oriole
Meaning
Any of various colourful passerine birds, the New World orioles from the family Icteridae and the Old World orioles from the family Oriolidae.
Synonyms
American oriole
New World oriole
Old World oriole
New World blackbird
crow blackbird
Translations
loriot
rigogolo
wielewaal
Icterus
Goldamsel
oriol Oriolus
papa-figos
sarıcıkPronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɔː.ɹiːˌəʊl/
Etymology
A borrowing from Middle French oriol, from Old French oriol, from Latin aureolus, diminutive of aureus (“golden”). Doublet of aureole. First use appears c. 1776 in the writings of Thomas Pennant.
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