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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun nasal has 2 senses
- nasal(n = noun.communication) nasal consonant - a consonant produced through the nose with the mouth closed; Array is a kind of consonant
- nasal(n = noun.body) nasal bone, os nasale - an elongated rectangular bone that forms the bridge of the nose; Array has parts: rhinion
Derived form adjective nasal2
is a kind of bone, os
is a part of bridge
Derived form adjective nasal1
Adjective nasal has 2 senses
- nasal(a = adj.pert) rhinal - of or in or relating to the nose; "nasal passages" Derived form noun nasal2
- nasal(s = adj.all) adenoidal, pinched - sounding as if the nose were pinched; "a whining nasal voice" Derived forms noun nasal1, noun nasality1
CIDE DICTIONARY
nasal, a. [F., from L. nasus the nose. See Nose.].
- Of or pertaining to the nose. [1913 Webster]
- 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,as, a nasal vowel; a nasal utterance. [1913 Webster]
nasal, n.
- An elementary sound which is uttered through the nose, or through both the nose and the mouth simultaneously. [1913 Webster]
- A medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine. [1913 Webster]
- Part of a helmet projecting to protect the nose; a
nose guard . [1913 Webster] - One of the nasal bones. [1913 Webster]
- A plate, or scale, on the nose of a fish, etc. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
nasal, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 of, for, or relating to the nose.
2 Phonet. (of a letter or a sound) pronounced with the breath passing through the nose, e.g. m, n, ng, or French en, un, etc.
3 (of the voice or speech) having an intonation caused by breathing through the nose.
--n.
1 Phonet. a nasal letter or sound.
2 hist. a nose-piece on a helmet.
--adj.
1 of, for, or relating to the nose.
2 Phonet. (of a letter or a sound) pronounced with the breath passing through the nose, e.g. m, n, ng, or French en, un, etc.
3 (of the voice or speech) having an intonation caused by breathing through the nose.
--n.
1 Phonet. a nasal letter or sound.
2 hist. a nose-piece on a helmet.
Derivative
nasality n. nasalize v.intr. & tr. (also -ise). nasalization n. nasally adv.
Etymology
F nasal or med.L nasalis f. L nasus nose
THESAURUS
nasal
accented, allophone, alveolar, apical, apico-alveolar, apico-dental, articulated, articulation, aspiration, assimilated, assimilation, asthmatic, back, barytone, bilabial, blurred, breathing, breathy, broad, cacuminal, central, cerebral, check, checked, choked, choking, close, consonant, consonantal, continuant, croaking, dental, diphthong, dissimilated, dissimilation, dorsal, drawling, drawly, dysphonic, epenthetic vowel, errhine, expiratory, explosive, flat, front, glide, glossal, glottal, glottalization, guttural, hard, harsh, hawking, heaving, heavy, high, hoarse, huffing, inarticulate, indistinct, inspiratory, intonated, labial, labialization, labiodental, labiovelar, laryngeal, lateral, lax, light, lingual, liquid, lisping, low, manner of articulation, mid, mispronounced, modification, monophthong, monophthongal, morphophoneme, mute, muted, muzzy, narrow, nasalized, occlusive, open, oxytone, palatal, palatalized, panting, parasitic vowel, peak, pharyngeal, pharyngealization, pharyngealized, phone, phoneme, phonemic, phonetic, phonic, pitch, pitched, plosive, pneumonic, posttonic, prothetic vowel, puffing, pulmonary, pulmonic, quavering, respiratory, retroflex, rhinal, rounded, segmental phoneme, semivowel, shaking, shaky, sneezy, sniffling, sniffly, sniffy, snoring, snorting, snuffling, snuffly, snuffy, soft, sonant, sonority, speech sound, sternutatory, stertorous, stifled, stop, stopped, strangled, stressed, strong, surd, syllabic, syllabic nucleus, syllabic peak, syllable, tense, thick, throaty, tonal, tonic, transition sound, tremulous, triphthong, twangy, unaccented, unrounded, unstressed, velar, vocable, vocalic, vocoid, voice, voiced, voiced sound, voiceless, voiceless sound, voicing, vowel, vowellike, weak, wheezing, wheezy, wideROGET THESAURUS
nasal
Stammering
N stammering, inarticulateness, stammering, hesitation, impediment in one's speech, titubancy, traulism, whisper, lisp, drawl, tardiloquence, nasal tone, nasal accent, twang, falsetto, broken voice, broken accents, broken sentences, brogue, slip of the tongue, lapsus linouae, stammering, inarticulate, guttural, nasal, tremulous, affected, sotto voce.
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