oral

See also: Oral, orał, and орал

English

Etymology

From Late Latin ōrālis, from Latin ōs (“mouth”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óh₃s.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɔːɹəl/, /ˈɒɹəl/

• Audio (UK)

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɔɹəl/, /ˈɑɹəl/
• Rhymes: -ɔːɹəl
• Homophone: aural

Adjective

oral (not comparable)

1. Relating to the mouth.

   oral hygiene

2. Spoken rather than written.

   an oral presentation

   an oral French exam

Synonyms

• mouthly (rare)
• spoken

Antonyms

• written

Derived terms

Terms derived from oral

• oracy
• oral availability
• oral gratification
• oral history

• oral lore
• oral sex
• oral stage
• oral tradition
• oralness
• orature

Translations

relating to the mouth

• Afrikaans: oraal
• Albanian: gojor (sq), oral
• Arabic: فَمَوِيّ‎ (famawiyy)
• Armenian: բերանի (berani), բերանային (hy) (beranayin)
• Belarusian: ро́тавы (rótavy), ара́льны (arálʹny)
• Catalan: oral (ca), bucal (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 口頭的 (zh), 口头的 (zh) (kǒutóu de), (of medicine) 口服的 (zh) (kǒufú de), (of the oral cavity) 口腔的 (zh) (kǒuqiāng de)

• Czech: ústní (cs), orální (cs)
• Dutch: mondelijk, oraal (nl)
• Esperanto: buŝa
• Finnish: suu- (fi), suun, oraalinen
• French: oral (fr)
• Galician: oral (gl) m or f
• Georgian: ორალური (oraluri)
• German: oral (de)
• Greek: στοματικός (el) (stomatikós)
• Hungarian: orális (hu) (primarily used in the sexual sense), száj- (hu) (as in szájrák, szájüreg etc.)

• Indonesian: lisan (id)
• Interlingua: oral
• Italian: orale (it)
• Japanese: 口頭の (ja) (こうｔこうの, kōtō no)
• Korean: 구두의 (ko) (kudu-ui), 입의 (ibui)
• Kurdish: devkî (ku)
• Lithuanian: oralinis
• Navajo: hazééʼdę́ę́ʼ
• Persian: دهانی‎ (fa) (dahâni)
• Polish: ustny (pl) m
• Portuguese: oral (pt)
• Russian: ротово́й (ru) (rotovój), ора́льный (ru) (orálʹnyj)
• Samogitian: oralėnės
• Slovak: ústný, orálny (sk)
• Spanish: oral (es)
• Swedish: muntlig (sv)
• Tagalog: bunganga
• Ukrainian: ротови́й (rotovýj), ора́льний (orálʹnyj)

spoken

• Afrikaans: oraal
• Albanian: gojor (sq), falur
• Arabic: شَفَهِيّ‎ (šafahiyy), شَفَوِيّ‎ (šafawiyy)
• Armenian: բանավոր (hy) (banavor)
• Belarusian: ву́сны (vúsny)
• Bulgarian: у́стен (bg) (ústen)
• Catalan: oral (ca), verbal (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 口頭的 (zh), 口头的 (zh) (kǒutóu de), 口語的 (zh), 口语的 (zh) (kǒuyǔ de), 口语的 (zh) (kǒushù de)

• Czech: ústní (cs)
• Dutch: oraal (nl)
• Esperanto: parola (eo)
• Finnish: suullinen (fi)
• French: oral (fr)
• Galician: oral (gl) m or f

• Georgian: ზეპირი (zeṗiri), სიტყვიერი (siṭq̇vieri)
• German: mündlich (de)
• Greek: προφορικός (el) (proforikós)
• Hungarian: szóbeli (hu)
• Icelandic: munnlegur (is)
• Macedonian: устен (usten)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: muntlig (no)

  Nynorsk: munnleg

• Polish: ustny (pl)
• Portuguese: oral (pt)
• Russian: у́стный (ru) (ústnyj)
• Sanskrit: वाचिक (sa) (vācika)
• Slovak: ústny (sk)
• Spanish: oral (es)
• Swedish: muntlig (sv)
• Turkish: sözlü (tr)
• Ukrainian: у́сний (úsnyj)

Noun

oral (plural orals)

1. (countable) A spoken test or examination, particularly in a language class.

   We've got our Spanish oral tomorrow.

2. (countable) A physical examination of the mouth.
3. (uncountable, informal) Oral sex.

   I gave my boyfriend oral for the first time on his birthday.

See also

• aural

Further reading

• oral in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• oral in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911.

Anagrams

• Arlo, LoRa, Loar, Lora, Orla

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch overal, from Middle Dutch overal, from Old Dutch overal.

Adverb

oral

1. everywhere

Alternative forms

• orals
• oralste, oralster (nonstandard)

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Catalan

Adjective

oral (masculine and feminine plural orals)

1. oral

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈoral]

Verb

oral

1. masculine singular past participle of orat

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ōrālis, from ōs (“mouth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.ʁal/

• Audio

  (file)

• Homophones: orale, orales

Adjective

oral (feminine singular orale, masculine plural oraux, feminine plural orales)

1. oral

Noun

oral m (plural oraux)

1. an oral exam, a viva, a viva voce

Further reading

• “oral” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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German

Etymology

From Latin os, oris (“mouth”) + -al

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

oral (not comparable)

1. Relating to the mouth.

Declension

Declension of oral

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
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

• oral in Duden online

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Interlingua

Adjective

oral (not comparable)

1. oral (pertaining to the mouth)

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin oralis

Adjective

oral m or f (plural orais, comparable)

1. oral

Derived terms

• oralidade

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

oral m (Cyrillic spelling орал)

1. Obsolete spelling of orao

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin os, oris (“mouth”) + -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈɾal/

Adjective

oral (plural orales)

1. oral

Derived terms

• oralmente
• sexo oral