English Explanatory Dictionary

oral

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Relating to the mouth.
  2. Done or taken by the mouth.
  3. Pronounced by the voice resonating in the mouth, as the vowels in English.
  4. 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.
  5. Of, relating to, or characterized by personality traits of passive dependency and aggressiveness.
  6. Spoken rather than written.
  7. Relating to the transmission of information or literature by word of mouth.
  8. Using speech or the lips especially in teaching the deaf.
  9. Not having reached the stage of literacy.
noun
  1. A spoken test or examination, particularly in a language class.
  2. A physical examination of the mouth.
  3. Ellipsis of oral sex.
  4. Ellipsis of oral steroid.
name
  1. A male given name from Latin of American usage
name
  1. A city in Kazakhstan.

Pronunciation

/ˈɔː.ɹəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-oral.wav /ˈɔ.ɹəl/ /ˈɑ.ɹəl/ /ˈoː.ɹəl/ /ˈorəl/ ōrʹəl /ˈo(ː)ɹəl/

Word forms

oral orals

Etymology

PIE word *h₁óh₃s Early 17th century borrowing from Late Latin ōrālis, from ōs (“the mouth”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

Synonyms

mouthly spoken verbal

Antonyms

written

Related words

oracy orature

Derived words

aboral adoral circumoral endoral extraoral fecal-oral hyperoral infraoral intraoral juxtaoral naso-oral nasoral nonoral oral allergy syndrome oral argument oral availability oral candidiasis oralcare oral cavity oral dam oral exam oral examination oral glucose oral gratification oral history oral hygiene oralism oralist oralistic orality oralize oralise oral law oral lore orally oral mite anaphylaxis oralmost oral mucositis oral myology oralnasal oralness oral sex oral stage oral surgeon oral surgery oral test oral tradition oral vowel paroral perioral peroral pharyngo-oral postoral post-oral preoral pre-oral suboral supraoral transoral

Translations

Afrikaans: oraal Albanian: gojor Albanian: oral Albanian: falur Arabic: فَمَوِيّ Arabic: شَفَهِيّ Arabic: شَفَوِيّ Arabic: مَنْطُوق Armenian: բերանի Armenian: բերանային Armenian: բանավոր Belarusian: ро́тавы Belarusian: ара́льны Belarusian: ву́сны Bulgarian: у́стен Bulgarian: на уста́та Bulgarian: слове́сен Catalan: oral Catalan: bucal Catalan: verbal Chinese Mandarin: 口的 Chinese Mandarin: 口腔的 Chinese Mandarin: 口頭 /口头 Chinese Mandarin: 口語的 /口语的 Chinese Mandarin: 口述的 Czech: ústní Czech: orální Dutch: mondelijk Dutch: oraal Dutch: mondeling Esperanto: buŝa Esperanto: parola Finnish: suu- Finnish: suun Finnish: oraalinen Finnish: suullinen French: oral French: buccal Galician: oral Georgian: ორალური Georgian: ზეპირი Georgian: სიტყვიერი German: oral German: mündlich Greek: στοματικός Greek: προφορικός Hungarian: orális Hungarian: szóbeli Indonesian: lisan Interlingua: oral Italian: orale Japanese: 口頭の Korean: 구두의 Korean: 입의 Korean: 구전 Korean: 구술 Central Kurdish: دەمی Northern Kurdish: devkî Lithuanian: oralinis Marathi: मौखिक Marathi: तोंडी Navajo: hazééʼdę́ę́ʼ Persian: دَهانی Persian: شَفاهی Polish: ustny Portuguese: oral Romanian: oral Russian: ротово́й Russian: ора́льный Russian: у́стный Samogitian: oralėnės Slovak: ústný Slovak: orálny Slovak: ústny Spanish: oral Spanish: bucal Spanish: bocal Swedish: muntlig Tagalog: bunganga Ukrainian: ротови́й Ukrainian: ора́льний Ukrainian: у́сний Azerbaijani: şifahi
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