nasal vowel

English

Noun

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

nasal vowel (plural nasal vowels)

1. (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