nasion

See also: nàsion and nasión

English

Etymology

From nas(o)- +‎ -ion.

Noun

nasion (plural nasions)

1. The point at the root of the nose where the frontal and two nasal bones meet. (It is a cephalometric landmark.)
   • 1980, York Archaeological Trust, The Archaeology of York, page 21:

     Additional skull measurements, taken with small sliding calipers, were from zygomaxillare, the lowest point on the zygomatic-maxillary suture, to the points of alveolare, basion and nasion.

Related terms

• nasalis
• nasality

Translations

Translations

• Catalan: nasi (ca) m, nàsion m
• French: nasion (fr) m
• Spanish: nasión m, nasion m

Anagrams

• anions, Ianson, insano

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na.zjɔ̃/
• Hyphenation: na‧sion

Noun

nasion m (plural nasions)

1. nasion

   Synonym: point nasal

Anagrams

• anions, Annois, Nasino, sonnai

Ladino

Noun

nasion f (Hebrew spelling נאסייון)

1. Alternative spelling of nasión
   • 1910, Reuben Eliyahu Israel, Traducsion libera de las poezias ebraicas de Roş Aşana i Kipur‎^[1], Craiova: Institutul Grafic, I. Samitca şi D. Baraş, Socieatate in Comandita, →OCLC, page 8:

     La nasion judia resita orasiones
     Eia entona sus alavasiones
     O dio ! melezina todas sus pasiones
     Termine la aniada i sus maldisiones.

     The Jewish nation recites prayers, sings [you] its praises—Oh God! Heal all its wounds. End the year and its curses.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈna.ɕɔn/
• Rhymes: -aɕɔn
• Syllabification: na‧sion

Noun

nasion

1. genitive plural of nasiono

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnasjon/ [ˈna.sjõn]

Noun

nasion m

1. Alternative spelling of nasión