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| articulated with the lower lip touching the upper front teeth |
| a plosive consonant whose occlusion and release are accomplished chiefly at the glottis |
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| nasal (ˈneɪzəl) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | of or relating to the nose |
| 2. | phonetics pronounced with the soft palate lowered allowing air to escape via the nasal cavity instead of or as well as through the mouth |
| —n | |
| 3. | a nasal speech sound, such as English m, n, or ng |
| 4. | another word for nosepiece |
| [C17: from French from Late Latin nāsālis, from Latin nāsus nose] | |
| nasality | |
| —n | |
| 'nasally | |
| —adv | |
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nasal
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nasal na·sal (nā'zəl)
adj.
Of, in, or relating to the nose.
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nasal  (nā'zəl) Pronunciation Key
Relating to or involving the nose. |
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nasal
in phonetics, speech sound in which the airstream passes through the nose as a result of the lowering of the soft palate (velum) at the back of the mouth. In the case of nasal consonants, such as English m, n, and ng (the final sound in "sing"), the mouth is occluded at some point by the lips or tongue and the airstream is expelled entirely through the nose. Sounds in which the airstream is expelled partly through the nose and partly through the mouth are classified as nasalized. Nasalized vowels are common in French (e.g., in vin "wine," bon "good," and enfant "child"), Portuguese, and a number of other languages. There are also instances of nasalized consonants in which the feature of nasalization carries over to a typically nonnasal consonant (e.g., the l in French branlant, "shaky").
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