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postnasal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English

Syllables
post-nasal
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to, or located near the posterior of the nasal cavity.

noun

The posterior half of a divided nasal scale.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English nasal English postnasal From post- + nasal.

Inflected Forms

postnasals (plural)

Phrases

post-nasal drip

Rhymes With

basil hazel nasal appraisal basal phrasal intranasal paranasal eisel vomeronasal sinonasal oronasal

Questions

What does postnasal mean?
Of, pertaining to, or located near the posterior of the nasal cavity.
Where does postnasal come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English nasal English postnasal From post- + nasal.

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