nasalize

English

Alternative forms

• nasalise

Etymology

Fromnasal+‎-ize.

Verb

nasalize(third-person singular simple presentnasalizes,present participlenasalizing,simple past and past participlenasalized)

1. Tospeakthrough thenose.
2. To make anasalsoundwhenspeaking.
3. (phonetics)To lower thesoft palateso that air flows through the nose during thearticulationof a speech sound.

Derived terms

• nasalization

Translations

speak through the nose

• Esperanto:nazaligi
• Ido:nazaligar(io)
• Romanian:nazaliza(ro)
• Swedish:nasalera(sv)
• Urdu:غُنَّہ کَرْنا(ġunna karnā)

allow air to flow through the nose during the articulation of a speech sound

• French:nasaliser(fr)
• Galician:nasalizar(gl)
• German:nasalieren(de)
• Ido:nazaligar(io)
• Latvian:nazalizēt
• Spanish:nasalizar(es)
• Swedish:nasalera(sv)
• Vietnamese:mũi hoá

Anagrams

• -salazine,Alanizes,silazane

Galician

Verb

nasalize

1. (reintegrationistnorm)inflection ofnasalizar:
   1. first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
   2. third-personsingularimperative