglottic
    a thin, valvelike, cartilaginous structure that covers the glottis during swallowing, preventing the entrance of food and drink into the larynx

    glottal pertaining to the glottis glottal

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