linguo-nasal

adjective

(of sound) articulated by the tongue while the sound passes through the nose

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Meanings

adjectivelinguo-nasal (not comparable)

alternative linguonasal

  1. not comparablehuman sciences(of sound) articulated by the tongue while the sound passes through the nose

    "Physical constraints of the human body are easy to see: there are no linguo-nasal trills, for example."

    1984, William E. Rutherford, Language Universals and Second Language Acquisition: Containing the […]
nounlinguo-nasal (plural linguo-nasals)

plural linguo-nasals · alternative linguonasal

  1. human scienceslinguo-nasal sound

Origin

From linguo- + nasal.

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Translations

Russian лингвоназа́льный, лингвоназа́льная
  • лингвоназа́льный (lingvonazálʹnyj)articulated by the tongue and nose
  • лингвоназа́льная (lingvonazálʹnaja)articulated by the tongue and nose
  • лингвоназа́льное (lingvonazálʹnoje)articulated by the tongue and nose
Cite this entry
APA

linguo-nasal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/linguo-nasal

MLA

“linguo-nasal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/linguo-nasal. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “linguo-nasal,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/linguo-nasal.

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