Nazard

noun

Na·​zard

variants or less commonly Nasard

nəˈzär(d)

plural Nazards also Nasards

: an organ mutation stop with metal pipes that sounds the twelfth above the fundamental tone

called also Nasat

Word History

Etymology

French, from nazard, nasard, having a nasal sound, from Latin nasus nose

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