"nasal vowel" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: nasal vowels [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} nasal vowel (plural nasal vowels)
  1. (phonetics) A vowel that is produced with a lowering of the velum so that air escapes both through nose as well as the mouth. Categories (topical): Phonetics Translations (nasal vowel): 鼻化元音 (bíhuà yuányīn) (Chinese Mandarin), nasaalivokaali (Finnish), voyelle nasale [feminine] (French), Nasenvokal [masculine] (German), Nasalvokal [masculine] (German), nasaler Vokal [masculine] (German), nasalierter Vokal [masculine] (German), vocale nasale [feminine] (Italian), nosówka [feminine] (Polish), samogłoska nosowa [feminine] (Polish), vogal nasal [feminine] (Portuguese), vocală nazală (Romanian), носови́й голосни́й (nosovýj holosnýj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), نُون غُنَّہ (nūn ġunna) [name] (Urdu)

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      "roman": "bíhuà yuányīn",
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      "sense": "nasal vowel",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "nasal vowel",
      "word": "vocală nazală"
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      "roman": "nosovýj holosnýj",
      "sense": "nasal vowel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "носови́й голосни́й"
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      "sense": "nasal vowel",
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      "word": "نُون غُنَّہ"
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