orinasal

o·ri·na·sal  (ôr-nzl, r-)

adj.

Pronounced with both nasal and oral passages open.

n.

An orinasal speech sound, such as a French nasal vowel.

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[Latin s, r-, mouth; see s- in Indo-European roots + nasal.]

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orinasal [ˌɔːrɪˈneɪz^əl] Phonetics

adj

(Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology) pronounced with simultaneous oral and nasal articulation, such as the French nasalized vowels œ (as in un), ɔ̃ (as in bon), and ɑ̃ (as in blanc)

n

(Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology) an orinasal speech sound

[from Latin ōr- (from ōs mouth) + nasal]

orinasally  adv

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orinasal - a speech sound produced with both the oral and nasal passages open (as French nasal vowels) orinasal phone speech sound, phone, sound - (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language