oral
English edit
Etymology edit
Early 17th century borrowing from Late Latin ōrālis, from ōs (“the mouth”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɔː.ɹəl/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɔɹ.əl/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈoː.ɹəl/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈoɹəl/
- Homophone: aural
- Rhymes: -ɔːɹəl
- (without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: ōrʹəl, IPA(key): /ˈo(ː)ɹəl/
Adjective edit
oral (not comparable)
- (relational) Relating to the mouth.
- Synonym: (rare) mouthly
- oral hygiene
- oral sex
- (pharmacology) Done or taken by the mouth.
- (phonetics, of a speech sound) Pronounced by the voice resonating in the mouth, as the vowels in English.
- (psychoanalysis, in Freudian theory) Relating to or denoting a stage of infantile psychosexual development during which libidinal gratification is derived from intake (as of food), by sucking, and later by biting.
- Of, relating to, or characterized by personality traits of passive dependency and aggressiveness.
- (relational) Spoken rather than written.
- Relating to the transmission of information or literature by word of mouth.
- Using speech or the lips especially in teaching the deaf.
- (sociolinguistics, of a society) Not having reached the stage of literacy.
Derived terms edit
- aboral
- adoral
- circumoral
- endoral
- extraoral
- fecal-oral
- hyperoral
- infraoral
- juxtaoral
- naso-oral, nasoral
- nonoral
- oral allergy syndrome
- oral argument
- oral availability
- oral candidiasis
- oral cavity
- oral glucose
- oral gratification
- oral history
- oral hygiene
- oralism
- oralist
- orality
- oralize, oralise
- oral lore
- orally
- oralmost
- oral mucositis
- oral myology
- oralnasal
- oralness
- oral sex
- oral stage
- oral test
- oral tradition
- oral vowel
- paroral
- perioral
- peroral
- pharyngo-oral
- postoral, post-oral
- preoral, pre-oral
- suboral
- supraoral
- transoral
Related terms edit
Translations edit
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Noun edit
oral (countable and uncountable, plural orals)
- (countable) A spoken test or examination, particularly in a language class.
- We've got our Spanish oral tomorrow.
- (countable, usually in the plural) A physical examination of the mouth.
- (uncountable, informal) Ellipsis of oral sex.
- I gave my boyfriend oral for the first time on his birthday.
- (bodybuilding, countable) Ellipsis of oral steroid..
See also edit
References edit
- “oral”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “oral”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Further reading edit
- “oral”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “oral”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch overal, from Middle Dutch overal, from Old Dutch overal.
Adverb edit
oral
Alternative forms edit
Asturian edit
Adjective edit
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
oral m or f (masculine and feminine plural orals)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “oral” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “oral”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “oral” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “oral” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Participle edit
oral
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin ōrālis, from ōs (“mouth”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
oral (feminine orale, masculine plural oraux, feminine plural orales)
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
oral m (plural oraux)
Further reading edit
- “oral”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German edit
Etymology edit
From Latin os, oris (“mouth”) + -al.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
oral (strong nominative masculine singular oraler, not comparable)
- (relational) mouth; oral
Declension edit
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist oral | sie ist oral | es ist oral | sie sind oral | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | oraler | orale | orales | orale |
genitive | oralen | oraler | oralen | oraler | |
dative | oralem | oraler | oralem | oralen | |
accusative | oralen | orale | orales | orale | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der orale | die orale | das orale | die oralen |
genitive | des oralen | der oralen | des oralen | der oralen | |
dative | dem oralen | der oralen | dem oralen | den oralen | |
accusative | den oralen | die orale | das orale | die oralen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein oraler | eine orale | ein orales | (keine) oralen |
genitive | eines oralen | einer oralen | eines oralen | (keiner) oralen | |
dative | einem oralen | einer oralen | einem oralen | (keinen) oralen | |
accusative | einen oralen | eine orale | ein orales | (keine) oralen |
Further reading edit
Interlingua edit
Adjective edit
oral (not comparable)
- oral (pertaining to the mouth)
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Back-formation from oralny.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
oral m inan
- (colloquial, vulgar) oral (oral sex)
- Coordinate term: anal
Declension edit
Further reading edit
- oral in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin ōrālis.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
oral m or f (plural orais)
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
oral f (plural orais)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
oral m or n (feminine singular orală, masculine plural orali, feminine and neuter plural orale)
Declension edit
Serbo-Croatian edit
Noun edit
oral m (Cyrillic spelling орал)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
oral m or f (masculine and feminine plural orales)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “oral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish edit
Adjective edit
oral (not comparable)
- oral (related to the mouth)
Declension edit
Inflection of oral | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | oral | — | — |
Neuter singular | oralt | — | — |
Plural | orala | — | — |
Masculine plural3 | orale | — | — |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | orale | — | — |
All | orala | — | — |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Derived terms edit
- oralsex (“oral sex”)