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nasal¹
- /ˈneɪ.zəl/ Canada, US, UK
- [ˈnej.zl̩] Canada, US, UK
- /ˈnæɪ.zəl/ Australia, New Zealand
- [ˈnæɪ.zl̩] Australia, New Zealand
Rhymes with -eɪzəl
Where it comes from
From Middle English, from Medieval Latin nāsālis, from nāsus (“the nose”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). Doublet of nasalis.
adjective more nasal · most nasal
- 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 pa
- 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
- Sharp, penetrating.
noun nasals
- A medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine.
- Ellipsis of nasal consonant
- Ellipsis of nasal vowel
- 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.
- Ellipsis of nasal bone
- A plate, or scale, on the nose of a fish, etc.
Nasal²
proper noun
- An Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: rhinal, nasal bone, nasal consonant, adenoidal, high-pitched, pinched, high, os nasale, nose, reedy, twangy, bilabial, velar, homorganic, rhinologic, rhinological
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Every language
adj pertaining to the nose
| Español | nasal |
|---|---|
| Português | nasal |
| Français | nasal |
| Deutsch | nasal |
| Italiano | nasale |
| Русский | носово́й nosovój, наза́льный nazálʹnyj |
Talk about this word "nasal." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/nasal. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. nasal. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/nasal "nasal." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/nasal.Cite this
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