oral
English
Etymology
Early 17th century borrowing from Late Latin ōrālis, from ōs (“the mouth”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɔː.ɹəl/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɔɹ.əl/
- (East Coast) IPA(key): /ˈɑɹ.əl/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈɔ.ɹəl/, /ˈoː.ɹəl/,
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈoɹəl/
- Homophone: aural
- Rhymes: -ɔːɹəl
- (without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: ōrʹəl, IPA(key): /ˈo(ː)ɹəl/
Adjective
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
- 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
Translations
relating to the mouth
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spoken
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Noun
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
References
- “oral”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “oral”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Further reading
- “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.
Afrikaans
Catalan
Further reading
- “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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈoral]
French
Derived terms
Further reading
- “oral”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aːl
Adjective
oral (strong nominative masculine singular oraler, not comparable)
Declension
Positive forms of oral (uncomparable)
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Interlingua
Polish
Etymology
Back-formation from oralny.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔ.ral/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔral
- Syllabification: o‧ral
Declension
Further reading
- oral in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Romanian
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oˈɾal/ [oˈɾal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: o‧ral
Derived terms
Further reading
- “oral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Declension
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
- oralsex (“oral sex”)
References
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