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nasal vowels

nasal vowels is the plural of nasal vowel.

Meaning of nasal vowel

Noun

nasal vowel (plural nasal vowels)

  1. A vowel that is produced with a lowering of the velum so that air escapes both through nose as well as the mouth.
    Antonyms:
    oral vowel

Questions about nasal vowels

What is nasal vowels the plural of?
Nasal vowels is the plural of nasal vowel.

Words near nasal vowels in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nasal vowels (page history and authors); nasal vowel (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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