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Noun
nasal vowel (plural nasal vowels)
- (phonetics) A vowel that is produced with a lowering of the velum so that air escapes both through nose as well as the mouth.
- Antonym: oral vowel
- Hypernym: nasal
- Coordinate term: nasal consonant
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