nasalized
na·sal·ized/ˈneɪzl̩aɪzd/adjective, verb
nasalized is an adjective meaning “Articulated with air flowing through the nose and mouth simultaneously, for example the nasalized vowels of French [ɑ̃], [ɛ̃], [œ̃], [ɔ̃]” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled N-A-S-A-L-I-Z-E-D and has 3 syllables (na·sal·ized), and it appears about once in every 27 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does nasalized mean?
adjective
- 1
Articulated with air flowing through the nose and mouth simultaneously, for example the nasalized vowels of French [ɑ̃], [ɛ̃], [œ̃], [ɔ̃].
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of nasalize
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce nasalized?
- /ˈneɪzl̩aɪzd/
Nasalized has 3 syllables, split na·sal·ized in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is nasalized?
Nasalized appears about once in every 27 million words in written English, the 157,761st 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).