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Added 9 October 2026

nasal

/ˈneɪ.zəl/ adjective

Latin root: nāsālis Wiktionary

adjective Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about nasal at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Of or pertaining to the nose or to the nasion.
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
Characterized by resonance in the nasal passage.
nasal utterance

noun

A medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine.
Ellipsis of nasal consonant.
Ellipsis of nasal vowel.

Origin

From Middle English, from Medieval Latin nāsālis, from nāsus (“the nose”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). Doublet of nasalis.

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