oral
oral - English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA: /ˈɔɹəl/
- (New Zealand) IPA: /ˈoɹəl/
- (East Coast) IPA: /ˈɑɹ.əl/
- Homophone: aural
- (without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: ōrʹəl, IPA: /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 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
- 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
Translations
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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..
Anagrams
oral - Afrikaans
Adverb
oral
Alternative forms
oral - Asturian
Adjective
oral - Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA: /oˈɾal/
- (Central) IPA: /uˈɾal/
Adjective
oral (masculine and feminine plural orals)
Derived terms
oral - Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA: [ˈoral]
Participle
oral
- masculine singular past active participle of orat
oral - French
Pronunciation
Adjective
oral (feminine orale, masculine plural oraux, feminine plural orales)
Derived terms
Noun
oral m (plural oraux)
oral - German
Adjective
oral (strong nominative masculine singular oraler, not comparable)
Declension
| 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 | |
oral - Interlingua
Adjective
oral (not comparable)
- oral (pertaining to the mouth)
oral - Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA: /oˈɾaw/ [oˈɾaʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA: /ɔˈɾal/ [ɔˈɾaɫ]
- Hyphenation: o‧ral
Adjective
oral m or f (plural orais)
Derived terms
Noun
oral f (plural orais)
oral - Romanian
Adjective
oral m or n (feminine singular orală, masculine plural orali, feminine and neuter plural orale)
Declension
oral - Serbo-Croatian
Noun
oral m (Cyrillic spelling орал)
- Obsolete spelling of orao
oral - Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /oˈɾal/ [oˈɾal]
- Syllabification: o‧ral
Adjective
oral (plural orales)
Derived terms
oral - Swedish
Adjective
oral (not comparable)
- oral (related to the mouth)
Declension
| Inflection of oral | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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”)