nasalis
See also: Nasalis
English
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from New Latin nāsālis, ellipsis of mūsculus nāsālis (“nasal muscle”). Doublet of nasal.
Pronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /neɪˈzeɪ.lɪs/, /neɪˈseɪ.lɪs/
- Rhymes: -eɪlɪs
Noun
editnasalis (plural nasales)
- (anatomy) A small muscle on each side of the nose that constricts the nasal aperture by the action of a triangular transverse portion which draws the lateral part of the aperture upward and a quadrangular alar portion which draws it downward.
Translations
editmuscle
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References
edit- “nasalis”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Anagrams
editLatin
editEtymology
editFrom nāsus (“nose”) + -ālis (“of or pertaining to”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /naːˈsaː.lis/, [näːˈs̠äːlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /naˈsa.lis/, [näˈs̬äːlis]
Adjective
editnāsālis (neuter nāsāle); third-declension two-termination adjective (New Latin)
Inflection
editThird-declension two-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | nāsālis | nāsāle | nāsālēs | nāsālia | |
Genitive | nāsālis | nāsālium | |||
Dative | nāsālī | nāsālibus | |||
Accusative | nāsālem | nāsāle | nāsālēs nāsālīs |
nāsālia | |
Ablative | nāsālī | nāsālibus | |||
Vocative | nāsālis | nāsāle | nāsālēs | nāsālia |
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → English: nasalis
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- Rhymes:English/eɪlɪs/3 syllables
- English lemmas
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- English nouns with irregular plurals
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- Latin terms suffixed with -alis
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