English
Noun
nasal vowel (plural nasal vowels)
- (phonetics) A vowel that is produced with a lowering of the velum so that air escapes both through nose as well as the mouth.
- Antonym: oral vowel
- Hypernym: nasal
- Coordinate term: nasal consonant
Translations
nasal vowel
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 鼻化元音 (zh) (bíhuà yuányīn)
- Dutch: nasale klinker, neusklinker
- Finnish: nasaalivokaali
- French: voyelle nasale f
- German: Nasenvokal m, Nasalvokal (de) m, nasaler Vokal m, nasalierter Vokal m
- Italian: vocale nasale f
- Polish: nosówka (pl) f, samogłoska nosowa f
- Portuguese: vogal nasal (pt) f
- Romanian: vocală nazală
- Ukrainian: носови́й голосни́й m (nosovýj holosnýj)
- Urdu: نُون غُنَّہ (nūn ġunna) (name of the nasalisation vowel in Urdu)
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