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nasal

See also: Nasal and n-asal

nasal - English

Adjective

nasal (comparative more nasal, superlative most nasal)

  1. (anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the nose or to the nasion.
  2. (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 vowel
  3. (phonetics) Characterized by resonance in the nasal passage.
    • nasal utterance
  4. (music) Sharp, penetrating.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

nasal (plural nasals)

  1. (medicine, archaic) A medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine.
  2. (phonetics) Ellipsis of nasal consonant.
  3. (phonetics) Ellipsis of nasal vowel.
  4. (historical) The part of a helmet projecting to protect the nose; a nose guard.
  5. (anatomy) Ellipsis of nasal bone.
  6. (zootomy) A plate, or scale, on the nose of a fish, etc.

Translations

  • Finnish: nenän luu

Anagrams

nasal - Asturian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /naˈsal/, [naˈsal]

Adjective

nasal (epicene, plural nasales)

  1. nasal

nasal - Catalan

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central) IPA: /nəˈzal/
  • (Valencian) IPA: /naˈzal/

Adjective

nasal (masculine and feminine plural nasals)

  1. nasal

Derived terms

  • nasalment

nasal - French

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /na.zal/

Adjective

nasal (feminine nasale, masculine plural nasaux, feminine plural nasales)

  1. nasal
  2. (phonetics, phonology) nasal

Derived terms

nasal - Galician

Adjective

nasal m or f (plural nasais)

  1. nasal

nasal - German

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /naˈzaːl/

Adjective

nasal (strong nominative masculine singular nasaler, not comparable)

  1. nasal

Declension

number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist nasal sie ist nasal es ist nasal sie sind nasal
strong declension (without article) nominative nasaler nasale nasales nasale
genitive nasalen nasaler nasalen nasaler
dative nasalem nasaler nasalem nasalen
accusative nasalen nasale nasales nasale
weak declension (with definite article) nominative der nasale die nasale das nasale die nasalen
genitive des nasalen der nasalen des nasalen der nasalen
dative dem nasalen der nasalen dem nasalen den nasalen
accusative den nasalen die nasale das nasale die nasalen
mixed declension (with indefinite article) nominative ein nasaler eine nasale ein nasales (keine) nasalen
genitive eines nasalen einer nasalen eines nasalen (keiner) nasalen
dative einem nasalen einer nasalen einem nasalen (keinen) nasalen
accusative einen nasalen eine nasale ein nasales (keine) nasalen

Derived terms

nasal - Interlingua

Adjective

nasal (not comparable)

  1. nasal

nasal - Piedmontese

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /naˈzal/

Adjective

nasal

  1. nasal

nasal - Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA: /naˈzaw/ [naˈzaʊ̯]
  • (Portugal) IPA: /nɐˈzal/ [nɐˈzaɫ]
  • Hyphenation: na‧sal

Adjective

nasal m or f (plural nasais, not comparable)

  1. nasal

Derived terms

Noun

nasal f (plural nasais)

  1. nasal consonant

Noun

nasal m (plural nasais)

  1. nasal bone

nasal - Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /naˈsal/ [naˈsal]
  • Syllabification: na‧sal

Adjective

nasal (plural nasales)

  1. nasal

Derived terms

Noun

nasal f (plural nasales)

  1. nasal, nasal consonant

nasal - Swedish

Adjective

nasal (comparative nasalare, superlative nasalast)

  1. (anatomy) nasal
  2. (phonetics) nasal
  3. nasal (having a nasal tone)
    • en nasal röst
      • a nasal voice

Declension

Inflection of nasal

Noun

nasal c

  1. a nasal (nasal consonant, nasal vowel)

Declension

Declension of nasal 
Meaning and Definition of nasal
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