oral
/ˈɔː.ɹəl/US/ˈoɹəl/
oral adjective: relating to the mouth. Also the ellipsis of oral sex.
Adjective
oral (not comparable)
- Relating to the mouth.
- oral hygiene
- oral sex
- Synonyms:
- mouthly
- Done or taken by the mouth.
- And most neurologists are in the habit of prescribing antispasticity drugs like tizanidine and baclofen, which are oral and inexpensive, but which cause drowsiness and weaken every muscle in the body, not just the target ones.2009 March 17, Donald G. Mcneil Jr., “After a Stroke, Freeing Muscles With Botox”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2017
- Pronounced by the voice resonating in the mouth, as the vowels in English.
- 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.
- Spoken rather than written.
- an oral presentation
- an oral French exam
- Antonyms:
- written
- Relating to the transmission of information or literature by word of mouth.
- Using speech or the lips especially in teaching the deaf.
- Not having reached the stage of literacy.
Noun
oral (countable and uncountable, plural orals)
- A spoken test or examination, particularly in a language class.
- We've got our Spanish oral tomorrow.
- A physical examination of the mouth.
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Oral
Oral
- A male given name from Latin of American usage
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Oral
Oral
- A city in Kazakhstan.
Also used as
oral is also the ellipsis of oral sex.
oral is also the ellipsis of oral steroid.
oral meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
oral in Hindi
- मौखिक
oral in Tamil
- வாய்வழி
oral in Marathi
- relating to the mouth
- मौखिक maukhik
- spoken
- तोंडी toṇḍī
oral in Bengali
- মৌখিক
More languagesFewer languages
- oral in Telugu
- మౌఖికం
- oral in Malayalam
- വാക്കാലുള്ള, വാക്കാലുള്ളവർ
- oral in Kannada
- ಮೌಖಿಕ
- oral in Punjabi
- ਜ਼ੁਬਾਨੀ
- oral in Gujarati
- મૌખિક
- oral in Odia
- ମୌଖିକ
- oral in Sanskrit
- वाचिक vācika
- oral in Nepali
- मौखिक
- oral in Tagalog
- bunganga
- oral in Arabic
- فَمَوِيّ famawiyy, شَفَهِيّ šafahiyy, شَفَوِيّ šafawiyy, مَنْطُوق manṭūq
- oral in Indonesian
- lisan
Examples of oral in a sentence
- My boyfriend and I are both sides; we prefer to do oral and other stuff.
- Being the last teeth to erupt in the oral cavity, many wisdom teeth are impacted.
- A Japanese man who is tried before a German court is assisted by an interpreter in making oral statements.
Synonyms of oral
Antonyms
Forms of oral
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Origin of oral
PIE word *h₁óh₃s Early 17th century borrowing from Late Latin ōrālis, from ōs (“the mouth”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
Ultimately from Latin Aurelius.
Borrowed from Kazakh Орал (Oral).
Words formed from oral
- 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
Phrases with oral
- oral dams
- oral laws
- oral exams
- oral lores
- Oral Torah
- oral stages
- oral vowels
- oral cavities
- oral surgeons
- oral arguments
- oral histories
- oral surgeries
4 more phrasesFewer phrases
Words that rhyme with oral
41 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- circhoral
- circumoral
- corollifloral
- discifloral
- endaural
- endoral
- exosporal
- extrafloral
- extraoral
- fecal-oral
- goral
- horal
- hyperoral
- infraoral
- juxtaoral
- labiatifloral
- loral
- mayoral
- microfloral
- naso-oral
- nasoral
- nonoral
- paroral
- perioral
- peroral
- pharyngo-oral
- poral
- post-oral
- postoral
- pre-oral
- restoral
- roral
- soral
- sporal
- suboral
- supraoral
- thalamifloral
- thesaural
- transoral
- trinaural
- vicar-choral
Questions about oral
- What does oral mean?
- Oral means relating to the mouth.
- What is oral in Hindi?
- Oral in Hindi is मौखिक. See Oral meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is oral?
- Oral can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce oral?
- Oral is pronounced /ˈɔː.ɹəl/ (UK).
Words near oral in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: oral (page history and authors); Oral (page history and authors); oral (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); oral (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); oral (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); oral (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); oral (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); oral (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); oral (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); oral (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); oral (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); oral (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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