different between oral vs unstar

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

un- +? star

Verb

unstar (third-person singular simple present unstars, present participle unstarring, simple past and past participle unstarred)

1. (transitive) To remove a star from.
2. (transitive, UK politics) To demote a question from an oral one to a written one (because oral questions are conventionally marked with a star on the Order of Business in the House of Commons).

Anagrams

• NuSTAR, Nuštar, Rutans, Saturn, Struan, arnuts, runs at, santur, saturn, untars