nasalize
IPA: nˈeɪzʌɫaɪz
verb
- To speak through the nose.
- To make a nasal sound when speaking.
- (phonetics) To lower the soft palate so that air flows through the nose during the articulation of a speech sound.
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Examples of "nasalize" in Sentences
- Also, some people nasalize these vowels more than others, particularly the short o and a sounds.
- You have a trace of the Olgan burr, but you nasalize your vowels in the style of this area, though you live in Portolondon -
- n, m can nasalize more or less a previous vowel, at the end of a syllable, in some dialects (Lemosin, Auvernhat, Vivaro-Alpine, Provençal): dança [ˈdansɔ > ˈdaⁿsɔ > ˈdãsɔ] 'dance'; volèm [vuˈlɛn > vuˈlɛⁿ > vuˈlẽ] 'we want'.