relating to the nose
of speech sounds: uttered through the nose with the mouth passage closed, e.g. m, n, ng
said of speech sounds:
uttered through the nose with the mouth passage closed, e.g. m, n, ng
uttered with resonance through the nose but with both the mouth and nose passage open, e.g. French en, un
said of somebody's speech, of a language, etc: characterized by resonance produced through the nose
speaking in a nasal whine
nasality /nayʹzaliti/ noun
nasally adv
[Middle English via late Latin nasalis from Latin nasus nose]