To speak through the nose. / To make a nasal sound when speaking. / (phonetics) To lower the uvula so that air flows through the nose during the articulation of a speech sound.

The state or quality of being nasal.

(phonetics, uncountable) the articulation of a vowel or continuant consonant in such a way that air flows through the nose at the same time as it flows through the mouth

In a nasal manner or tone. / By, through or using the nose.

That sounds nasal.

plural of nasal

plural of nasalization

An alteration of the initial consonant of a word which occurs in certain Celtic languages under particular linguistic circumstances.

plural of nasal mutation

(anatomy) A bony and cartilaginous partition in the nose, separating the left and right airways in the nose and dividing the two nostrils.