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nasal en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • nā'zəl
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈneɪ.zəl/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈnæɪ.zəl/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • [ˈnej.zl̩] (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • [ˈnæɪ.zl̩] (Australia, New-Zealand)

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (relational) Of or pertaining to the nose or to the nasion.
    • 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. 2013 March, Nancy Langston, “Mining the Boreal North”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, page 98:
    • Neffy uses the same spray device as Narcan, the naloxone nasal spray for opioid overdose, according to a spokesperson for its maker, ARS Pharmaceuticals. 2024 August 9, Meg Tirrell, “First nasal spray epinephrine drug for emergency allergic reactions gets FDA approval”, in CNN:
  2. 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. Characterized by resonance in the nasal passage.
    • "Are you sure you're OK?" she said with a nasal Australian accent. 2016, A.K. Brown, Jumpstart (Champagne Universe Series: Book 1), page 2:
    • nasal utterance
  4. Sharp, penetrating.

Forms

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more nasal Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most nasal Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

nasalise · nasalness · linguonasal · salpingonasal · intranasal · nasal prongs · rostronasal · antronasal · nasal-ingressive · ventronasal · infranasal · nasal douche · lacrimonasal · perinasal · nasal tampon · nasality · muconasal · subnasal · alveolonasal · hyponasality · transnasal · nasalwards · prenasal · dorsal nasal artery · palpebronasal · oronasal · nasalize · post-nasal drip · oculonasal · alinasal · nasal lavage · nasal fossa · supranasal · occipitonasal · epinasal · oralnasal · nasal obstruction · inferonasal · denasal · basinasal · bucconasal · nasalward · extranasal · nasal polyp · temporonasal · nasal cannula · binasal · dorsonasal · orthonasal · nasal cavity · mesonasal · internasal · nasal mutation · nasalance · nasal vowel · postnasal · inferior nasal concha · nonnasal · vomeronasal · nasal cycle · maxillonasal · nasal septum · endonasal · ethmonasal · craniofrontonasal · seminasal · nasal irrigation · labionasal · nasally · naso- · nasallang · nasal concha · nasal congestion · superior nasal concha · linguo-nasal · sinusonasal · nasal capsule · orbitonasal · septonasal · nasal index · frontonasal · paranasal · circumnasal · nasal bone · nasal discharge · nasalism · laryngonasal · nasal breathing · nasal nerve · retronasal · hyponasal · palatonasal · superonasal · hypernasal · nasal spray · nasal consonant · pharyngonasal · sinonasal · nasal demon · tracheonasal

Hypernyms

resonant · sonorant

Synonyms

nosey · nosely

Translations (70)

