nasalize

English

Alternative forms

• nasalise

Etymology

nasal +‎ -ize

Verb

nasalize (third-person singular simple present nasalizes, present participle nasalizing, simple past and past participle nasalized)

1. To speak through the nose.
2. To make a nasal sound when speaking.
3. (phonetics) To lower the soft palate so that air flows through the nose during the articulation of a speech sound.

Derived terms

• nasalization

Translations

speak through the nose

• Esperanto: nazaligi
• Ido: nazaligar (io)
• Romanian: nazaliza (ro)
• Swedish: nasalera (sv)
• Urdu: غُنَّہ کَرْنا (ġunna karnā)

allow air to flow through the nose during the articulation of a speech sound

• French: nasaliser (fr)
• Galician: nasalizar (gl)
• German: nasalieren (de)
• Ido: nazaligar (io)
• Latvian: nazalizēt
• Spanish: nasalizar (es)
• Swedish: nasalera (sv)
• Vietnamese: mũi hoá

Anagrams

• -salazine, Alanizes, silazane

Galician

Verb

nasalize

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of nasalizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative