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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
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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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Word Origin & History

nasal 
1656, "of the nose," from Fr. nasal, from L. nasus "nose," from PIE *nas- (see nose). Of speech sounds, attested from 1669.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2nasal
Function: adjective
: of or relating to the nose <nasal inflammation> —na·sal·ly /'nAz-(&-)lE/ adverb
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Medical Dictionary

nasal na·sal (nā'zəl)
adj.
Of, in, or relating to the nose.

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Science Dictionary
nasal   (nā'zəl)  Pronunciation Key 
Relating to or involving the nose.
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