nasal
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French nasal, from Latin nasalis.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
nasal (comparative more nasal, superlative most nasal)
- (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the nose or to the nasion
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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.
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- (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[edit]
Translations[edit]
pertaining to the nose
having a quality imparted by means of the nose
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Noun[edit]
nasal (plural nasals)
- (medicine, archaic) A medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine.
- (phonetics) A vowel or consonant (such as [m] or [n]) articulated with air flowing through the nose.
- (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.
Derived terms[edit]
Terms derived from nasal
Translations[edit]
medicine that operates through the nose
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vowel or consonant articulated with air flowing through the nose
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anatomy: one of the nasal bones
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zoology: plate or scale on the nose of a fish
Anagrams[edit]
Asturian[edit]
Adjective[edit]
nasal (epicene, plural nasales)
Catalan[edit]
Adjective[edit]
nasal (masculine and feminine plural nasals)
Derived terms[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Medieval Latin nāsālis, from Latin nāsus (“nose”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
nasal (feminine singular nasale, masculine plural nasaux, feminine plural nasales)
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “nasal” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Galician[edit]
Adjective[edit]
nasal m, f (plural nasais)
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
nasal
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Compounds[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- nasal in Duden online
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
nasal m, f (plural nasais, not comparable)
Noun[edit]
nasal f (plural nasais)
- nasal consonant
Noun[edit]
nasal m (plural nasais)
- nasal bone
Related terms[edit]
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Late Latin nasalis, from Latin nasus.
Adjective[edit]
nasal (plural nasales)
Noun[edit]
nasal f (plural nasales)
- nasal, nasal consonant
Related terms[edit]
Related terms
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