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nasal-ingressive

nasal-ingressive adjective: uttered by drawing air inward through the nose.

Adjective

nasal-ingressive (comparative more nasal-ingressive, superlative most nasal-ingressive)

  1. Uttered by drawing air inward through the nose.

Noun

nasal-ingressive (plural nasal-ingressives)

  1. A speech sound in which the air stream is created by drawing air in through the nose.

Forms of nasal-ingressive

Adjective
comparativemore nasal-ingressive
superlativemost nasal-ingressive
Noun
pluralnasal-ingressives

Origin of nasal-ingressive

nasal + ingressive

Questions about nasal-ingressive

What does nasal-ingressive mean?
Nasal-ingressive means uttered by drawing air inward through the nose.
What part of speech is nasal-ingressive?
Nasal-ingressive can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near nasal-ingressive in the dictionary

  1. nasal sprays
  2. nasal tampon
  3. nasal tampons
  4. nasal vowel
  5. nasal vowels
  6. nasal-ingressive
  7. nasal-ingressives
  8. nasalance
  9. nasales
  10. nasalis
  11. nasalisation

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