nasion

See also: nàsion and nasión

English

Etymology

From nas(o)- +‎ -ion.

Noun

nasion (plural nasions)

  1. The point at the root of the nose where the frontal and two nasal bones meet. (It is a cephalometric landmark.)
    • 1980, York Archaeological Trust, The Archaeology of York, page 21:
      Additional skull measurements, taken with small sliding calipers, were from zygomaxillare, the lowest point on the zygomatic-maxillary suture, to the points of alveolare, basion and nasion.

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /na.zjɔ̃/
  • Hyphenation: na‧sion

Noun

nasion m (plural nasions)

  1. nasion
    Synonym: point nasal

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Ladino

Noun

nasion f (Hebrew spelling נאסייון)

  1. alternative spelling of nasión
    • 1910, Reuben Eliyahu Israel, Traducsion libera de las poezias ebraicas de Roş Aşana i Kipur[1], Craiova: Institutul Grafic, I. Samitca şi D. Baraş, Socieatate in Comandita, →OCLC, page 8:
      La nasion judia resita orasiones
      Eia entona sus alavasiones
      O dio ! melezina todas sus pasiones
      Termine la aniada i sus maldisiones.
      The Jewish nation recites prayers, sings [you] its praises—Oh God! Heal all its wounds. End the year and its curses.

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈna.ɕɔn/
  • Rhymes: -aɕɔn
  • Syllabification: na‧sion

Noun

nasion

  1. genitive plural of nasiono

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnasjon/ [ˈna.sjõn]
  • Rhymes: -asjon
  • Syllabification: na‧sion

Noun

nasion m

  1. alternative spelling of nasión