Definition of "nasal" in Anglais

adjective

1. (anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the nose or to the nasion.

2. (phonetics) 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. (phonetics) Characterized by resonance in the nasal passage.

   • nasal utterance

4. (music) Sharp, penetrating.

noun

1. (medicine, archaic) A medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine.

2. (phonetics) Ellipsis of nasal consonant.

3. (phonetics) Ellipsis of nasal vowel.

4. (historical) The part of a helmet projecting to protect the nose; a nose guard.

5. (anatomy) Ellipsis of nasal bone.

6. (zootomy) A plate, or scale, on the nose of a fish, etc.