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Yes. The word nasal is a Scrabble US word. The word nasal is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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5-letter words (5 found)

ALANS,ANLAS,LANAS,NALAS,NASAL,

4-letter words (8 found)

AALS,ALAN,ALAS,ANAL,ANAS,ANSA,LANA,NALA,

3-letter words (10 found)

AAL,AAS,ALA,ALS,ANA,ANS,LAS,NAS,SAL,SAN,

2-letter words (6 found)

AA,AL,AN,AS,LA,NA,

You can make 29 words from nasal according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of nasal

nasal ansal nsaal snaal asnal sanal naasl anasl naasl anasl aansl aansl nsaal snaal nasal ansal sanal asnal asanl saanl aasnl aasnl saanl asanl nasla ansla nsala snala asnla sanla nalsa anlsa nlasa lnasa alnsa lansa nslaa snlaa nlsaa lnsaa slnaa lsnaa aslna salna alsna lasna slana lsana naals anals naals anals aanls aanls nalas anlas nlaas lnaas alnas lanas nalas anlas nlaas lnaas alnas lanas aalns aalns alans laans alans laans nsala snala nasla ansla sanla asnla nslaa snlaa nlsaa lnsaa slnaa lsnaa nalsa anlsa nlasa lnasa alnsa lansa salna aslna slana lsana alsna lasna asaln saaln aasln aasln saaln asaln aslan salan alsan lasan slaan lsaan aalsn aalsn alasn laasn alasn laasn salan aslan slaan lsaan alsan lasan

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word nasal. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in nasal.

Definitions and meaning of nasal

nasal

Etymology

From Middle English, from Medieval Latin nāsālis, from nāsus (“the nose”) +‎ -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). Doublet of nasalis.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: nā'zəl IPA(key): /ˈneɪ.zəl/
  • Rhymes: -eɪzəl

Adjective

nasal (comparative more nasal, superlative most nasal)

  1. (anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the nose or to the nasion.
    Synonyms: nosely, nosey
  2. (phonetics) Having a sound imparted by means of the nose; and specifically, made by lowering the soft palate, in some cases with closure of the oral passage, the voice thus issuing (wholly or partially) through the nose, as in the consonants m, n, ng.
    Hypernyms: sonorant, resonant
  3. (phonetics) Characterized by resonance in the nasal passage.
  4. (music) Sharp, penetrating.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

nasal (plural nasals)

  1. (medicine, archaic) A medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine.
  2. (phonetics) Ellipsis of nasal consonant.
    Hyponym: velar nasal
  3. (phonetics) Ellipsis of nasal vowel.
  4. (historical) The part of a helmet projecting to protect the nose; a nose guard.
  5. (anatomy) Ellipsis of nasal bone.
  6. (zootomy) A plate, or scale, on the nose of a fish, etc.

Translations

References

  • “nasal”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • “nasal”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

  • -salan, Alans, Anals, NALSA, alans, anals, nalas

Asturian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naˈsal/, [naˈsal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Hyphenation: na‧sal

Adjective

nasal (epicene, plural nasales)

  1. nasal

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [nəˈzal]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [naˈzal]

Adjective

nasal m or f (masculine and feminine plural nasals)

  1. nasal

Derived terms

  • nasalment

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin nāsālis, from Latin nāsus (“nose”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /na.zal/

Adjective

nasal (feminine nasale, masculine plural nasaux, feminine plural nasales)

  1. nasal
  2. (phonetics, phonology) nasal

Derived terms

  • os nasal

Related terms

Further reading

  • “nasal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naˈsal/ [naˈs̺ɑɫ]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Hyphenation: na‧sal

Adjective

nasal m or f (plural nasais)

  1. nasal

Derived terms

  • nasalizar

Further reading

  • “nasal” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

German

Etymology

From Latin nasalis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naˈzaːl/

Adjective

nasal (strong nominative masculine singular nasaler, not comparable)

  1. nasal

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “nasal” in Duden online
  • “nasal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Interlingua

Adjective

nasal (not comparable)

  1. nasal

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naˈzal/
  • Rhymes: -al

Adjective

nasal

  1. nasal

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin nāsālis.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: na‧sal

Adjective

nasal m or f (plural nasais, not comparable)

  1. nasal

Derived terms

  • nasalmente

Noun

nasal f (plural nasais)

  1. nasal consonant

Noun

nasal m (plural nasais)

  1. nasal bone

Related terms

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin nāsālis, from Latin nāsus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naˈsal/ [naˈsal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: na‧sal

Adjective

nasal m or f (masculine and feminine plural nasales)

  1. nasal

Derived terms

Noun

nasal f (plural nasales)

  1. nasal, nasal consonant

Related terms

Further reading

  • “nasal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Adjective

nasal (comparative nasalare, superlative nasalast)

  1. (anatomy) nasal
  2. (phonetics) nasal
  3. nasal (having a nasal tone)

Declension

Noun

nasal c

  1. a nasal (nasal consonant, nasal vowel)

Declension

References

  • nasal in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • nasal in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • nasal in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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