oriole

See also: Oriole

English

a Eurasian golden oriole (Oriolus oriolus: Oriolidae)

Etymology

A borrowing from Middle French oriol, from Old French oriol, from Latin aureolus, diminutive of aureus (“golden”). First use appears c. 1776 in the writings of Thomas Pennant.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɔː.ɹiːˌəʊl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɔɹ.iˌoʊl/
• Homophone: aureole

Noun

oriole (plural orioles)

1. Any of various colourful passerine birds, the New World orioles from the family Icteridae and the Old World orioles from the family Oriolidae.
   • 2019 October 10, Emily Holden, “Two-thirds of bird species in North America could vanish in climate crisis”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Those at risk include the wood thrush, a well-known songbird, and the Baltimore oriole, the mascot of Maryland’s baseball team.

Derived terms

• African golden oriole (Oriolus auratus)
• Altamira oriole (Icterus gularis)
• Audubon's oriole (Icterus graduacauda)
• Bahama oriole (Icterus northropi)
• Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula)
• bar-winged oriole (Icterus maculialatus)
• black-and-crimson oriole (Oriolus cruentus)
• black-backed oriole (Icterus abeillei)
• black-cowled oriole (Icterus prosthemelas)
• black-eared oriole (Oriolus bouroensis)
• black-headed oriole (Icterus graduacauda)
• black-headed oriole (Oriolus larvatus)
• black-hooded oriole (Oriolus xanthornus)
• black-naped oriole (Oriolus chinensis)
• black oriole (Oriolus hosii)
• black-vented oriole (Icterus wagleri)
• black-winged oriole (Oriolus nigripennis)
• brown oriole (Oriolus szalayi)
• Bullock's oriole (Icterus bullockii)
• crested oriole (Psarocolius decumanus)
• Cuban oriole (Icterus melanopsis)
• dark-throated oriole (Oriolus xanthonotus)
• dusky-brown oriole (Oriolus phaeochromus)
• epaulet oriole (Icterus cayanensis)
• Ethiopian oriole (Oriolus monacha)
• Eurasian golden oriole, golden oriole (Oriolus oriolus)
• green-headed oriole (Oriolus chlorocephalus)
• green oriole (Oriolus flavocinctus)
• grey-collared oriole (Oriolus forsteni)
• Hispaniolan oriole (Icterus dominicensis)
• hooded oriole (Icterus cucullatus)
• Indian golden oriole (Oriolus kundoo)
• Isabela oriole (Oriolus isabellae)
• Jamaican oriole (Icterus leucopteryx)
• maroon oriole (Oriolus traillii
• Martinique oriole (Icterus bonana)
• Montserrat oriole (Icterus oberi)
• mountain oriole (Oriolus percivali)
• northern oriole (Icterus galbula)
• ochre oriole (Icterus fuertesi)
• Old World oriole (Oriolidae spp.)
• olive-backed oriole (Oriolus sagittatus)
• olive-brown oriole (Oriolus melanotis)
• orange-crowned oriole (Icterus auricapillus)
• orange oriole (Icterus auratus)
• orchard oriole (Icterus spurius)
• Philippine oriole (Oriolus steerii)
• Puerto Rican oriole (Icterus portoricensis)
• Saint Lucia oriole (Icterus laudabilis)
• São Tomé oriole (Oriolus crassirostris)
• Scott's oriole (Icterus parisorum
• silver oriole (Oriolus mellianus)
• slender-billed oriole (Oriolus tenuirostris)
• spot-breasted oriole (Icterus pectoralis)
• streak-backed oriole (Icterus pustulatus)
• Tanimbar oriole (Oriolus decipiens)
• variable oriole (Icterus pyrrhopterus)
• western oriole (Oriolus brachyrynchus)
• white-edged oriole (Icterus graceannae)
• white-lored oriole (Oriolus albiloris)
• yellow-backed oriole (Icterus chrysater)
• yellow oriole (Icterus nigrogularis)
• yellow-tailed oriole (Icterus mesomelas)

 

Related terms

• aureole
• aureolin
• loriot

Translations

any of the various colourful passerine birds

• Albanian: beng (sq) m, fikës (sq) m, planos (sq) m, fugë (sq) f
• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: պիրոլ (hy) (pirol)
• Azerbaijani: sarıköynək, sarısandal, zərd
• Bashkir: һарығош (harığoş)
• Bulgarian: авли́га (bg) f (avlíga)
• Catalan: oriol (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黃鸝／黄鹂 (zh) (huánglí), 黃鶯／黄莺 (zh) (huángyīng), 鶬鶊／鸧鹒 (zh) (cānggēng)

• Czech: žluva (cs) f
• Dutch: wielewaal (nl) m
• Esperanto: oriolo
• Finnish: kuhankeittäjä (fi) (Oriolidae), turpiaali (fi) (Icteridae)
• French: loriot (fr) m, oriole (fr) m
• Galician: vichelocrego m, ouriolo (gl) m
• Georgian: მოლაღური (molaɣuri)
• German: Goldamsel f, Pfingstvogel (de) m, Pirol (de) m
• Greek: συκοφάγος (el) (sykofágos)
• Hungarian: sárgarigó (hu)
• Ingrian: metsänkuha
• Irish: óiréal m
• Italian: oriolo (it) m
• Japanese: 高麗鶯 (コウライウグイス, kōrai uguisu)
• Kazakh: мысықторғай (mysyqtorğai)
• Korean: 꾀꼬리 (ko) (kkoekkori), (obsolete) 아리새 (arisae)
• Kumyk: сарича (sariça)
• Latvian: vālodze f
• Lithuanian: volungė
• Low German: Bülo m, Pingstvagel m
• Navajo: choozhghalii
• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: wilga (pl) f
• Portuguese: oriolo (pt) m
• Romanian: grangur (ro) m
• Russian: и́волга (ru) f (ívolga)
• Serbo-Croatian: zlatka (sh) f
• Slovak: vlha (sk) f
• Southern Altai: ала-сары (ala-sarï)
• Spanish: oropéndola f, turpial (es) m, bolsero (es) m
• Swedish: sommargylling (sv)
• Tagalog: kilyawan, kulyawan
• Turkish: sarıasma (tr)
• Ukrainian: ви́вільга f (vývilʹha), і́волга f (ívolha)
• Vietnamese: oanh (vi), hoàng oanh (vi)
• Welsh: oriol m, euryn m
• West Frisian: gielegou

Further reading

• Old World oriole on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• New World oriole on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• roolie

Spanish

Noun

oriole m (plural orioles)

1. oriole