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# nasalise

verb (nasalise, nasalises, nasalised, nasalising)

«nasalise» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To make a speech sound through the nose, letting air come out of the nose as well as the mouth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nasalise/#m1)

### In the lessons

A word from phonics and language study: sounds like "m", "n" and "ng" are nasal, and French has nasalised vowels (as in "bon" and "vin"). People with a cold may sound less nasal because their nose is blocked.

### Examples

- French speakers nasalise the vowel in "bon". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nasalise/#x1)
- Try to say "man" and notice how you nasalise the "a". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nasalise/#x2)
- Some accents nasalise vowels before "m" and "n". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nasalise/#x3)
- In French class we practised nasalised vowels. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nasalise/#x4)
- When you hold your nose you cannot nasalise a sound. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nasalise/#x5)
- Our teacher showed how "ng" is nasalised at the back of the mouth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nasalise/#x6)

### Note

UK spelling "nasalise"; US spelling "nasalize". Adjective "nasal" (to do with the nose). Mainly a specialist word for language study.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «nasalise» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nasalise/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«nasalise» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/nasalise.html) on Mova free.