Definizione monolingua

nasal

nasal (plural nasals)

1. An elementary sound which is uttered through the nose, or through both the nose and the mouth simultaneously, such asm and n.
2. (medicine) (archaic) A medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine.
3. (phonetics) A nasal vowel or consonant.
4. (now historical) Part of a helmet projecting to protect the nose; a nose guard.
   • 1909, Charles Henry Ashdown, European Arms & Armor, page 78,

     The nasal continued in use until about 1140, when it was generally discarded, but isolated examples may be found in every succeeding century down to the seventeenth.

   • 1999, George RR Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam 2011, p. 463:

     Rorge had donned a black halfhelm with a broad iron nasal that made it hard to see that he did not have a nose.

5. (anatomy) One of the nasal bones.
6. (zoology) A plate, or scale, on the nose of a fish, etc.

nasal (comparative more nasal, superlative most nasal)

1. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the nose.
2. (phonetics) Having a quality imparted by means of the nose; and specifically, made by lowering the soft palate, in some cases with closure of the oral passage, the voice thus issuing (wholly or partially) through the nose, as in the consonants m, n, ng; characterized by resonance in the nasal passage; as, a nasal vowel; a nasal utterance.

Definizione dizionario nasal

nasale

osso nasale

Altri significati:

Of or pertaining to the nose.

pertaining to the nose

having a quality imparted by means of the nose

(zoology) A plate, or scale, on the nose of a fish, etc.

a nasal vowel or consonant

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the nose.

(medicine) (archaic) A medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine.

(phonetics) Having a quality imparted by means of the nose; and specifically, made by lowering the soft palate, in some cases with closure of the oral passage, the voice thus issuing (wholly or partially) through the nose, as in the consonants m, n, ng; characterized by resonance in the nasal passage; as, a nasal vowel; a nasal utterance.

(anatomy) One of the nasal bones.

(phonetics) A nasal vowel or consonant.

(armour) Part of a helmet projecting to protect the nose; a nose guard.

An elementary sound which is uttered through the nose, or through both the nose and the mouth simultaneously, such asm and n.