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