adjective
- pronounced with air flowing through the nose as well as the mouth
Usage: phonetics
Examples
- The vowel in the French word ‘bon’ is nasalized.
- Many languages have nasalized consonants that don’t exist in English.
- Portuguese has several nasalized vowel sounds.
- The linguist studied nasalized speech sounds in various dialects.
- Some speakers produce nasalized vowels when they have a cold.
- The nasalized pronunciation gives the language its distinctive sound.