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Noun: nasal vowel
  1. (phonetics) A vowel that is produced with a lowering of the velum so that air escapes both through nose as well as the mouth.
    "In French and Portuguese, nasal vowels are phonemes distinct from oral vowels since words can differ mainly in the nasal or oral quality of a vowel."

Type of: vowel, vowel sound

Encyclopedia: Nasal vowel

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