"nasal consonant" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: nasal consonants [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} nasal consonant (plural nasal consonants)
  1. A consonant sound produced by air moving though the nose with the mouth passage occluded. Categories (topical): Phonetics Translations (nasal consonant): nasaalikonsonantti (Finnish), consonne nasale [feminine] (French), Nasal [masculine] (German), Nasallaut [masculine] (German), Nasenlaut [masculine] (German), consonante nasale [feminine] (Italian), consoante nasal [feminine] (Portuguese), nasal [feminine] (Portuguese), носови́й при́голосний (nosovýj prýholosnyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), cytsain drwynol [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-nasal_consonant-en-noun-73ZxmpXU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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