verb
- to pronounce with a nasal quality by allowing air to pass through the nose
Usage: linguistics; British spelling
Examples
- French speakers tend to nasalise certain vowels.
- The dialect nasalises vowels before nasal consonants.
- She learned to nasalise her pronunciation for the French class.
- The speech therapist taught him not to nasalise his vowels.
- Some languages naturally nasalise vowels in specific contexts.
- The accent coach helped the actor nasalise his speech for the role.