oriole
pronunciation
How to pronounce oriole in British English:
UK [ˈɔ:riəʊl]
How to pronounce oriole in American English:
US [ˈɔrioʊl]
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- Noun:
- mostly tropical songbird; the male is usually bright orange and black
- American songbird; male is black and orange or yellow
Word Origin
- oriole (n.)
- 1776, from French oriol "golden oriole," Old Provençal auriol, from Medieval Latin oryolus, from Latin aureolus "golden," from PIE *aus- (2) "gold" (see aureate). Originally in reference to the golden oriole (Oriolus galbula), a bird of black and yellow plumage that summers in Europe (but is uncommon in England). Applied from 1791 to the unrelated but similarly colored North American species Icterus baltimore.
Example
- 1. The oriole builds a pendulous nest .
- 2. My doctorate was on " the oriole song " .
- 3. There 's a very interesting oriole in that tree right there .
- 4. Oriole bird did not even sleep the same as with the other birds .
- 5. Oriole feathers may be the color is golden , really strange !