Phrase guide

nasal consonant

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A consonant sound produced by air moving though the nose with the mouth passage occluded.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: nasal, sonorant, resonant

2

noun

Meaning 2

a consonant produced through the nose with the mouth closed

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nasal

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: consonant

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 鼻輔音 /鼻辅音 — nasal consonant
  • Dutch: nasaal — nasal consonant
  • Dutch: nasale medeklinker — nasal consonant
  • Finnish: nasaalikonsonantti — nasal consonant
  • French: consonne nasale — nasal consonant
  • German: Nasal — nasal consonant
  • German: Nasallaut — nasal consonant
  • German: Nasenlaut — nasal consonant
  • Italian: consonante nasale — nasal consonant
  • Polish: spółgłoska nosowa — nasal consonant
  • Portuguese: consoante nasal — nasal consonant
  • Portuguese: nasal — nasal consonant
  • Ukrainian: носови́й при́голосний (nosovýj prýholosnyj) — nasal consonant
  • Welsh: cytsain drwynol — nasal consonant