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Definition: Aural |
AuralAdjective1. Of or pertaining to hearing or the ear; "an animal with a very sensitive aural apparatus". 2. Relating to or characterized by an aura; "various aural effects that precede a migraine headache". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "aural" was first used: 1847. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Pertaining to or perceived by the ear, as an aural stimulus. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Aural |
| Specialty definitions using "aural": audible Doppler enhancer ♦ ground observer organization ♦ homing adaptor ♦ SOUND-EFFECTS TECHNICIAN. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "aural": Binaural. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Aural" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. German (aural), Portuguese (aural). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Aural Null (1957) | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | This conference brought together specialists in auditory anatomy and physiology, otolaryngology, audiology, aural rehabilitation, education, speech-language pathology, bioengineering, and other related disciplines as well as representatives from the public. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Aural" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Aural" is used about 83 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 83 | 36,350 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "aural": aural null ♦ aural nystagmus ♦ aural reflex ♦ aural surgeon ♦ visual aural radio range ♦ visual aural range. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "aural": aural-oral, aural-receptors, aural-visual. | |
Ending with "aural": oral-aural. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "aural"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | veshi, i veshit (auricular, otic). (various references) | |
Arabic | سمعي (acoustic, audio, auditory, auricular), أذني (auricular). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | ушен (otic), слухов (acoustical, auditory, auricular). (various references) | |
Chinese | 听觉 (Auditory). (various references) | |
Czech | sluchový (acoustic, auditory). (various references) | |
Danish | aura-, auditiv (auditory), øre- (heard). (various references) | |
Dutch | auraal, auditief (auditory). (various references) | |
Farsi | مربوطبه گوش یاسامعه , گوشی (Receiver). (various references) | |
Finnish | välikorvalihasrefleksi (acoustic reflex, auditory reflex, aural reflex), kuuluvuusminimi (aural null), korvaaukko (aural orifice). (various references) | |
French | auriculaire (auricular), auditif (auditory). (various references) | |
German | Ohrsignal, aural. (various references) | |
Greek | ωτικόσ (auricular), ωτολογικόσ (otological), ακουστικός (acoustic, audio, auditory). (various references) | |
Hebrew | שמיעתי (auditory). (various references) | |
Hungarian | kiáramló, halló (hallo, hello, hullo, otic), fül-. (various references) | |
Italian | auricolare (auricular, earphone, headphones). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | オー の法則 (all guarantee, all or nothing, all right, all square, all-in-one, all-occasion dress, all-season coat, all-season dress, all-season track, allspice, all-star cast, all-star game, all-wave, all-weather coat, all-weather track, alternative, alternative school, alternative space, aura, aural communication, O.K., oar, Ohm's law, oldie, oldies, omen, oral, oral approach, oral method, oral sex). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | オーラルコミュニケーション (aural communication). (various references) | |
Korean | 청각 (Acoustic, Acoustical, Auditory, hearing). (various references) | |
Manx | cleayshagh (eared, large-eared, lugged). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | auralay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | auricular (auricular), aural, que diz respeito a aura. (various references) | |
Romanian | auricular (auricular), auditiv (acoustic, auricular). (various references) | |
Russian | ушной (auricular, otic). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | slušni (acoustic, auditory). (various references) | |
Spanish | auditivo (auditory). (various references) | |
Swedish | hörsel- (auditory, auricular), öron- (auricular). (various references) | |
Turkish | kulak (ear, lug, oto-), işitme ile ilgili. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | слуховий (acoustic, acoustical, audio, auditory, auricular, otic), вушний (auricular, otic), акустичний (acoustic, acoustical, phonic, sonic). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | thuộc tai đã nghe được bằng tai, qua tai. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | auris. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "aural": aurally. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "aural": binaural, monaural, thesaural. (additional references) | |
Words containing "aural": binaurally, monaurally. (additional references) | |
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"Aural" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aaal, abura, acral, Aerol, airal, airel, aizawl, aora, aprel, aral, Arall, arcal, arla, arpal, arral, aruga, arul, arura, Arwald, aual, auda, audal, Audap, Audran, auia, Aumale, Aurab, auran, aurar, aurau, Auray, aure, aurei, aurels, auria, aurial, aurii, aurit, aurl, auroa, aurola, Auuua, auva, auzac, Avrel, Azrael, azraq, caural, Daurah, dural, eural, eurax, iral, kapurala, laural, Maukala, Narula, Nayral, nural, Oruval, pural, Rauball, saural. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "aural" (pronounced ô"rul) |
| 4 | ô" r u l | amoral, auroral, Balmoral, boral, choral, coral, floral, goral, immoral, Sorel, Sorrel, laurel, Loral, moral, oral, quarrel. |
| 3 | -r u l | ancestral, antiviral, apparel, astral, austral, barrel, Beryl, Carle, Carol, carrel, cathedral, central, cerebral, feral, gambrel, imperil, spiral, sterile, tetrahedral, integral, intramural, minstrel, mistral, mitral, mural, neural, neutral, nostril, octahedral, orchestral, peril, plural, rural, scoundrel, several, ventral, vertebral, viral, virile. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: laura. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-l-r-u" | |
-1 letter: alar, aura. | |
-2 letters: aal, ala, lar. | |
-3 letters: aa, al, ar, la. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-l-r-u" | |
+1 letter: alarum, alular, anural, laurae, lauras, radula, ranula. | |
+2 letters: accrual, alarums, angular, annular, arousal, arugola, arugula, augural, aurally, aureola, auroral, austral, caracul, fabular, facular, gradual, hamular, karakul, labarum, lacunar, lupanar, macular, natural, pabular, papular, radulae, radular, radulas, ranulae, ranulas, subalar, tabular. | |
+3 letters: accruals, acicular, adularia, adulator, adumbral, alarumed, ampullar, anovular, aquarial, arguable, arguably, arousals, arugolas, arugulas, aureolae, aureolas, auricula, australs, avicular, balisaur, binaural, caesural, cannular, capsular, caraculs, carousal, claustra, curtalax, gastrula, graduals, granular, haulyard, karakuls, labarums, labrusca, lacunars, lacunary, laudator, laureate, lunarian, lupanars, macrural, manurial, monaural, naturals, oracular, pastural, piacular, planular, puparial, saccular, salutary, scapular, spatular, vacuolar, valuator, valvular, vascular, zarzuela. | |
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