nasal
English Edit
Etymology Edit
From Middle English, from Medieval Latin nāsālis, from nāsus (“the nose”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). Doublet of nasalis.
Pronunciation Edit
Adjective Edit
nasal (comparative more nasal, superlative most nasal)
- (anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the nose or to the nasion.
- 2013 March, Nancy Langston, “Mining the Boreal North”, in American Scientist[1], volume 101, number 2, page 98:
- Reindeer are well suited to the taiga’s frigid winters. They can maintain a thermogradient between body core and the environment of up to 100 degrees, in part because of insulation provided by their fur, and in part because of counter-current vascular heat exchange systems in their legs and nasal passages.
- (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
- (phonetics) Characterized by resonance in the nasal passage.
- nasal utterance
- 2016, A.K. Brown, Jumpstart (Champagne Universe Series: Book 1), page 2:
- "Are you sure you're OK?" she said with a nasal Australian accent.
- (music) Sharp, penetrating.
Derived terms Edit
- alinasal
- antronasal
- basinasal
- binasal
- bucconasal
- circumnasal
- craniofrontonasal
- denasal
- deviated nasal septum
- dorsonasal
- endonasal
- epinasal
- ethmonasal
- extranasal
- frontonasal
- hypernasal
- hyponasal
- inferior nasal concha
- inferonasal
- infranasal
- internasal
- intranasal
- labionasal
- lacrimonasal
- linguo-nasal
- linguonasal
- maxillonasal
- mesonasal
- muconasal
- nasalance
- nasal bone
- nasal cannula
- nasal capsule
- nasal cavity
- nasal concha
- nasal congestion
- nasal consonant
- nasal cycle
- nasal demon
- nasal fossa
- nasal index
- nasal irrigation
- nasalism
- nasality
- nasalize, nasalise
- nasally
- nasal mutation
- nasal nerve
- nasalness
- nasal obstruction
- nasal polyp
- nasal prongs
- nasal septum
- nasal spray
- nasal tampon
- nasal vowel
- nasalward, nasalwards
- naso-
- nonnasal
- occipitonasal
- oculonasal
- orbitonasal
- oronasal, oralnasal
- orthonasal
- palatonasal
- palpebronasal
- paranasal
- perinasal
- pharyngonasal
- postnasal
- post-nasal drip
- prenasal
- retronasal
- rostronasal
- septonasal
- sinonasal, sinusonasal
- subnasal
- superior nasal concha
- superonasal
- supranasal
- temporonasal
- tracheonasal
- transnasal
- ventronasal
- vomeronasal
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Noun Edit
nasal (plural nasals)
- (medicine, archaic) A medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine.
- (phonetics) Ellipsis of nasal consonant.
- Hyponym: velar nasal
- (phonetics) Ellipsis of nasal vowel.
- (historical) The part of a helmet projecting to protect the nose; a nose guard.
- 1909, Charles Henry Ashdown, European Arms & Armor, page 78:
- The nasal continued in use until about 1140, when it was generally discarded, but isolated examples may be found in every succeeding century down to the seventeenth.
- 1999, George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam Books, published 2011, page 463:
- Rorge had donned a black halfhelm with a broad iron nasal that made it hard to see that he did not have a nose.
- (anatomy) Ellipsis of nasal bone.
- (zootomy) A plate, or scale, on the nose of a fish, etc.
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References Edit
- “nasal”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “nasal”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Anagrams Edit
Asturian Edit
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Catalan Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Adjective Edit
nasal m or f (masculine and feminine plural nasals)
Derived terms Edit
French Edit
Etymology Edit
Borrowed from Medieval Latin nāsālis, from Latin nāsus (“nose”).
Pronunciation Edit
Adjective Edit
nasal (feminine nasale, masculine plural nasaux, feminine plural nasales)
Derived terms Edit
Related terms Edit
Further reading Edit
- “nasal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Adjective Edit
nasal m or f (plural nasais)
Further reading Edit
- “nasal” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
German Edit
Etymology Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Adjective Edit
nasal (strong nominative masculine singular nasaler, not comparable)
Declension Edit
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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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 Edit
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Interlingua Edit
Adjective Edit
nasal (not comparable)
Piedmontese Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Adjective Edit
nasal
Portuguese Edit
Etymology Edit
Learned borrowing from Latin nāsālis.
Pronunciation Edit
Adjective Edit
nasal m or f (plural nasais, not comparable)
Derived terms Edit
Noun Edit
nasal f (plural nasais)
- nasal consonant
Noun Edit
nasal m (plural nasais)
- nasal bone
Related terms Edit
Spanish Edit
Etymology Edit
Borrowed from Late Latin nāsālis, from Latin nāsus.
Pronunciation Edit
Adjective Edit
nasal m or f (masculine and feminine plural nasales)
Derived terms Edit
Noun Edit
nasal f (plural nasales)
- nasal, nasal consonant
Related terms Edit
Further reading Edit
- “nasal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish Edit
Adjective Edit
nasal (comparative nasalare, superlative nasalast)
Declension Edit
Inflection of nasal | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | nasal | nasalare | nasalast |
Neuter singular | nasalt | nasalare | nasalast |
Plural | nasala | nasalare | nasalast |
Masculine plural3 | nasale | nasalare | nasalast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | nasale | nasalare | nasalaste |
All | nasala | nasalare | nasalaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Noun Edit
nasal c
- a nasal (nasal consonant, nasal vowel)
Declension Edit
Declension of nasal | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | nasal | nasalen | nasaler | nasalerna |
Genitive | nasals | nasalens | nasalers | nasalernas |