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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
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences
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a particular instance of such change
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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eclipsis
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Usage: Irish, countable, uncountable
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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the act of nasalizing; the utterance of sounds modulated by the nasal resonators
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: nasalisation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: articulation
Etymology tree English nasal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English nasalize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English nasalization From nasalize + -ation.
Across languages
Translations
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
غُنَّة
(ḡunna)
— articulation such that air flows through the nose and mouth
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Breton:
friadur
— articulation such that air flows through the nose and mouth
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Bulgarian:
назализация
(nazalizacija)
— articulation such that air flows through the nose and mouth
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Catalan:
nasalització
— articulation such that air flows through the nose and mouth
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Chinese Mandarin:
鼻音化
(bí yīn huà)
— articulation such that air flows through the nose and mouth
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Danish:
nasalitet
— articulation such that air flows through the nose and mouth
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Dutch:
nasalisatie
— articulation such that air flows through the nose and mouth
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Finnish:
nasalisaatio
— articulation such that air flows through the nose and mouth
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French:
nasalisation
— articulation such that air flows through the nose and mouth
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Galician:
nasalización
— articulation such that air flows through the nose and mouth
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German:
Nasalierung
— articulation such that air flows through the nose and mouth
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Hebrew:
אִנְפּוּף
(inpúf)
— articulation such that air flows through the nose and mouth
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Ido:
nazaligo
— articulation such that air flows through the nose and mouth
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Japanese:
鼻音化
(bionka)
— articulation such that air flows through the nose and mouth
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Korean:
비음화
(bieumhwa)
— articulation such that air flows through the nose and mouth
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Latvian:
nazalizācija
— articulation such that air flows through the nose and mouth
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Lithuanian:
nazalizacija
— articulation such that air flows through the nose and mouth
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Macedonian:
назализација
(nazalizacija)
— articulation such that air flows through the nose and mouth
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Navajo:
chį́į́shtah diitsʼaʼígíí
— articulation such that air flows through the nose and mouth
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Polish:
nazalizacja
— articulation such that air flows through the nose and mouth
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Portuguese:
nasalização
— articulation such that air flows through the nose and mouth
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Russian:
назализация
(nazalizacija)
— articulation such that air flows through the nose and mouth
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Serbo-Croatian:
назализација
— articulation such that air flows through the nose and mouth
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Serbo-Croatian:
nazalizacija
— articulation such that air flows through the nose and mouth
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Spanish:
nasalización
— articulation such that air flows through the nose and mouth
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Swedish:
nasalitet
— articulation such that air flows through the nose and mouth
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Swedish:
nasalering
— articulation such that air flows through the nose and mouth
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Ukrainian:
назаліза́ція
(nazalizácija)
— articulation such that air flows through the nose and mouth
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Urdu:
غُنَائِیّت
(ġunnāiyyat)
— articulation such that air flows through the nose and mouth
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Urdu:
غُنَّہ پَن
(ġunna pan)
— articulation such that air flows through the nose and mouth
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Vietnamese:
mũi hoá
— articulation such that air flows through the nose and mouth