nasal

See also: Nasal and n-asal

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 or to the nasion
   • 2013 March 1, Nancy Langston, “Mining the Boreal North”, in American Scientist‎^[1], 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 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; characterized by resonance in the nasal passage

   a nasal vowel

   a nasal utterance.

Synonyms

• (of or pertaining to the nose): nosely; nosey

Translations

pertaining to the nose

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

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

having a quality imparted by means of the nose

• Armenian: ռնգական (hy) (ṙngakan)
• Asturian: nasal (ast)
• Catalan: nasal (ca)
• Dutch: nasaal (nl)
• Finnish: nasaalinen, nasaali- (fi)
• French: nasal (fr)
• Galician: nasal (gl)
• German: nasal (de)
• Greek: έρρινος (el) (érrinos)
• Hungarian: nazális (hu)
• Irish: srónach

• Italian: nasale (it)
• Latvian: nazāls
• Maori: whango
• Navajo: chį́į́shyol, háchį́shtahdę́ę́ʼ
• Polish: nosowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: nasal (pt)
• Russian: носово́й (ru) (nosovój), (uncommon) наза́льный (ru) (nazálʹnyj)
• Spanish: nasal (es)
• Telugu: అనునాసికము (te) (anunāsikamu)
• Turkish: nazal (tr), genizsil (tr)
• Welsh: trwynol (cy)

Noun

nasal (plural nasals)

1. (medicine, archaic) A medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine.
2. (phonetics) A vowel or consonant (such as [m] or [n]) articulated with air flowing through the nose.
3. (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.

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

Derived terms

Terms derived from nasal

• nasal bone
• nasal cavity

• nasal fossa
• nasal index

• nasal vowel
• nasalize

Translations

medicine that operates through the nose

• Finnish: intranasaalinen lääke

vowel or consonant articulated with air flowing through the nose

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

  Mandarin: 鼻音 (zh) (bíyīn)

• Dutch: neusklank (nl) c
• Finnish: nenä-äänne (fi), nasaali (fi)
• Galician: nasal (gl)
• Georgian: ცხვირისმიერი (cxvirismieri), ცხვირისმიერი ბგერა (cxvirismieri bgera), ნაზალური (nazaluri), ნაზალური ბგერა (nazaluri bgera)
• German: Nasenlaut (de); Nasallaut (de), Nasal (de) m, Nasalis f
• Irish: srónach m
• 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
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} näsljud, ^{(please verify)} nasalljud
• Telugu: అనునాసికము (te) (anunāsikamu)

part of a helmet protecting the nose

• Finnish: nenäsuoja, nasaali (fi)

anatomy: one of the nasal bones

• Finnish: nenän luu

zoology: plate or scale on the nose of a fish

Anagrams

• Alans, Anals, alans, anals, nalas

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Asturian

Adjective

nasal (epicene, plural nasales)

1. nasal

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Catalan

Adjective

nasal (masculine and feminine plural nasals)

1. nasal

Derived terms

• nasalment

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin nāsālis, from Latin nāsus (“nose”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na.zal/

Adjective

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

1. nasal
2. (phonetics, phonology) nasal

Related terms

Related terms

• nasale
• nasalisation
• nasaliser

• naseau
• nasiller
• nez

Further reading

• “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 nasalis

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naˈzaːl/

• Audio

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Adjective

nasal

1. nasal

Related terms

• Nase

Compounds

• Nasalbuchstabe
• nasalieren
• Nasalierung
• Nasalität
• Nasallaut

Further reading

• 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

Related terms

• nariz
• nasalação

• nasalar
• nasalidade

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Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin nasalis, from Latin nasus.

Adjective

nasal (plural nasales)

1. nasal

Noun

nasal f (plural nasales)

1. nasal, nasal consonant

Related terms

Related terms

• nariz
• nasalidad

• nasalización
• nasalizar