HyperDic: orinasal_phone

English > 1 sense of the expression *orinasal phone*:
NOUN	communication	orinasal phone, orinasal	a speech sound produced with both the oral and nasal passages open (as French nasal vowels)

English > *orinasal phone*: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
Meaning	A speech sound produced with both the oral and nasal passages open (as French nasal vowels).
Synonym	orinasal
Broader	phone, speech sound, sound	(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language