oral

See also: Oral

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

oral ‎(not comparable)

1. Relating to the mouth.
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 tradition orature

Translations

relating to the mouth

• Albanian: gojor (sq), oral
• Arabic: شَفَهِيّ ‎(šafahiyy)
• 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
• Dutch: mondelijk
• Esperanto: buŝa
• Finnish: suu- (fi), suun, oraalinen
• 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) ‎(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
• Spanish: oral (es)
• Swedish: muntlig (sv)
• Tagalog: bunganga

spoken

• Albanian: gojor (sq), falur
• 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)

• Esperanto: parola
• Finnish: suullinen (fi)
• German: mündlich (de)

• Greek: προφορικός (el) ‎(proforikós)
• Hungarian: szóbeli (hu)
• Icelandic: munnlegur (is)
• Polish: ustny (pl)
• Russian: у́стный (ru) ‎(ústnyj)
• Swedish: muntlig (sv)
• 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

---

Catalan

Adjective

oral m, f ‎(masculine and feminine plural orals)

1. oral

---

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔʁal/
• Homophones: orale, orales

Adjective

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

1. oral

External links

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

---

German

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

External links

• oral in Duden online

---

Portuguese

Adjective

oral m, f ‎(plural orais, comparable)

1. oral

Derived terms

• oralidade

---

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

oral m ‎(Cyrillic spelling орал)

1. Obsolete spelling of orao

---

Spanish

Adjective

oral m, f ‎(plural orales)

1. oral