Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - nasal

adj. & n. --adj. 1 of, for, or relating to the nose. 2 Phonet. (of a letter or a sound) pronounced with the breath passing through the nose, e.g. m, n, ng, or French en, un, etc. 3 (of the voice or speech) having an intonation caused by breathing through the nose. --n. 1 Phonet. a nasal letter or sound. 2 hist. a nose-piece on a helmet. Derivatives nasality n. nasalize v.intr. & tr. (also -ise). nasalization n. nasally adv. Etymology: F nasal or med.L nasalis f. L nasus nose