nb nese- (pertaining to the nose) · fa خیشومی (having a quality imparted by means of the nose) · it nasale (pertaining to the nose) · mn хамрын (pertaining to the nose) · ca nasal (having a quality imparted by means of the nose) · hu orr- (pertaining to the nose) · ckb کەپوویی (pertaining to the nose) · ur غُنّائی (having a quality imparted by means of the nose) · be наза́льны (pertaining to the nose) · nn nase- (pertaining to the nose) · fi nenän (pertaining to the nose) · es nasal (having a quality imparted by means of the nose) · tr nazal (pertaining to the nose) · gl nasal (pertaining to the nose) · gl nasal (having a quality imparted by means of the nose) · lv nazāls (having a quality imparted by means of the nose) · pt nasal (having a quality imparted by means of the nose) · sv näs- (pertaining to the nose) · ru наза́льный (pertaining to the nose) · oc nasal (pertaining to the nose) · ar أَنْفِي (having a quality imparted by means of the nose) · fr nasal (pertaining to the nose) · sv nasal (pertaining to the nose) · no nasal (pertaining to the nose) · el έρρινος (having a quality imparted by means of the nose) · io nazala (pertaining to the nose) · hy ռնգական (having a quality imparted by means of the nose) · uk наза́льний (pertaining to the nose) · ur اَنْفِی (having a quality imparted by means of the nose) · ca nasal (pertaining to the nose) · ru наза́льный (having a quality imparted by means of the nose) · sq hundor (having a quality imparted by means of the nose) · bcl pungag (having a quality imparted by means of the nose) · tr nazal (having a quality imparted by means of the nose) · ota صاغر (having a quality imparted by means of the nose) · nl nasaal (having a quality imparted by means of the nose) · nv chį́į́shyol (having a quality imparted by means of the nose) · pl nosowy (having a quality imparted by means of the nose) · ast nasal (having a quality imparted by means of the nose) · io nazala (having a quality imparted by means of the nose) · ga srónach (pertaining to the nose) · ru носово́й (pertaining to the nose) · it nasale (having a quality imparted by means of the nose) · pt nasal (pertaining to the nose) · ast nasal (pertaining to the nose) · cy trwynol (having a quality imparted by means of the nose) · fi nenä- (pertaining to the nose) · de nasal (pertaining to the nose) · ru носово́й (having a quality imparted by means of the nose) · be насавы́ (pertaining to the nose) · cs nosní (having a quality imparted by means of the nose) · ckb لووتی (pertaining to the nose) · fi nasaalinen (having a quality imparted by means of the nose) · hu orr- (having a quality imparted by means of the nose) · ga srónach (having a quality imparted by means of the nose) · no nasal (having a quality imparted by means of the nose) · fi nasaali- (having a quality imparted by means of the nose) · hu nazális (having a quality imparted by means of the nose) · cs nosní (pertaining to the nose) · cy trwynol (pertaining to the nose) · de nasal (having a quality imparted by means of the nose) · mi whango (having a quality imparted by means of the nose) · tr genizsil (pertaining to the nose) · nv háchį́shtahdę́ę́ʼ (having a quality imparted by means of the nose) · fr nasal (having a quality imparted by means of the nose) · tr genizsil (having a quality imparted by means of the nose) · te అనునాసికము (having a quality imparted by means of the nose) · uk носови́й (pertaining to the nose) · pl nosowy (pertaining to the nose) · es nasal (pertaining to the nose)

nasal en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • nā'zəl
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈneɪ.zəl/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈnæɪ.zəl/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • [ˈnej.zl̩] (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • [ˈnæɪ.zl̩] (Australia, New-Zealand)

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (archaic) A medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine.
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of nasal consonant.
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of nasal vowel.
  4. (historical) The part of a helmet projecting to protect the nose; a nose guard.
    • 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. 1909, Charles Henry Ashdown, European Arms & Armor, page 78:
    • Rorge had donned a black halfhelm with a broad iron nasal that made it hard to see that he did not have a nose. 1999, George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam Books, published 2011, page 463:
  5. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of nasal bone.
    alt of nasal bone
  6. A plate, or scale, on the nose of a fish, etc.

Forms

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nasals Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (40)

gl nasal (vowel or consonant) · nv chį́į́shtah diitsʼaʼígíí (vowel or consonant) · hu nazális hang (vowel or consonant) · fi nenä-äänne (vowel or consonant) · sh nosnik (vowel or consonant) · ur غُنَّہ (vowel or consonant) · hy ռնգական (vowel or consonant) · de Nasal (vowel or consonant) · ka ნაზალური ბგერა (vowel or consonant) · pt nasal (vowel or consonant) · hy ռնգային (vowel or consonant) · sl nósnik (vowel or consonant) · fi nenän luu (nasal bone) · de Nasallaut (vowel or consonant) · fi nasaali (vowel or consonant) · io nazalo (vowel or consonant) · hu orrhang (vowel or consonant) · fi nasaali (noseguard) · sh nazal (vowel or consonant) · cs nazála (vowel or consonant) · ru носово́й звук (vowel or consonant) · ur غُنَّہ پَن (vowel or consonant) · fi nenäsuoja (noseguard) · cmn 鼻音 (vowel or consonant) · ka ნაზალური (vowel or consonant) · sh назал (vowel or consonant) · ka ცხვირისმიერი ბგერა (vowel or consonant) · cs nosovka (vowel or consonant) · de Nasalis (vowel or consonant) · ga srónach (vowel or consonant) · cy trwynolyn (vowel or consonant) · sh носник (vowel or consonant) · lv nāsenis (vowel or consonant) · ja 鼻音 (vowel or consonant) · de Nasenlaut (vowel or consonant) · fi intranasaalinen lääke (errhine) · nl neusklank (vowel or consonant) · ka ცხვირისმიერი (vowel or consonant) · sq hundore (vowel or consonant) · te అనునాసికము (vowel or consonant)