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 Definitions of nasal  [ˈneɪ zəl]  

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Definition of 'nasal' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) nasal
of or pertaining to the nose.

2.  nasal
(of a speech sound) pronounced with the soft palate lowered and the voice issuing through the nose, either partly, as in French nasal vowels, or entirely, as in the sounds (m), (n), or the (ng) of
song.

3.  nasal
characterized by or resembling such sounds:
a nasal voice.

4. (n.) nasal
a nasal speech sound.

5. (n.) nasal
a nosepiece for a helmet.

Etymology:  (1470–80; late ME < ML nāsāle, n. use of neut. of *nāsālisnasal1; r. ME nasel < MF < ML )

Definition of 'nasal' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) nasal consonant, nasal
a consonant produced through the nose with the mouth closed

2. (adj) nasal, nasal bone, os nasale
an elongated rectangular bone that forms the bridge of the nose

3. (adj) rhinal, nasal
of or in or relating to the nose
"nasal passages"

4. (adj) adenoidal, pinched, nasal
sounding as if the nose were pinched
"a whining nasal voice"


Definition of 'nasal' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) nasal
relating to the nose
a nasal spray

2.  nasal
(of a voice) sounding as if it comes through the nose
her nasal voice


Definition of 'nasal' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) nasal
of or pertaining to the nose

2. (adj) nasal
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 (see Guide to Pronunciation, // 20, 208); characterized by resonance in the nasal passage; as, a nasal vowel; a nasal utterance

3. (noun) nasal
an elementary sound which is uttered through the nose, or through both the nose and the mouth simultaneously

4. (noun) nasal
a medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine

5. (noun) nasal
part of a helmet projecting to protect the nose; a nose guard

6. (noun) nasal
one of the nasal bones

7. (noun) nasal
a plate, or scale, on the nose of a fish, etc


Translation of 'nasal' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: of the nose
a nasal infection; nasal congestion.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: nasaal Arabic flag Arabic: أنْفي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: назален
Brazilian flag Brazilian: nasal Czech flag Czech: nosní German flag German: Nasen-...
Danish flag Danish: næse-; nasal Greek flag Greek: ρινικός Spanish flag Spanish: nasal
Estonian flag Estonian: nina- Farsi flag Farsi: وابسته به بینی Finnish flag Finnish: nenä-
French flag French: nasal Hebrew flag Hebrew: אַפִּי Hindi flag Hindi: नासिका संबंधी
Croatian flag Croatian: nosan Hungarian flag Hungarian: orr- Indonesian flag Indonesian: mengenai hidung
Icelandic flag Icelandic: nef- Italian flag Italian: nasale Japanese flag Japanese: 鼻の
Korean flag Korean: 코의 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: nosies Latvian flag Latvian: nazāls; deguna-
Malay flag Malay: nasal Dutch flag Dutch: neus- Norwegian flag Norwegian: tett (i nesen)
Polish flag Polish: nosowy Persian flag Persian: وابسته به بینی Pashto flag Pashto: په پوزى اړوند
Portuguese flag Portuguese: nasal Romanian flag Romanian: nazal Russian flag Russian: носовой; назальный
Slovak flag Slovak: nosný Slovenian flag Slovenian: nosen Serbian flag Serbian: nosni
Swedish flag Swedish: näs- Thai flag Thai: ทางจมูก Turkish flag Turkish: buruna ait
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 鼻的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: носовий Urdu flag Urdu: ناک سے متعلق
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thuộc về mũi Chinese flag Chinese: 鼻的

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