nasal.
Of or pertaining to the nose or to the nasion.
Meaning & usage
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
Sharp, penetrating.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English, from Medieval Latin nāsālis, from nāsus (“the nose”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). Doublet of nasalis.
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.
Ellipsis of nasal bone.
A plate, or scale, on the nose of a fish, etc.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English, from Medieval Latin nāsālis, from nāsus (“the nose”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). Doublet of nasalis.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.