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Definitions for Nasal

[1] of or relating to the nose: the nasal cavity.
[2] Phonetics . pronounced with the voice issuing through the nose, either partly, as in French nasal vowels, or entirely (as in m, n, or the ng of song ).
[3] Phonetics . a nasal speech sound.
[4] a bar or narrow plate used with an open helmet as a defense for the nose.
[5] of or relating to the nose
[6] phonetics pronounced with the soft palate lowered allowing air to escape via the nasal cavity instead of or as well as through the mouth
[7] a nasal speech sound, such as English m, n, or ng
[8] another word for nosepiece (def. 1)

Words nearby Nasal

narwhal, nary, nary a, nas/uwt, nasa, nasal, nasal bone, nasal capsule, nasal cavity, nasal concha, nasal crest

Origin of Nasal

21470–80; late Middle English < Medieval Latin nāsāle, noun use of neuter of *nāsālis nasal1; replacing Middle English nasel < Middle French < Medieval Latin, as above

Other words from Nasal

na·sal·i·ty [ney-zal -i-tee] /neɪˈzæl ɪ ti/ , na·sal·ism , noun
sem·i·na·sal·i·ty , noun

Word origin for Nasal

C17: from French from Late Latin nāsālis, from Latin nāsus nose