Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word oral. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in oral.
Definitions and meaning of oral
oral
Etymology
Early 17th century borrowing from Late Latinōrālis, from ōs(“the mouth”) + -ālis(“-al”, adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɔː.ɹəl/
(General American) IPA(key): /ˈɔɹ.əl/
(East Coast) IPA(key): /ˈɑɹ.əl/
(General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈoː.ɹəl/
(New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈoɹəl/
Homophone: aural
Rhymes: -ɔːɹəl
(without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: ōrʹəl, IPA(key): /ˈo(ː)ɹəl/
Adjective
oral (not comparable)
(relational) Relating to the mouth.
Synonym:(rare)mouthly
(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.
Synonyms:spoken, verbal
Antonym: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
Related terms
oracy
orature
Translations
Noun
oral (countable and uncountable, pluralorals)
(countable) A spoken test or examination, particularly in a language class.
(countable, usually in the plural) A physical examination of the mouth.
(uncountable, informal)Ellipsis of oral sex.
(bodybuilding, countable)Ellipsis of oral steroid..
See also
aural
References
“oral”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
“oral”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Further reading
“oral”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
“oral”, in The Century Dictionary[…], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams
-arol, Arlo, LoRa, Loar, Lora, Orla
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutchoveral, from Middle Dutchoveral, from Old Dutchoveral.
Adverb
oral
everywhere
Alternative forms
orals
oralste, oralster(nonstandard)
Asturian
Adjective
oral (epicene, pluralorales)
oral
Catalan
Pronunciation
IPA(key): (Central)[uˈɾal]
IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencian)[oˈɾal]
Adjective
oralm or f (masculine and feminine pluralorals)
oral
Derived terms
oralitat
oralment
Further reading
“oral” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“oral”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
“oral” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“oral” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.