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Definition of Nasalize
1. Verb. Speak nasally or through the nose. "In this part of the country, people tend to nasalize"
Related verbs: Nasalise
Generic synonyms: Articulate, Enounce, Enunciate, Pronounce, Say, Sound Out
Derivative terms: Nasalization
2. Verb. Pronounce with a lowered velum. "She nasalizes all her vowels"
Related verbs: Nasalise
Generic synonyms: Articulate, Enounce, Enunciate, Pronounce, Say, Sound Out
Derivative terms: Nasalisation, Nasalization
Definition of Nasalize
1. v. t. To render nasal, as sound; to insert a nasal or sound in.
2. v. t. To utter words or letters with a nasal sound; to speak through the nose.
Definition of Nasalize
1. Verb. To speak through the nose. ¹
2. Verb. To make a nasal sound when speaking. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nasalize
1. to produce sounds nasally [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nasalize
Literary usage of Nasalize
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"But it is possible to nasalize vowels as well as to nasalize consonants.
The position of the uvula can be altered when the mouth is set for sounding the ..."
2. Writing and Speaking German: Exercises in German Composition and by Paul Russell Pope (1912)
"... [en=ang or nasalize as in Fr.]; on — (a ship), ... [en = ang or nasalize as
in Fr.], — , -en. boast, — of, ..."
3. The Faults of Speech: A Self-corrector and Teachers' Manual by Alexander Melville Bell (1898)
"... The tendency to nasalize vowels is most felt when they occur immediately before
or after nasal consonants—m, n or ng—but many persons ..."
4. Première année de française: avec notation phonétique by Arthur Gibbon Bovée (1922)
"When do n and m fail to nasalize a preceding vowel ? 14. With what does every
French syllable begin when possible ? 15. ..."
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