nasal
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Latin nasalis
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[edit] Adjective
nasal (comparative more nasal, superlative most nasal)
- (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the nose.
- (phonetics) Having a quality 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; characterized by resonance in the nasal passage; as, a nasal vowel; a nasal utterance.
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pertaining to the nose
having a quality imparted by means of the nose
[edit] Noun
nasal (plural nasals)
- An elementary sound which is uttered through the nose, or through both the nose and the mouth simultaneously, such asm and n.
- (medicine) (archaic) A medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine.
- (phonetics) A nasal vowel or consonant.
- (now historical) Part of a helmet projecting to protect the nose; a nose guard.
- 1909, Charles Henry Ashdown, European Arms & Armor, page 78,
- The nasal continued in use until about 1140, when it was generally discarded, but isolated examples may be found in every succeeding century down to the seventeenth.
- 1999, George RR Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam 2011, p. 463:
- Rorge had donned a black halfhelm with a broad iron nasal that made it hard to see that he did not have a nose.
- 1909, Charles Henry Ashdown, European Arms & Armor, page 78,
- (anatomy) One of the nasal bones.
- (zoology) A plate, or scale, on the nose of a fish, etc.
[edit] Translations
a nasal vowel or consonant
[edit] Derived terms
- nasal bone (anatomy)
- nasal cavity (anatomy)
- nasal fossa (anatomy)
- nasal index (anatomy)
- nasal vowel (phonetics)
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[edit] French
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nasal m. (f. nasale, m. plural nasaux, f. plural nasales)
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[edit] German
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- IPA: /naˈzaːl/
[edit] Adjective
nasal
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nasal m. and f. (plural nasais; uncomparable)
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nasal f. (plural nasals)
- nasal consonant
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nasal m. (plural nasals)
- nasal bone
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[edit] Spanish
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nasal m. and f. (plural nasales)
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nasal f.
- nasal consonant
