adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to the ear.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
aural
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈɔːɹəl/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -ɔːɹəl
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General-American: /ˈɔɹəl/
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General-American: /ˈoɹəl/
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/aʊɹəl/ for some speakers, to distinguish from oral; Latinate
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for some speakers, to distinguish from oral; Latinate
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homophone: oral (unless distinguished as above)
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homophone: oral
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CMU ARPABET: AO1 R AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Of or pertaining to sound or hearing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Of or pertaining to an aura.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 4
relating to or characterized by an aura
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- various aural effects that precede a migraine headache
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 5
of or pertaining to hearing or the ear
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an animal with a very sensitive aural apparatus
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Latin auralis, from auris (“ear”).
From Latin aura (“moving air, breeze, vital air”) + -al.
Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: أُذُنِيّ (ʔuḏuniyy) — of or pertaining to the ear
- Belarusian: вушны́ (vušný) — of or pertaining to the ear
- Bulgarian: ушен (ušen) — of or pertaining to the ear
- Czech: ušní — of or pertaining to the ear
- Esperanto: orela — of or pertaining to the ear
- Finnish: korva- — of or pertaining to the ear
- French: auriculaire — of or pertaining to the ear
- German: Ohren- — of or pertaining to the ear
- Icelandic: eyrna- — of or pertaining to the ear
- Icelandic: heyrnar- — of or pertaining to the ear
- Irish: cluasach — of or pertaining to the ear
- Italian: auricolare — of or pertaining to the ear
- Polish: uszny — of or pertaining to the ear
- Russian: ушно́й (ušnój) — of or pertaining to the ear
- Slovak: ušný — of or pertaining to the ear
- Spanish: auditivo — of or pertaining to the ear
- Swedish: öron- — of or pertaining to the ear
- Ukrainian: вушни́й (vušnýj) — of or pertaining to the ear
- Belarusian: слухавы́ (sluxavý) — of or pertaining to sound
- Bulgarian: звуков (zvukov) — of or pertaining to sound
- Bulgarian: слухов (sluhov) — of or pertaining to sound
- Czech: sluchový — of or pertaining to sound
- Esperanto: sona — of or pertaining to sound
- Esperanto: aŭda — of or pertaining to sound
- Finnish: ääni- — of or pertaining to sound
- Finnish: auditiivinen — of or pertaining to sound
- French: auditif — of or pertaining to sound
- French: aural — of or pertaining to sound
- German: akustisch — of or pertaining to sound
- German: auditiv — of or pertaining to sound
- German: Gehör- — of or pertaining to sound
- German: Hör- — of or pertaining to sound
- Polish: audialny — of or pertaining to sound
- Polish: słuchowy — of or pertaining to sound
- Polish: audytywny — of or pertaining to sound
- Russian: слухово́й (sluxovój) — of or pertaining to sound
- Russian: звуково́й (zvukovój) — of or pertaining to sound
- Ukrainian: слухови́й (sluxovýj) — of or pertaining to sound
- Esperanto: aŭra — of or pertaining to an aura