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orinasal

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o⋅ri⋅na⋅sal

[awr-uh-ney-zuhl, ohr-] Phonetics
–adjective
1. pronounced with the voice issuing through the mouth and the nose simultaneously, as in the nasalized vowels of French.
–noun
2. an orinasal sound.
Also, oronasal.


Origin:
1865–70; < L ōr- (s. of ōs) mouth + -i- + nasal 1


o⋅ri⋅na⋅sal⋅ly, adverb
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o·ri·na·sal   (ôr'ə-nā'zəl, ŏr'-)   
adj.  Pronounced with both nasal and oral passages open.
n.  An orinasal speech sound, such as a French nasal vowel.

[Latin ōs, ōr-, mouth; see ōs- in Indo-European roots + nasal.]
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