orinasal adjective & noun. [ɔ:rɪ'neɪz(ǝ)l] Also oronasal [ɔ:rǝ-]. M19.
[from Latin ori- combining form of or-, os mouth + NASAL noun, adjective.]
A. adjective. Pertaining to the mouth and nose; spec. in Phonetics, (of a vowel) sounded with the oral and nasal passages both open, as the nasal vowels in French, nasalized. M19.
b. noun. Phonetics. An orinasal vowel. L19.

■ orinasally adverb by means of the mouth and nose L20.

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