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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɔː.ɹəl/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈoɹəl/
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• East-Coast, dialectal: /ˈɑ.ɹəl/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈoː.ɹəl/
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• India: /ˈoː.rəl/ without the horse–hoarse merger
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• ōrʹəl without the horse–hoarse merger
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• /ˈo(ː)ɹəl/ without the horse–hoarse merger
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• homophone: aural
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• rhymes with -ɔːɹəl
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• rhymes with -ɒɹəl
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• CMU ARPABET: AO1 R AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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PIE word *h1óh3s Early 17th century borrowing from Late Latin ōrālis, from ōs (“the mouth”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

Ultimately from Latin Aurelius.

Borrowed from Kazakh Орал (Oral).

122 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: oraal — relating to the mouth
• Albanian: gojor — relating to the mouth
• Albanian: oral — relating to the mouth
• Arabic: فَمَوِيّ (famawiyy) — relating to the mouth
• Armenian: բերանի (berani) — relating to the mouth
• Armenian: բերանային (beranayin) — relating to the mouth
• Belarusian: ро́тавы (rótavy) — relating to the mouth
• Belarusian: ара́льны (arálʹny) — relating to the mouth
• Bulgarian: у́стен (ústen) — relating to the mouth
• Bulgarian: на уста́та (na ustáta) — relating to the mouth
• Catalan: oral — relating to the mouth
• Catalan: bucal — relating to the mouth
• Chinese Mandarin: 口的 (kǒu de) — relating to the mouth
• Chinese Mandarin: 口腔的 (kǒuqiāng de) — relating to the mouth
• Czech: ústní — relating to the mouth
• Czech: orální — relating to the mouth
• Dutch: mondelijk — relating to the mouth
• Dutch: oraal — relating to the mouth
• Esperanto: buŝa — relating to the mouth
• Finnish: suu- — relating to the mouth
• Finnish: suun — relating to the mouth
• Finnish: oraalinen — relating to the mouth
• French: oral — relating to the mouth
• French: buccal — relating to the mouth
• Galician: oral — relating to the mouth
• Georgian: ორალური (oraluri) — relating to the mouth
• German: oral — relating to the mouth
• Greek: στοματικός (stomatikós) — relating to the mouth
• Hungarian: orális — relating to the mouth
• Indonesian: lisan — relating to the mouth
• Interlingua: oral — relating to the mouth
• Italian: orale — relating to the mouth
• Japanese: 口頭の (kōtō no) — relating to the mouth
• Korean: 구두의 (gudu-ui) — relating to the mouth
• Korean: 입의 (ib-ui) — relating to the mouth
• Central Kurdish: دەمی (demî) — relating to the mouth
• Northern Kurdish: devkî — relating to the mouth
• Lithuanian: oralinis — relating to the mouth
• Marathi: मौखिक (maukhik) — relating to the mouth
• Navajo: hazééʼdę́ę́ʼ — relating to the mouth
• Persian: دَهانی (dahâni) — relating to the mouth
• Polish: ustny — relating to the mouth
• Portuguese: oral — relating to the mouth
• Romanian: oral — relating to the mouth
• Russian: ротово́й (rotovój) — relating to the mouth
• Russian: ора́льный (orálʹnyj) — relating to the mouth
• Samogitian: oralėnės — relating to the mouth
• Slovak: ústný — relating to the mouth
• Slovak: orálny — relating to the mouth
• Spanish: oral — relating to the mouth
• Spanish: bucal — relating to the mouth
• Spanish: bocal — relating to the mouth
• Swedish: muntlig — relating to the mouth
• Tagalog: bunganga — relating to the mouth
• Ukrainian: ротови́й (rotovýj) — relating to the mouth
• Ukrainian: ора́льний (orálʹnyj) — relating to the mouth
• Chinese Mandarin: 口服 (kǒufú) — taken by the mouth
• Afrikaans: oraal — spoken
• Albanian: gojor — spoken
• Albanian: falur — spoken
• Arabic: شَفَهِيّ (šafahiyy) — spoken
• Arabic: شَفَوِيّ (šafawiyy) — spoken
• Arabic: مَنْطُوق (manṭūq) — spoken
• Armenian: բանավոր (banavor) — spoken
• Azerbaijani: şifahi — spoken
• Belarusian: ву́сны (vúsny) — spoken
• Bulgarian: у́стен (ústen) — spoken
• Bulgarian: слове́сен (slovésen) — spoken
• Catalan: oral — spoken
• Catalan: verbal — spoken
• Chinese Mandarin: 口頭 /口头 (kǒutóu) — spoken
• Chinese Mandarin: 口語的 /口语的 (kǒuyǔ de) — spoken
• Chinese Mandarin: 口述的 (kǒushù de) — spoken
• Czech: ústní — spoken
• Danish: mundtlig — spoken
• Dutch: oraal — spoken
• Dutch: mondeling — spoken
• Esperanto: parola — spoken
• Finnish: suullinen — spoken
• French: oral — spoken
• Galician: oral — spoken
• Georgian: ზეპირი (zeṗiri) — spoken
• Georgian: სიტყვიერი (siṭq̇vieri) — spoken
• German: mündlich — spoken
• Greek: προφορικός (proforikós) — spoken
• Hungarian: szóbeli — spoken
• Icelandic: munnlegur — spoken
• Italian: orale — spoken
• Korean: 구전 (gujeon) — spoken
• Korean: 구술 (gusul) — spoken
• Macedonian: устен (usten) — spoken
• Marathi: तोंडी (toṇḍī) — spoken
• Norwegian Bokmål: muntlig — spoken
• Norwegian Nynorsk: munnleg — spoken
• Persian: شَفاهی (šafâhi) — spoken
• Polish: ustny — spoken
• Portuguese: oral — spoken
• Romanian: oral — spoken
• Russian: у́стный (ústnyj) — spoken
• Sanskrit: वाचिक (vācika) — spoken
• Serbo-Croatian: усни — spoken
• Serbo-Croatian: usni — spoken
• Slovak: ústny — spoken
• Slovene: usten — spoken
• Spanish: oral — spoken
• Swedish: muntlig — spoken
• Tajik: шифоҳӣ (šifohi) — spoken
• Turkish: sözlü — spoken
• Ukrainian: у́сний (úsnyj) — spoken
• Cherokee: ᎣᎳᎵ (olali) — city in Kazakhstan
• Kalmyk: Зә-балһсн (Zä-balğsn) — city in Kazakhstan
• Kalmyk: Тәк балһсн (Täk balğsn) — city in Kazakhstan
• Kazakh: Орал — city in Kazakhstan
• Kyrgyz: Орол (Orol) — city in Kazakhstan
• Nogai: Орал — city in Kazakhstan
• Polish: Uralsk — city in Kazakhstan
• Russian: Ура́льск (Urálʹsk) — city in Kazakhstan
• Russian: Ора́л (Orál) — city in Kazakhstan
• Turkish: Oral — city in Kazakhstan
• Ukrainian: Ора́л (Orál) — city in Kazakhstan
• Ukrainian: Ура́льськ (Urálʹsʹk) — city in Kazakhstan
• Uzbek: Oʻral — city in Kazakhstan