oriole

See also: Oriole

English

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.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɔː.ɹiːˌəʊl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɔɹ.iˌoʊl/
• Homophone: aureole

Noun

oriole (plural orioles)

1. Any of various colourful passerine birds, the New World orioles from the family Icteridae and the Old World orioles from the family Oriolidae.
   • 2019 October 10, Emily Holden, “Two-thirds of bird species in North America could vanish in climate crisis”, in The Guardian‎:

     Those at risk include the wood thrush, a well-known songbird, and the Baltimore oriole, the mascot of Maryland’s baseball team.

Derived terms

• African golden oriole (Oriolus auratus)
• Altamira oriole (Icterus gularis)
• Audubon's oriole (Icterus graduacauda)
• Bahama oriole (Icterus northropi)
• Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula)
• bar-winged oriole (Icterus maculialatus)
• black-and-crimson oriole (Oriolus cruentus)
• black-backed oriole (Icterus abeillei)
• black-cowled oriole (Icterus prosthemelas)
• black-eared oriole (Oriolus bouroensis)
• black-headed oriole (Icterus graduacauda)
• black-headed oriole (Oriolus larvatus)
• black-hooded oriole (Oriolus xanthornus)
• black-naped oriole (Oriolus chinensis)
• black oriole (Oriolus hosii)
• black-vented oriole (Icterus wagleri)
• black-winged oriole (Oriolus nigripennis)
• brown oriole (Oriolus szalayi)
• Bullock's oriole (Icterus bullockii)
• crested oriole (Psarocolius decumanus)
• Cuban oriole (Icterus melanopsis)
• dark-throated oriole (Oriolus xanthonotus)
• dusky-brown oriole (Oriolus phaeochromus)
• epaulet oriole (Icterus cayanensis)
• Ethiopian oriole (Oriolus monacha)
• Eurasian golden oriole, golden oriole (Oriolus oriolus)
• green-headed oriole (Oriolus chlorocephalus)
• green oriole (Oriolus flavocinctus)
• grey-collared oriole (Oriolus forsteni)
• Hispaniolan oriole (Icterus dominicensis)
• hooded oriole (Icterus cucullatus)
• Indian golden oriole (Oriolus kundoo)
• Isabela oriole (Oriolus isabellae)
• Jamaican oriole (Icterus leucopteryx)
• maroon oriole (Oriolus traillii
• Martinique oriole (Icterus bonana)
• Montserrat oriole (Icterus oberi)
• mountain oriole (Oriolus percivali)
• New World oriole
• northern oriole (Icterus galbula)
• ochre oriole (Icterus fuertesi)
• Old World oriole (Oriolidae spp.)
• olive-backed oriole (Oriolus sagittatus)
• olive-brown oriole (Oriolus melanotis)
• orange-crowned oriole (Icterus auricapillus)
• orange oriole (Icterus auratus)
• orchard oriole (Icterus spurius)
• Philippine oriole (Oriolus steerii)
• Puerto Rican oriole (Icterus portoricensis)
• Saint Lucia oriole (Icterus laudabilis)
• São Tomé oriole (Oriolus crassirostris)
• Scott's oriole (Icterus parisorum
• Sennett's hooded oriole
• Sennett's oriole
• silver oriole (Oriolus mellianus)
• slender-billed oriole (Oriolus tenuirostris)
• spot-breasted oriole (Icterus pectoralis)
• streak-backed oriole (Icterus pustulatus)
• Tanimbar oriole (Oriolus decipiens)
• variable oriole (Icterus pyrrhopterus)
• western oriole (Oriolus brachyrynchus)
• white-edged oriole (Icterus graceannae)
• white-lored oriole (Oriolus albiloris)
• yellow-backed oriole (Icterus chrysater)
• yellow oriole (Icterus nigrogularis)
• yellow-tailed oriole (Icterus mesomelas)

Related terms

• aureole
• aureolin
• loriot

Translations

any of the various colourful passerine birds

Albanian: beng (sq) m, fikës (sq) m, planos (sq) m, fugë (sq) f Arabic: please add this translation if you can Armenian: պիրոլ (hy) (pirol) Azerbaijani: sarıköynək, sarısandal, zərd Bashkir: һарығош (harığoş) Bulgarian: авли́га (bg) f (avlíga) Catalan: oriol (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 黃鸝 / 黄鹂 (zh) (huánglí), 黃鶯 / 黄莺 (zh) (huángyīng), 鶬鶊 / 鸧鹒 (zh) (cānggēng) Czech: žluva (cs) f Dutch: wielewaal (nl) m Esperanto: oriolo Finnish: kuhankeittäjä (fi) (Oriolidae), turpiaali (fi) (Icteridae) French: loriot (fr) m, oriole (fr) m Galician: vichelocrego m, ouriolo (gl) m Georgian: მოლაღური (molaɣuri) German: Goldamsel f, Pfingstvogel (de) m, Pirol (de) m Greek: συκοφάγος (el) (sykofágos) Hungarian: sárgarigó (hu) Ingrian: metsäkuha Irish: óiréal m Italian: oriolo (it) m Japanese: 高麗鶯 (コウライウグイス, kōrai uguisu) Kazakh: мысықторғай (mysyqtorğai) Korean: 꾀꼬리 (ko) (kkoekkori), (obsolete) 아리새 (arisae) Kumyk: сарича (sariça) Latvian: vālodze f Lithuanian: volungė Low German: Bülo m, Pingstvagel m Navajo: choozhghalii Old Czech: žluva f Persian: please add this translation if you can Polish: wilga (pl) f Portuguese: oriolo (pt) m Romanian: grangur (ro) m Russian: и́волга (ru) f (ívolga) Serbo-Croatian: zlatka (sh) f Slovak: vlha (sk) f Southern Altai: ала-сары (ala-sarï) Spanish: oropéndola (es) f, turpial (es) m, bolsero (es) m Swedish: sommargylling (sv) Tagalog: kilyawan, kulyawan Turkish: sarıasma (tr) Ukrainian: ви́вільга f (vývilʹha), і́волга f (ívolha) Vietnamese: oanh (vi), hoàng oanh (vi) Welsh: oriol m, euryn m West Frisian: gielegou

Further reading

• Old World oriole on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• New World oriole on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• roolie

Spanish

Noun

oriole m (plural orioles)

1. oriole