different between nasalism vs nasalis

English

Etymology

nasal +? -ism

Noun

nasalism (plural nasalisms)

1. A nasal sound in speech.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin n?s?lis, clipping of m?sculus n?s?lis (“nasal muscle”). Doublet of nasal.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ne??ze?.l?s/, /ne??se?.l?s/
• Rhymes: -e?l?s

Noun

nasalis (plural nasales)

1. (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

References

• “nasalis”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Anagrams

• Salians, Salinas, salinas

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /na??sa?.lis/, [nä??s?ä?l?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /na?sa.lis/, [n??s???lis]

Etymology

From n?sus (“nose”) +? -?lis (“of or pertaining to”).

Adjective

n?s?lis (neuter n?s?le); third-declension two-termination adjective (New Latin)

1. (anatomy) nasal

Inflection

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Derived terms

• n?s?le
• v?meron?s?lis

Descendants

• ? English: nasalis