nasal consonant

noun [C] phonetics

Definition

› a consonant in which air escapes only through the nose: In English, 'm' and 'n' are nasal consonants.

(Definition of nasal consonant noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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