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oriole

/ˈɔːɹiˌəʊl/AW-ree-ohl
/ˈɔɹiˌoʊl/AW-ree-ohl

Meaninggolden

Common meaning: songbird, often brightly coloured

Journey through time

  1. Latinaureolus‘golden’source
  2. Old Frenchmeaning shiftsgolden → a heighaw, or witwalloriol‘a heighaw, or witwall’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsa heighaw, or witwall → songbird, often brightly colouredoriole‘songbird, often brightly coloured’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin aureolus ‘golden’.

Roots

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