nasal

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

nasal BrE [ˈneɪzl] NAmE [ˈneɪzl] adjective
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.

Word Origin:
[nasal] Middle English (in sense 2 of the noun): from medieval Latin nasalis, from Latin nasus ‘nose’.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  adenoidal, pinched, rhinal, nasal bone, os nasale, nasal consonant