Definition of Nasalize. Meaning of Nasalize. Synonyms of Nasalize

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Definition of Nasalize

Nasalize
Nasalize Na"sal*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nasalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Nasalizing.] To render nasal, as sound; to insert a nasal or sound in.
Nasalize
Nasalize Na"sal*ize, v. t. To utter words or letters with a nasal sound; to speak through the nose.

Meaning of Nasalize from wikipedia

- ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. In phonetics, nasalization (or nasalisation) is the production of a sound while the velum is lowered...
- () or Amoy [ɛ̃]. By contrast, oral vowels are produced without nasalization. Nasalized vowels are vowels under the influence of neighbouring sounds. For...
- called a nasal occlusive or nasal stop in contrast with an oral stop or nasalized consonant, is an occlusive consonant produced with a lowered velum, allowing...
- ɛ̃ ã ɔ̃ õ ũ/. (It may be that all nasal vowels are long.) Nasal vowels nasalize some following consonants. /d/ typically becomes a flap [ɾ] between vowels...
- represents this sound is ⟨h̃⟩, that is, an h with a tilde. The h sound is nasalized in several languages, apparently due to a connection between glottal and...
- though at least in the latter case this may in fact be a palatal tap. Nasalized consonants include taps and flaps, although these are rarely phonemic...
- contrastive aspirated fricatives: /sʰ/ /ɕʰ/, /ʂʰ/, and /xʰ/. Phonemically nasalized fricatives are rare. Umbundu has /ṽ/ and Kwangali and Souletin Basque...
- Word-finally, it is realized as nasalization of the preceding vowel: kuāṃ [kʊ̃ãː], "a well". It results in vowel nasalization also medially between a short...
- Portuguese Brazilian sonho [ˈsõj̃ʊ] 'dream' Allophone of /ɲ/ between vowels, nasalizes the preceding vowel. Language's original /ɲ/ sound. See Portuguese phonology...
- the missing letter; this is the origin of the use of tilde to indicate nasalization (compare the development of the umlaut as an abbreviation of ⟨e⟩.) The...