nasalize
/ˈneɪzəlaɪz/
verb
- To pronounce (a sound) with air flowing through the nose, or to make a sound nasal.
- When you have a cold, you might accidentally nasalize sounds that are normally spoken through the mouth.
- In some dialects, speakers nasalize vowels before nasal consonants like 'm' or 'n'.
- The actor learned to nasalize his speech to sound like a character from the city.
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