Meanings
nounnasal vowel (plural nasal vowels)
plural nasal vowels
- human sciencesA vowel that is produced with a lowering of the velum so that air escapes both through nose as well as the mouth.
Antonyms: oral vowel
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA vowel that is produced with a lowering of the velum so that air escapes both through nose as well as the mouth.
Opposite
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 鼻化元音
- 鼻化元音 (bíhuà yuányīn)nasal vowel
Dutch nasale klinker, neusklinker
- nasale klinkernasal vowel
- neusklinkernasal vowel
Finnish nasaalivokaali
- nasaalivokaalinasal vowel
French voyelle nasale
- voyelle nasalenasal vowel
German Nasenvokal, Nasalvokal
- Nasenvokalnasal vowel
- Nasalvokalnasal vowel
- nasaler Vokalnasal vowel
- nasalierter Vokalnasal vowel
Hungarian orrhang, nazális
- orrhangnasal vowel
- nazálisnasal vowel
Italian vocale nasale
- vocale nasalenasal vowel
Polish samogłoska nosowa, nosówka
- samogłoska nosowanasal vowel
- nosówkanasal vowel
Portuguese vogal nasal
- vogal nasalnasal vowel
Romanian vocală nazală
- vocală nazalănasal vowel
Ukrainian носови́й голосни́й
- носови́й голосни́й (nosovýj holosnýj)nasal vowel
Urdu نُون غُنَّہ
- نُون غُنَّہ (nūn ġunna)nasal vowel
Cite this entry
APA
nasal vowel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nasal%20vowel
MLA
“nasal vowel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nasal%20vowel. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nasal vowel,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nasal%20vowel.
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