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nasalisation

French, noun/na.za.li.za.sjɔ̃/

nasalisation is a French feminine noun meaning “nasalization” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de nasaliser ou résultat de cette action”.

What does nasalisation mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininenasalization

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Action de nasaliser ou résultat de cette action.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of nasalisation

  • nasalisations plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce nasalisation?

  • /na.za.li.za.sjɔ̃/
  • \na.za.li.za.sjɔ̃\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to nasalisation

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is nasalisation in French?

nasalisation appears about once in every 21 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).