nasaal — meaning in English
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English meaning
- nasal adj Relating to the nose.
Senses
nasaal is used for these senses in English:
- nasal (phonetics) Having a sound imparted by means of the nose; and specifically, made by lowering the soft palate, in some cases with closure of the oral passage, the voice thus issuing (wholly or partially) through the nose, as in the consonants m, n, ng.
- nasal consonant A consonant sound produced by air moving though the nose with the mouth passage occluded.
nasal — full definition
- adj Relating to the nose.
- adj Describing a sound made by letting air pass through the nose, as with the consonants "m," "n," and "ng."
- adj Of a voice: sounding as if it comes through the nose, often thought of as whiny or twangy.