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See also: Oral, orał, and орал

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

oral (not comparable)

  1. (relational) Relating to the mouth.
    Synonym: (rare) mouthly
    oral hygiene
    oral sex
    1. (pharmacology) Done or taken by the mouth.
    2. (phonetics, of a speech sound) Pronounced by the voice resonating in the mouth, as the vowels in English.
    3. (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.
    4. Of, relating to, or characterized by personality traits of passive dependency and aggressiveness.
  2. (relational) Spoken rather than written.
    Synonyms: spoken, verbal
    Antonym: written
    an oral presentation
    an oral French exam
    1. Relating to the transmission of information or literature by word of mouth.
    2. Using speech or the lips especially in teaching the deaf.
    3. (sociolinguistics, of a society) Not having reached the stage of literacy.

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Translations

Noun

oral (countable and uncountable, plural orals)

  1. (countable) A spoken test or examination, particularly in a language class.
    We've got our Spanish oral tomorrow.
  2. (countable, usually in the plural) A physical examination of the mouth.
  3. (uncountable, informal) Ellipsis of oral sex.
    I gave my boyfriend oral for the first time on his birthday.
  4. (bodybuilding, countable) Ellipsis of oral steroid..

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch overal, from Middle Dutch overal, from Old Dutch overal.

Adverb

oral

  1. everywhere

Alternative forms

Asturian

Adjective

oral (epicene, plural orales)

  1. oral

Catalan

Pronunciation

Adjective

oral m or f (masculine and feminine plural orals)

  1. oral

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Czech

Pronunciation

Participle

oral

  1. masculine singular past active participle of orat

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ōrālis, from ōs (“mouth”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. oral

Derived terms

Noun

oral m (plural oraux)

  1. an oral exam, a viva, a viva voce

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German

Etymology

From Latin os, oris (“mouth”) + -al.

Pronunciation

Adjective

oral (strong nominative masculine singular oraler, not comparable)

  1. (relational) mouth; oral

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

Further reading

  • “oral” in Duden online
  • “oral” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Interlingua

Adjective

oral (not comparable)

  1. oral (pertaining to the mouth)

Polish

Etymology

Back-formation from oralny.

Pronunciation

Noun

oral m inan

  1. (colloquial, vulgar) oral (oral sex)
    Coordinate term: anal

Declension

Declension of oral
singular
nominative oral
genitive orala/oralu
dative oralowi
accusative oral
instrumental oralem
locative oralu
vocative oralu

Further reading

  • oral in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ōrālis.

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: o‧ral

Adjective

oral m or f (plural orais)

  1. oral

Derived terms

Noun

oral f (plural orais)

  1. an oral exam

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French oral.

Adjective

oral m or n (feminine singular orală, masculine plural orali, feminine and neuter plural orale)

  1. oral

Declension

Declension of oral
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite oral orală orali orale
definite oralul orala oralii oralele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite oral orale orali orale
definite oralului oralei oralilor oralelor

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

oral m (Cyrillic spelling орал)

  1. Obsolete spelling of orao

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ōrālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oˈɾal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: o‧ral

Adjective

oral m or f (masculine and feminine plural orales)

  1. oral

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Swedish

Adjective

oral (not comparable)

  1. 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

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References

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