Meanings
oriole1
plural orioles
- Any of various colourful passerine birds, New World orioles of the genus Icterus (family Icteridae) and Old World orioles of the family Oriolidae.
Those at risk include the wood thrush, a well-known songbird, and the Baltimore oriole, the mascot of Maryland’s baseball team.
2019 October 10, Emily Holden, “Two-thirds of bird species in North America could vanish in climate crisis”, in The Guardian
Oriole2
plural Orioles
- ball gamesA player on the team Baltimore Orioles.
He became an Oriole as the result of a pre-season trade.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounmostly tropical songbird; the male is usually bright orange and black
nounAmerican songbird; male is black and orange or yellow
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinaureolus
- Old Frenchoriol
- Middle Frenchoriol
- Englishoriole
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.
More words from Middle French, Old French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian авли́га
- авли́га (avlíga)any of the various colourful passerine birds
Catalan oriol
- oriolany of the various colourful passerine birds
Chinese Mandarin 黃鸝 /黄鹂, 黃鶯 /黄莺
- 黃鸝 /黄鹂 (huánglí)any of the various colourful passerine birds
- 黃鶯 /黄莺 (huángyīng)any of the various colourful passerine birds
- 鶬鶊 /鸧鹒 (cānggēng)any of the various colourful passerine birds
Czech žluva
- žluvaany of the various colourful passerine birds
Dutch wielewaal
- wielewaalany of the various colourful passerine birds
Esperanto oriolo
- orioloany of the various colourful passerine birds
Finnish kuhankeittäjä, turpiaali
- kuhankeittäjäany of the various colourful passerine birds
- turpiaaliany of the various colourful passerine birds
French loriot, oriole
- loriotany of the various colourful passerine birds
- orioleany of the various colourful passerine birds
German Goldamsel, Pfingstvogel
- Goldamselany of the various colourful passerine birds
- Pfingstvogelany of the various colourful passerine birds
- Pirolany of the various colourful passerine birds
Greek συκοφάγος
- συκοφάγος (sykofágos)any of the various colourful passerine birds
Hungarian sárgarigó
- sárgarigóany of the various colourful passerine birds
Irish óiréal
- óiréalany of the various colourful passerine birds
Italian oriolo
- orioloany of the various colourful passerine birds
Japanese 高麗鶯
- 高麗鶯 (kōrai uguisu)any of the various colourful passerine birds
Korean 꾀꼬리, 아리새
- 꾀꼬리 (kkoekkori)any of the various colourful passerine birds
- 아리새 (arisae)any of the various colourful passerine birds
Latvian vālodze
- vālodzeany of the various colourful passerine birds
Lithuanian volungė
- volungėany of the various colourful passerine birds
Polish wilga
- wilgaany of the various colourful passerine birds
Portuguese oriolo
- orioloany of the various colourful passerine birds
Romanian grangur
- grangurany of the various colourful passerine birds
Russian и́волга
- и́волга (ívolga)any of the various colourful passerine birds
Slovak vlha
- vlhaany of the various colourful passerine birds
Spanish oropéndola, turpial
- oropéndolaany of the various colourful passerine birds
- turpialany of the various colourful passerine birds
- bolseroany of the various colourful passerine birds
Swedish sommargylling
- sommargyllingany of the various colourful passerine birds
Tagalog kilyawan, kulyawan
- kilyawanany of the various colourful passerine birds
- kulyawanany of the various colourful passerine birds
Turkish sarıasma, sarıkuş
- sarıasmaany of the various colourful passerine birds
- sarıkuşany of the various colourful passerine birds
- sarıcıkany of the various colourful passerine birds
Ukrainian ви́вільга, і́волга
- ви́вільга (vývilʹha)any of the various colourful passerine birds
- і́волга (ívolha)any of the various colourful passerine birds
Vietnamese oanh, hoàng oanh
- oanhany of the various colourful passerine birds
- hoàng oanhany of the various colourful passerine birds
Welsh oriol, euryn
- oriolany of the various colourful passerine birds
- eurynany of the various colourful passerine birds
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
oriole. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oriole
“oriole.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oriole. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oriole,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oriole.
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