nasalised

Spoken through nostrils

Nasalised describes a sound produced with air flowing through the nose as well as the mouth.

In phonetics, vowels become nasalised when they precede or follow nasal consonants like m or n: the vowel in can't is slightly nasalised.

The term also describes speech that sounds excessively nasal, as when someone has a cold.

Also spelled nasalized.

phonetics

velum

Muscular mouth membrane

vowelUnobstructed speech sound
consonantIn agreement with
phonemeMinimal distinctive sound unit

allophone · voicing · voiced · voiceless · articulation · manner · place · glottal · palatal · labial

speech

twang

Sharp vibrating sound

drawlUnhurried, elongated speech pattern
toneQuality of sound
timbreSound's distinctive character

murmur · hum · drone · whine · muffle · vocalization · phonation · diction · enunciation · pronunciation

accent

dialect

Regional language variety

regionalRelating to an area
FrenchOf or from Paris's nation
PortugueseOf a western Iberian nation

Hindi · Polish · Cajun · Appalachian · brogue · vernacular · pronunciation · intonation · lilt · American

medical

congestion

Excessive accumulation causing blockage

stuffyLacking fresh air
blockedPassage prevented or impeded
sinusesAir-filled skull cavities

mucus · rhinitis · allergies · cold · flu · deviated septum · polyps · adenoids · sinusitis · postnasal drip

acoustics

resonance

Amplified oscillation at natural frequency

timbreSound's distinctive character
harmonicsFrequencies above the fundamental
overtonesImplicit secondary meanings

vibration · sonority · frequency · pitch · acoustic · spectral · waveform · amplitude · sound quality · tonal

Opposites

nasal airflow in phonetics

nasalisedoral

Of the mouth

Family

nose, nasal, nasality, nasally, nasalized, nasalizes

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