oasis

See also: oásis, Oasis, OASIS, and Ὄασις

English

The Huacachina Oasis in Peru

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  Oasis, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Ὄασις (Óasis), from Demotic wḥj, from Egyptian wḥꜣt (“oasis, cauldron”),

Compare Sahidic Coptic ⲟⲩⲁϩⲉ (ouahe) and Arabic وَاحَة (wāḥa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əʊˈeɪsɪs/, /əʊˈeɪsəs/
• enPR: ō-ā'sĭs, ō-ā'səs, IPA^(key): /oʊˈeɪsɪs/, /oʊˈeɪsəs/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪsɪs, -eɪsəs

Noun

oasis (plural oases or oasises)

1. A spring of fresh water, surrounded by a fertile region of vegetation, in a desert.
   • 1892, James Yoxall, chapter 7, in The Lonely Pyramid:

     It was the Lost Oasis, the Oasis of the vision in the sand. […] Deep-hidden in the hollow, beneath the cliffs, it lay; and round it the happy verdure spread for many a rood. […] Yes, the quest was ended, the Lost Oasis was the Found!

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

Usage notes

The plural oasises is rare and sometimes proscribed.

Related terms

• oasal
• oasitic

Translations

well surrounded by fertile region

• Arabic: وَاحَة f (wāḥa)

  Egyptian Arabic: واح m (wāḥ)

• Armenian: օազիս (hy) (ōazis)
• Asturian: oasis m
• Basque: oasi
• Catalan: oasi m
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⵎⴷⴰ (amda)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 綠洲／绿洲 (zh) (lǜzhōu), 绿洲 (zh) (lǜzhōu)

• Coptic: ⲟⲩⲁϩⲉ (ouahe) (Sahidic)
• Czech: oáza (cs) f
• Danish: oase (da) c
• Dutch: oase (nl) f
• Esperanto: oazo
• Estonian: oaas
• Faroese: grøna f
• Finnish: keidas (fi)
• French: oasis (fr) f
• Galician: oasis (gl) m
• Georgian: ოაზისი (oazisi)
• German: Oase (de) f
• Greek: όαση (el) f (óasi)

  Ancient: ὄασις f

• Hebrew: נווה m (navé), אואזיס (he) m (oázis)
• Hindi: नखलिस्तान m (nakhlistān)
• Hungarian: oázis (hu)
• Icelandic: vin (is) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Ido: oaziso (io)
• Irish: ósais f
• Italian: oasi (it) f
• Japanese: オアシス (oashisu)
• Kalmyk: оазис (oazis)
• Kazakh: шұрат (kk) (şūrat)
• Korean: 오아시스 (ko) (oasiseu)
• Macedonian: оа́за f (oáza)
• Maori: puna manawa
• Norwegian: oase (no) m
• Persian: واحه (fa) (vâhe), آبادی (fa) (âbâdi)
• Polish: oaza (pl) f
• Portuguese: oásis (pt) m
• Romanian: oază (ro) f
• Russian: оа́зис (ru) m (oázis)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: оаза f

  Roman: oaza (sh) f

• Slovene: oaza (sl) f
• Spanish: oasis (es) m
• Swedish: oas (sv) c
• Tagalog: owasis, oasis
• Turkish: vaha (tr)
• Urdu: نخلستان m (nakhlistān)
• Volapük: loasid
• Welsh: gwerddon (cy) f

quiet or peaceful place

• Catalan: oasi m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 綠洲／绿洲 (zh) (lǜzhōu), 绿洲 (zh) (lǜzhōu)

• Czech: oáza (cs) f
• Esperanto: oazo
• Finnish: keidas (fi)
• Galician: oasis (gl) m
• Georgian: ოაზისი (oazisi)
• Greek: όαση (el) f (óasi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: oázis (hu)
• Macedonian: оа́за f (oáza)
• Norwegian: oase (no) m
• Polish: oaza (pl) f
• Portuguese: oásis (pt) m
• Russian: оа́зис (ru) m (oázis)
• Spanish: oasis (es) m
• Turkish: cennet (tr)

Anagrams

• ossia

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.a.zis/

• Audio:

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Noun

oasis m or f (plural oasis)

1. oasis

Further reading

• “oasis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• osais

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Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.ˈa.sis/

• Audio:

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Noun

oasis m (plural oases)

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

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Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈoɑ̯siːs/

Noun

oasis

1. locative singular of oassi

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Spanish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  Oasis, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Ὄασις (Óasis), from Demotic wḥj, from Egyptian wḥꜣt (“oasis, cauldron”),

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈasis/ [oˈa.sis]

Noun

oasis m (plural oasis)

1. oasis

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish oasis.

Noun

oasis

1. oasis