verb
- present participle of nasalise: to pronounce with air passing through the nose; to make nasal in sound
Usage: British spelling; linguistics
Examples
- The speaker was nasalising certain vowels due to a cold.
- She noticed herself nasalising words when her sinuses were blocked.
- The dialect is characterized by nasalising specific consonants.
- He was nasalising his speech more than usual today.
- The language teacher explained the process of nasalising sounds.
- Children often have difficulty nasalising certain phonemes correctly.