"nasality" meaning in All languages combined

See nasality on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /neɪˈzælɪtiː/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Neøn-nasality.wav [US] Forms: nasalities [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English nasal Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English nasality From nasal + -ity. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|nasal|-ity|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English nasal Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English nasality [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "-ty", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-teh₂", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-ts", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-teh₂ts", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-itās", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-ite", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ite", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ity", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "nasality", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="nasality"> From nasal + -ity. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} nasality (countable and uncountable, plural nasalities)
  1. The state or quality of being nasal. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: nasalness, twang Derived forms: denasality, hypernasality, hyponasality Related terms: nasalance Translations (state or quality of being nasal): nasaliteit [feminine] (Dutch), nasaalisuus (Finnish), nasalité [feminine] (French), nasalidade [feminine] (Galician), Nasalität [feminine] (German), nasalità [feminine] (Italian), nazālums [masculine] (Latvian), صاغرلق (sağırlık) (Ottoman Turkish), nosowość [feminine] (Polish), nasalidade [feminine] (Portuguese), носовой хара́ктер зву́ка (nosovoj xarákter zvúka) (Russian), nasalidad [feminine] (Spanish)

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