verb
Meaning 1
To speak through the nose.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
nasalize
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈneɪ.zəˌlaɪz/
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verb
Meaning 2
To make a nasal sound when speaking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To lower the soft palate so that air flows through the nose during the articulation of a speech sound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 4
pronounce with a lowered velum
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She nasalizes all her vowels
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nasalise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say
verb
Meaning 5
speak nasally or through the nose
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- In this part of the country, people tend to nasalize
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nasalise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say
History
Etymology
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 From nasal + -ize.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Esperanto: nazaligi — speak through the nose
- Ido: nazaligar — speak through the nose
- Romanian: nazaliza — speak through the nose
- Swedish: nasalera — speak through the nose
- Urdu: غُنَّہ کَرْنا (ġunna karnā) — speak through the nose
- Catalan: nasalitzar — allow air to flow through the nose during the articulation of a speech sound
- French: nasaliser — allow air to flow through the nose during the articulation of a speech sound
- Galician: nasalizar — allow air to flow through the nose during the articulation of a speech sound
- German: nasalieren — allow air to flow through the nose during the articulation of a speech sound
- Ido: nazaligar — allow air to flow through the nose during the articulation of a speech sound
- Korean: 비음화(鼻音化)하다 (bieumhwahada) — allow air to flow through the nose during the articulation of a speech sound
- Latvian: nazalizēt — allow air to flow through the nose during the articulation of a speech sound
- Spanish: nasalizar — allow air to flow through the nose during the articulation of a speech sound
- Swedish: nasalera — allow air to flow through the nose during the articulation of a speech sound
- Vietnamese: mũi hoá — allow air to flow through the nose during the articulation of a speech sound