nasal
adjective/ˈneɪzl/
/ˈneɪzl/
- connected with the nose
- the nasal passages
- a nasal spray
- (of somebody’s voice) sounding as if it is produced partly through the nose
- a nasal accent/twang
- (phonetics) (of a speech sound) produced by allowing air to flow through the nose but not the mouth. The nasal consonants in English are /m/, /n/ and /ŋ/, as in sum, sun and sung.Topics Languagec2
Word OriginMiddle English (in sense 2 of the noun): from medieval Latin nasalis, from Latin nasus ‘nose’.
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