aboral

== English == === Etymology === From ab- (“away from”) +‎ oral (“the mouth”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /æbˈɔːɹ.l̩/ (US) IPA(key): /æbˈɔɹ.l̩/ Rhymes: -ɔːɹəl === Adjective === aboral (comparative more aboral, superlative most aboral) (zoology) Situated opposite to, or away from, the mouth. [First attested in the mid 19th century.] ==== Related terms ==== aborally ==== Translations ==== === References === === Anagrams === alobar == German == === Etymology === From Latin ab- + oralis. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -aːl === Adjective === aboral (no predicative form, strong nominative masculine singular aboraler, not comparable) aboral ==== Declension ==== == Portuguese == === Etymology === From ab- +‎ oral; first element from Latin ab-. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === aboral m or f (plural aborais) (zoology) aboral (situated away from the mouth) === Further reading === “aboral”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “aboral”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aboˈɾal/ [a.β̞oˈɾal] Rhymes: -al Syllabification: a‧bo‧ral === Adjective === aboral m or f (masculine and feminine plural aborales) aboral === Further reading === “aboral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025