Meanings
nounnasal consonant (plural nasal consonants)
plural nasal consonants
- A consonant sound produced by air moving though the nose with the mouth passage occluded.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 鼻輔音 /鼻辅音
- 鼻輔音 /鼻辅音nasal consonant
Dutch nasaal, nasale medeklinker
- nasaalnasal consonant
- nasale medeklinkernasal consonant
Finnish nasaalikonsonantti
- nasaalikonsonanttinasal consonant
French consonne nasale
- consonne nasalenasal consonant
German Nasal, Nasallaut
- Nasalnasal consonant
- Nasallautnasal consonant
- Nasenlautnasal consonant
Hungarian orrhang, nazális
- orrhangnasal consonant
- nazálisnasal consonant
Italian consonante nasale
- consonante nasalenasal consonant
Polish spółgłoska nosowa
- spółgłoska nosowanasal consonant
Portuguese consoante nasal, nasal
- consoante nasalnasal consonant
- nasalnasal consonant
Ukrainian носови́й при́голосний
- носови́й при́голосний (nosovýj prýholosnyj)nasal consonant
Welsh cytsain drwynol
- cytsain drwynolnasal consonant
Cite this entry
APA
nasal consonant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nasal%20consonant
MLA
“nasal consonant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nasal%20consonant. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nasal consonant,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nasal%20consonant.
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