oreo

See also: Oreo and oreó

English

Etymology

Genericized use of Oreo, q.v.

Noun

oreo (plural oreos)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Oreo.
   • 2012, Walter B.J. Mitchell, Stories I Tell My High School English Students‎, page 78:

     The young woman said, "Well, actually we do have one minority student."
     The young man chimed in, "Yeah, but he's an oreo."
     "An oreo?" I asked. "Please define the term oreo."
     "You know," the young man said. "Black on the outside, and white in the middle."

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈɾeo/ [oˈɾe.o]
• Rhymes: -eo
• Syllabification: o‧re‧o

Etymology 1

Deverbal from orear, from Latin aura (“air”).

Noun

oreo m (plural oreos)

1. breeze
2. fresh air

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

oreo

1. first-person singular present indicative of orear

Further reading

• “oreo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024