nasalis
/neɪˈzeɪ.lɪs/noun
nasalis is a noun meaning “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…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled N-A-S-A-L-I-S and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 87 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of nasalis is nasales.
What does nasalis mean?
noun
- 1
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.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce nasalis?
- US /neɪˈzeɪ.lɪs/
- US /neɪˈseɪ.lɪs/
Nasalis has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of nasalis
- nasales plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is nasalis?
Nasalis appears about once in every 87 million words in written English, the 297,763rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does nasalis come from?
Unadapted borrowing from New Latin nāsālis, ellipsis of mūsculus nāsālis (“nasal muscle”). Doublet of nasal.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).