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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024o•ri•ole /ˈɔriˌoʊl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Birdsa songbird, the male of which is typically black and orange or black and yellow.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024o•ri•ole (ôr′ē ōl′, ōr′-),USA pronunciation n. - Birdsany of several usually brightly colored, passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of the Old World. Cf. golden oriole.
- Birdsany of several brightly colored passerine birds of the family Icteridae, of the New World. Cf. northern oriole, orchard oriole.
- Medieval Latin oriolus, variant of Latin aureolus golden, equivalent. to aure(us) golden (derivative of aurum gold) + -olus -ole1
- French oriol, Old French
- 1770–80
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: oriole /ˈɔːrɪˌəʊl/ n - any songbird of the mainly tropical Old World family Oriolidae, such as Oriolus oriolus (golden oriole), having a long pointed bill and a mostly yellow-and-black plumage
- any American songbird of the family Icteridae, esp those of the genus Icterus, such as the Baltimore oriole, with a typical male plumage of black with either orange or yellow
Etymology: 18th Century: from Medieval Latin oryolus, from Latin aureolus, diminutive of aureus, from aurum gold |