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Nasal ˈneɪzl Nose Produced Bre Adjective  Word Origin

Front nasal
Back nasal
BrE /ˈneɪzl/

NAmE /ˈneɪzl/
adjective
 word origin
1 connected with the nose

the nasal passages
a nasal spray
2 (of sb's voice) sounding as if it is produced partly through the nose

a nasal accent
3 (phonetics) (of a speech sound) produced by sending a stream of air through the nose. The nasal consonants in English are /m/ , /n/ and /ŋ/, as in sum, sun and sung.

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