oasis

See also OASIS, and oásis

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὄασις (óasis), from Late Egyptian Template:Egyd, earlier hieroglyphic

wḥȝt (also meaning "basin").

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /əʊˈeɪsɪs/, /əʊˈeɪsəs/, X-SAMPA: /@U"eIsIs/, /@U"eIs@s/
• (US) enPR: ō-ā'sĭs, ō-ā'səs, IPA: /oʊˈeɪsɪs/, /oʊˈeɪsəs/, X-SAMPA: /oU"eIsIs/, /oU"eIs@s/
• Rhymes: -eɪsɪs, -eɪsəs

Noun

oasis (plural oases)

1. A spring of fresh water, surrounded by a fertile region of vegetation, in a desert.
2. A quiet, peaceful place or situation separated from surrounding noise or bustle.

   The park was an oasis in the middle of the busy city

Synonyms

• (quiet place or situation): island, refuge

Translations

well surrounded by fertile region

• Arabic: واحة (ar) (wāḥa) f
• Armenian: օազիս (hy) (ōazis)
• Catalan: oasi (ca) m
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⵎⴷⴰ (amda)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 綠洲 (cmn) (lǜzhōu)

• Czech: oáza (cs) f
• Danish: oase (da) c
• Dutch: oase (nl) f
• Esperanto: oazo (eo)
• Finnish: keidas (fi)
• French: oasis (fr) f
• Galician: oasis (gl) m
• German: Oase (de) f
• Greek: όαση (el) (óasi) f

  Ancient: ὄασις f

• Hebrew: אואזיס (he) (oázis) m
• Hindi: नखलिस्तान (hi) (nakhlistān) m
• Hungarian: oázis (hu)
• Icelandic: vin (is) f

• Italian: oasi (it) f
• Japanese: オアシス (ja) (oashisu)
• Kazakh: шұрат (kk) (şurat)
• Korean: 오아시스 (ko) (oasiseu)
• Macedonian: оаза (mk) (oáza) f
• Norwegian: oase (no) m
• Persian: واحه (fa) (vâhe), آبادی (fa) (âbâdi)
• Polish: oaza (pl) f
• Portuguese: oásis (pt) m
• Romanian: oază (ro) f
• Russian: оазис (ru) (oázis) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: оаза (sh) f

  Roman: oaza (sh) f

• Spanish: oasis (es) m
• Swedish: oas (sv) c
• Turkish: vaha (tr)
• Urdu: ﻧﺨﻠﺴﺘﺎﻥ (ur) (nakhlistān) m
• Volapük: loasid (vo)
• Welsh: gwerddon (cy)

quiet or peaceful place

• Catalan: oasi (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: oáza (cs) f
• Esperanto: oazo (eo)
• Finnish: keidas (fi)
• Galician: oasis (gl) m

• Greek: όαση (el) (óasi) f
• Hungarian: oázis (hu)
• Macedonian: оаза (mk) (oáza) f
• Norwegian: oase (no) m
• Spanish: oasis (es) m
• Turkish: cennet (tr)

Anagrams

• ossia

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French

Pronunciation

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Noun

oasis m and f (plural oasis)

1. oasis

Anagrams

• osais

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Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɔ.ˈa.sis/

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Noun

oasis m (plural oases)

1. oasis (spring of fresh water in a desert)
2. oasis (quiet, peaceful place)