denasalize

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UK/diːˈneɪzəlaɪz/

verb

To remove the nasal airflow of what is usually a nasal stop or nasal vowel.

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Meanings

verbdenasalize (third-person singular simple present denasalizes, present participle denasalizing, simple past and past participle denasalized)

present singular third person denasalizes · participle present denasalizing · participle past denasalized · past denasalized

  1. transitivehuman sciencesTo remove the nasal airflow of what is usually a nasal stop or nasal vowel.

    Thus, whining is nasalized, a bad cold denasalizes speech.

    1974, Indian Linguistics, volumes 35-36, page 223

Origin

From de- + nasalize.

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Chicago

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