verb
- third person singular present of nasalise: to pronounce with a nasal quality by allowing air to pass through the nose
Usage: British spelling; linguistics
Examples
- She nasalises certain vowels when speaking French.
- The dialect nasalises vowels before nasal consonants.
- He nasalises his speech when he has a cold.
- The language nasalises vowels in specific phonetic environments.
- The speaker nasalises the final syllable of each word.