oral

See also Oral

English

Etymology

From New Latin oralis (“of the mouth”), from Latin os (“the mouth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɔːɹəl/
• Rhymes: -ɔːɹəl

Adjective

oral (not comparable)

1. Relating to the mouth; mouthly.
2. Spoken rather than written.

   An oral presentation

Synonyms

• spoken

Antonyms

• written

Related terms

• oral availability
• oral exam
• oral sex

Translations

relating to the mouth

• Albanian: gojor (sq), oral (sq)
• Arabic: شفهي (ar) (sháfahi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 口頭的 (cmn), 口头的 (cmn) (kǒutóu-de)

• Czech: ústní (cs), orální (cs)
• Dutch: mondelijk
• Filipino: bunganga
• Finnish: suullinen (fi)
• French: oral (fr)
• German: oral (de)
• Greek: στοματικός (el) (stomatikós)
• Hungarian: orális (hu)
• Indonesian: lisan (id)

• Italian: orale (it)
• Japanese: 口頭の (ja) (こうｔこうの, kōtō-no)
• Korean: 구두의 (ko) (kudu-ui), 입의 (ko)
• Kurdish: devkî (ku)
• Lithuanian: oralinis (lt)
• Persian: دهانی (fa) (dahâni)
• Polish: ustny (pl) m
• Portuguese: oral (pt)
• Russian: ротовой (ru) (rotovój), оральный (ru) (orál'nyj)
• Samogitian: oralėnės
• Spanish: oral (es)
• Swedish: muntlig (sv)

spoken

• Albanian: gojor (sq), falur (sq)
• German: mündlich (de)
• Greek: προφορικός (el) (proforikós)

• Polish: ustny (pl)
• Russian: устный (ru) (ústnyj)
• Turkish: sözlü (tr)

Noun

oral (plural orals)

1. (countable) A spoken test or examination, particularly in a language class.
2. (countable) A physical examination of the mouth.
3. (uncountable) oral sex.

See also

• aural

External links

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

Anagrams

• Lora
• Orla

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Catalan

Adjective

oral m, f (masculine and feminine plural orals)

1. oral

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɔʁal/
• Homophones: orale, orales

Adjective

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

1. oral

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German

Adjective

oral (not comparable)

1. Relating to the mouth.

Declension

    Declension of oral

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

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Portuguese

Adjective

oral m and f (plural orais; comparable)

1. oral

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

oral m

1. Obsolete spelling of orao.

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Spanish

Adjective

oral m and f (plural orales)

1. oral