nasal

See also: Nasal

§English

§Etymology

From French nasal, from Latin nasalis.

§Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈneɪzəl/
• Rhymes: -eɪzəl

§Adjective

nasal (comparative more nasal, superlative most nasal)

1. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the nose.
   • 2013 March 1, Nancy Langston, “Mining the Boreal North”, American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, page 98: 

     Reindeer are well suited to the taiga’s frigid winters. They can maintain a thermogradient between body core and the environment of up to 100 degrees, in part because of insulation provided by their fur, and in part because of counter-current vascular heat exchange systems in their legs and nasal passages.

2. (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.

§Translations

pertaining to the nose

• Asturian: nasal (ast)
• Catalan: nasal (ca)
• Czech: nosní (cs) m
• Finnish: nenä-, nenän
• French: nasal (fr)
• Galician: nasal (gl)
• German: nasal (de)
• Italian: nasale (it)

• Occitan: nasal
• Polish: nosowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: nasal (pt)
• Russian: носово́й (ru) (nosovój), (medical) наза́льный (nazálʹnyj)
• Spanish: nasal (es)
• Turkish: genizsil, nazal (tr)

having a quality imparted by means of the nose

• Armenian: ռնգական (ṙngakan)
• Asturian: nasal (ast)
• Catalan: nasal (ca)
• Dutch: nasaal (nl)
• Finnish: nasaalinen, nasaali-
• French: nasal (fr)
• Galician: nasal (gl)
• German: nasal (de)
• Italian: nasale (it)

• Latvian: nazāls
• Navajo: chį́į́shyol
• Polish: nosowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: nasal (pt)
• Russian: носовой (ru) (nosovój), (uncommon) назальный (nazálʹnyj)
• Spanish: nasal (es)
• Turkish: nazal (tr), genizsil
• Welsh: trwynol (cy)

§Noun

nasal (plural nasals)

1. An elementary sound which is uttered through the nose, or through both the nose and the mouth simultaneously, such as m and n.
2. (medicine, archaic) A medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine.
3. (phonetics) A nasal vowel or consonant.
4. (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.

5. (anatomy) One of the nasal bones.
6. (zoology) A plate, or scale, on the nose of a fish, etc.

§Translations

elementary sound

• Finnish: nenä-äänne, nasaali

medicine that operates through the nose

• Finnish: intranasaalinen lääke

nasal vowel or consonant

• Armenian: ռնգական (ṙngakan), ռնգային (ṙngayin)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鼻音 (zh) (bíyīn)

• Dutch: neusklank (nl) c
• Finnish: nenä-äänne, nasaali
• Japanese: 鼻音 (ja) (びおん, bion)
• Latvian: nāsenis m (consonant)

• Navajo: chį́į́shtah diitsʼaʼígíí
• Portuguese: nasal (pt)
• Russian: носово́й звук m (nosovój zvuk)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: назал m, носник m

  Roman: nazal (sh) m, nosnik m

• Slovene: nósnik m

part of a helmet protecting the nose

• Finnish: nenäsuoja, nasaali

anatomy: one of the nasal bones

• Finnish: nenän luu

zoology: plate or scale on the nose of a fish

§Derived terms

• nasal bone (anatomy)
• nasal cavity (anatomy)
• nasal fossa (anatomy)
• nasal index (anatomy)
• nasal vowel (phonetics)

§Anagrams

• alans, Alans
• Aslan

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§Asturian

§Adjective

nasal (epicene, plural nasales)

1. nasal

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§Catalan

§Adjective

nasal m, f (masculine and feminine plural nasals)

1. nasal

§Derived terms

• nasalment

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§French

§Etymology

From Medieval Latin nasalis, from Latin nasus (“nose”).

§Adjective

nasal m (feminine nasale, masculine plural nasaux, feminine plural nasales)

1. nasal

§Related terms

• nasale
• nasalisation
• nasaliser
• naseau
• nasiller
• nez

§External links

• “nasal” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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§Galician

§Adjective

nasal m, f (plural nasais)

1. nasal

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§German

§Etymology

From Latin nasus + -al

§Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naˈzaːl/

§Adjective

nasal

1. nasal

§Related terms

• Nase

§Compounds

• nasalieren
• Nasalierung
• Nasalität
• Nasallaut

§External links

• nasal in Duden online

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§Portuguese

§Etymology

From Latin nasalis.

§Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɐˈzaɫ/

§Adjective

nasal m, f (plural nasais, not comparable)

1. nasal

§Noun

nasal f (plural nasais)

1. nasal consonant

§Noun

nasal m (plural nasais)

1. nasal bone

§Related terms

• nasalação
• nasalar
• nasalidade
• nariz

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§Spanish

§Etymology

From Late Latin nasalis, from Latin nasus.

§Adjective

nasal m, f (plural nasales)

1. nasal

§Noun

nasal f

1. nasal consonant

§Related terms

• nasalidad
• nasalización
• nasalizar
• nariz