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orale

American  
[aw-rey-lee, oh-rey-] / ɔˈreɪ li, oʊˈreɪ- /

noun

Ecclesiastical.

  1. fanon.

Etymology

Origin of orale

1835–45; < Medieval Latin ōrāle, equivalent to Latin ōr- (stem of ōs ) mouth + -āle, neuter of -ālis -al 1

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Nous n'avons, je crois, qu'une forme orale pour boy, petit domestique, parce qu'il est d� � l'oreille; mais nous sommes partag�s quant � boy-scout, qui est arriv� par tracts et par journaux.

From Society for Pure English, Tract 05 The Englishing of French Words; the Dialectal Words in Blunden's Poems by Society for Pure English

Each of the two examinations is divided into the épreuve écrite and the épreuve orale.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. July, 1877. by Various

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