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nonoral

o·ral
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [awr-uh l, ohr-]
    • /ˈɔr əl, ˈoʊr-/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [awr-uh l, ohr-]
    • /ˈɔr əl, ˈoʊr-/

Definitions of nonoral word

  • adjective nonoral uttered by the mouth; spoken: oral testimony. 1
  • adjective nonoral of, using, or transmitted by speech: oral methods of language teaching; oral traditions. 1
  • adjective nonoral of, relating to, or involving the mouth: the oral cavity. 1
  • adjective nonoral done, taken, or administered through the mouth: an oral dose of medicine. 1
  • adjective nonoral Phonetics. articulated with none of the voice issuing through the nose, as the normal English vowels and the consonants b and v. 1
  • adjective nonoral Psychoanalysis. of or relating to the earliest phase of infantile psychosexual development, lasting from birth to one year of age or longer, during which pleasure is obtained from eating, sucking, and biting. of or relating to the sublimation of feelings experienced during the oral stage of childhood: oral anxiety. of or relating to gratification by stimulation of the lips or membranes of the mouth, as in sucking, eating, or talking. 1

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Origin of nonoral

First appearance:

before 1615
One of the 41% oldest English words
1615-25; < Latin ōr- (stem of ōs) mouth (cognate with Sanskrit āsya) + -al1

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Parts of speech for Nonoral

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

nonoral popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

nonoral usage trend in Literature

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