nasal vowel

English

Noun

Examples (French)
/ɑ̃/ in dans /ɛ̃/ in vin /œ̃/ in parfum

nasal vowel (plural nasal vowels)

(phonetics) A vowel that is produced with a lowering of the velum so that air escapes both through nose as well as the mouth.
Antonym: oral vowel

Hypernym: nasal

Coordinate term: nasal consonant

Translations

nasal vowel

Chinese:
Mandarin: 鼻化元音 (zh) (bíhuà yuányīn)
Finnish: nasaalivokaali
French: voyelle nasale f
German: Nasenvokal m, Nasalvokal (de) m, nasaler Vokal m, nasalierter Vokal m
Italian: vocale nasale f
Polish: nosówka (pl) f, samogłoska nosowa f
Portuguese: vogal nasal f
Romanian: vocală nazală
Ukrainian: носови́й голосни́й m (nosovýj holosnýj)
Urdu: نُون غُنَّہ (nūn ġunna) (name of the nasalisation vowel in Urdu)

Further reading

nasal vowel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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