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na⋅sal

1  [ney-zuhl]
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–adjective
1. of or pertaining to the nose: the nasal cavity.
2. Phonetics. pronounced with the voice issuing through the nose, either partly, as in French nasal vowels, or entirely (as in m, n, or the ng of song).
–noun
3. Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME (adj.) < ML *nāsālis, equiv. to L nās(us) nose + -ālis -al 1

Related forms:
na⋅sal⋅i⋅ty  [ney-zal-i-tee] , na⋅sal⋅ism, noun

na⋅sal

2  [ney-zuhl]
–noun Armor.
a bar or narrow plate used with an open helmet as a defense for the nose.
Origin:
1470–80; late ME < ML nāsāle, n. use of neut. of *nāsālis nasal1; r. ME nasel < MF < ML, as above
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na·sal   (nā'zəl)   
adj.  
  1. Of, in, or relating to the nose.
  2. Linguistics Articulated by lowering the soft palate so that air resonates in the nasal cavities and passes out the nose, as in the pronunciation of the consonants (m), (n), and (ng) or the nasalized vowel of French bon.
  3. Characterized by or resembling a resonant sound produced through the nose: a nasal whine.
n.  
  1. Linguistics A nasal consonant.
  2. A nasal part or bone, forming part of the bridge of the nose.
  3. The nosepiece of a helmet.

[Possibly from Middle English nasale, from Medieval Latin nāsālis, from Latin nāsus, nose; see nas- in Indo-European roots.]
na·sal'i·ty (nā-zāl'ĭ-tē) n., na'sal·ly adv.
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nasal   (nā'zəl)  Pronunciation Key 
Relating to or involving the nose.
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