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nasal adjective

  /ˈneɪ.zəl/ , /ˈnæɪ.zəl/ , [ˈnej.zl̩] , [ˈnæɪ.zl̩]
  • (anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the nose or to the nasion.
  • (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.
 nasal

nasal noun

  /ˈneɪ.zəl/ , /ˈnæɪ.zəl/ , [ˈnej.zl̩] , [ˈnæɪ.zl̩]
  • (phonetics) Ellipsis of nasal consonant.
  • (phonetics) Ellipsis of nasal vowel.
  • (zootomy) A plate, or scale, on the nose of a fish, etc.
 nasal
nasal consonant
nasal
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