different between oral vs orotund
oral
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)
- Relating to the mouth.
- Spoken rather than written.
Synonyms
- mouthly (rare)
- spoken
Antonyms
- written
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
oral (plural orals)
- (countable) A spoken test or examination, particularly in a language class.
- (countable) A physical examination of the mouth.
- (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
- 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)
- 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
- 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)
- oral
Derived terms
- sexe oral
Noun
oral m (plural oraux)
- 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)
- Relating to the mouth.
Declension
Further reading
- “oral” in Duden online
Interlingua
Adjective
oral (not comparable)
- oral (pertaining to the mouth)
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin oralis
Adjective
oral m or f (plural orais, comparable)
- 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)
- oral
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
oral m (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- Obsolete spelling of orao
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin os, oris (“mouth”) + -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /o??al/, [o??al]
Adjective
oral (plural orales)
- oral
Derived terms
oral From the web:
- what oral temperature is a fever
- what oral antibiotics treat pseudomonas
- what oral medication is used for ringworm
- what oral surgeons do
- what oral cancer looks like
- what oral surgery
- what oral antibiotics treat mrsa
- what oral antibiotics treat pink eye
orotund
English
Etymology
From Latin ?re rotund? (“with a round mouth”) hence “clear, loud”, from ?s (“mouth”) + rotundus (“round”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?????t?nd/
Adjective
orotund (comparative more orotund, superlative most orotund)
- Characterized by fullness, clarity, strength, and smoothness of sound.
- Pompous; bombastic.
- 1990, Robert Klitgaard, Tropical Gangsters: One Man's Experience with Development and Decadence in Deepest Africa
- In orotund turns of phrase—indeed, in spiraling helices of phrase; in snarled fishing lines of phrase; in endless small intestines of phrase--the speakers ingeniously explored and invented connections between qwerty, alphabetical filing, and socioeconomic advance.
- 1990, Robert Klitgaard, Tropical Gangsters: One Man's Experience with Development and Decadence in Deepest Africa
Synonyms
- (fullness of sound): sonorous; see also Thesaurus:sonorous
- (pompous): pompous; see also Thesaurus:arrogant
Related terms
- oral
Translations
Anagrams
- rotundo, round to
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