noun
- Plural of orinasals; consonant sounds produced with airflow through both the mouth and nose simultaneously, or letters representing such sounds.
Usage: linguistics; phonetics; technical term
Examples
- In phonetics, orinasals are consonants articulated with simultaneous oral and nasal airflow.
- Some languages use orinasals as distinct phonemic units in their sound systems.
- The study of orinasals helps linguists understand cross-linguistic consonant inventories.