different between oral vs acroamatic

English

Etymology

From Late Latin ?r?lis, from Latin ?s (“mouth”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?óh?s.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?????l/, /????l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /????l/, /????l/
• Rhymes: -????l
• Homophone: aural

Adjective

oral (not comparable)

1. Relating to the mouth.

2. Spoken rather than written.

Synonyms

• mouthly (rare)
• spoken

Antonyms

• written

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

oral (plural orals)

1. (countable) A spoken test or examination, particularly in a language class.

2. (countable) A physical examination of the mouth.
3. (uncountable, informal) Oral sex.

See also

• aural

Further reading

• oral in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• oral in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• -arol, Arlo, LoRa, Loar, Lora, Orla

Afrikaans

Etymology

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

Adverb

oral

1. everywhere

Alternative forms

• orals
• oralste, oralster (nonstandard)

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /o??al/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /u??al/

Adjective

oral (masculine and feminine plural orals)

1. 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.
• “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.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?oral]

Verb

oral

1. masculine singular past participle of orat

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ?r?lis, from ?s (“mouth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.?al/
• Homophones: orale, orales

Adjective

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

1. oral

Derived terms

• sexe oral

Noun

oral m (plural oraux)

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

Further reading

• “oral” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Etymology

From Latin os, oris (“mouth”) + -al.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?l

Adjective

oral (not comparable)

1. Relating to the mouth.

Declension

Further reading

• “oral” in Duden online

Interlingua

Adjective

oral (not comparable)

1. oral (pertaining to the mouth)

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin oralis

Adjective

oral m or f (plural orais, comparable)

1. oral

Derived terms

• oralidade

Romanian

Etymology

From French oral.

Adjective

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

1. oral

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

oral m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. Obsolete spelling of orao

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin os, oris (“mouth”) + -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o??al/, [o??al]

Adjective

oral (plural orales)

1. oral

Derived terms

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????????? (akroamatikós, “for hearing only”), from ????????? (akroáomai, “to listen”).

Adjective

acroamatic (comparative more acroamatic, superlative most acroamatic)

1. (rare) Of or related to esoteric knowledge transmitted orally, particularly (historical) applied to the teachings of Aristotle intended only for his disciples as opposed to the exoteric doctrines declaimed in public.
2. Of or related to lectures.
   • 2015, Nils F. Schott, "A Mother to All" in Love and Forgiveness for a More Just World, p. 108, n. 45:

     [Questions] employment here does not mark a shift from the acroamatic (lecture-based) to the erotematic (interrogatory) method, for the answers are not known.

Related terms

• acroamatics