nasalis

See also: Nasalis

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from New Latin nāsālis, ellipsis of mūsculus nāsālis (“nasal muscle”). Doublet of nasal.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /neɪˈzeɪ.lɪs/, /neɪˈseɪ.lɪs/
• Rhymes: -eɪlɪs

Noun

nasalis (plural nasales)

1. (anatomy) A small muscle on each side of the nose that constricts the nasal aperture by the action of a triangular transverse portion which draws the lateral part of the aperture upward and a quadrangular alar portion which draws it downward.

Translations

muscle

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鼻肌 (bíjī)

• Italian: nasale (it) m, musculo nasale m

References

• “nasalis”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

• Salians, Salinas, salinas

Latin

Etymology

From nāsus (“nose”) +‎ -ālis (“of or pertaining to”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /naːˈsaː.lis/, [näːˈs̠äːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /naˈsa.lis/, [näˈs̬äːlis]

Adjective

nāsālis (neuter nāsāle); third-declension two-termination adjective (New Latin)

1. (anatomy) nasal

Inflection

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	nāsālis	nāsāle		nāsālēs	nāsālia
Genitive	nāsālis			nāsālium
Dative	nāsālī			nāsālibus
Accusative	nāsālem	nāsāle		nāsālēs nāsālīs	nāsālia
Ablative	nāsālī			nāsālibus
Vocative	nāsālis	nāsāle		nāsālēs	nāsālia

Derived terms

• nāsāle
• vōmeronāsālis

Descendants

• → English: nasalis