Standard Lemma guide

oasis

name · noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /əʊˈeɪsɪs/
  • UK: /əʊˈeɪsəs/
  • US: ō-ā'sĭs
  • US: ō-ā'səs
  • US: /oʊˈeɪsɪs/
  • US: /oʊˈeɪsəs/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪsɪs
  • rhymes with -eɪsəs
  • CMU ARPABET: OW0 EY1 S IH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

Acronym of Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A census-designated place in Riverside County, California, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

A census-designated place in Elko County, Nevada, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A spring of fresh water, surrounded by a fertile region of vegetation, in a desert.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: island, refuge

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A quiet, peaceful place or situation separated from surrounding noise or bustle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A place or situation of fruitfulness or abundance separated from surrounding barrenness or scarcity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

a shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: haven

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: shelter

8

noun

Meaning 8

a fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel

History

Etymology

From Late Latin Oasis, from Ancient Greek Ὄασις (Óasis), from Demotic Egyptian wḥj, from Egyptian wḥꜣt (“oasis, cauldron”), G43-V28-G1-X1:N25 Compare Sahidic Coptic ⲟⲩⲁϩⲉ (ouahe) and Arabic وَاحَة (wāḥa).

Across languages

Translations

124 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: oazë — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Arabic: وَاحَة (wāḥa) — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Arabic: غُوطَة (ḡūṭa) — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Arabic: واح (wāḥ) — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Armenian: օազիս (ōazis) — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Armenian: ովասիս (ovasis) — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Assamese: মৰুদ্যান (moruiddan) — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Asturian: oasis — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Azerbaijani: vahə — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Basque: oasi — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Belarusian: аа́зіс (aázis) — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Bengali: মরুদ্যান (moruddan) — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Bulgarian: оа́зис (oázis) — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Burmese: အိုအေစစ် (uiecac) — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Catalan: oasi — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⵎⴷⴰ (amda) — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Chinese Cantonese: 綠洲 /绿洲 (luk6 zau1) — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Chinese: 綠洲 /绿洲 (le̍k-chiu) — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Chinese Mandarin: 綠洲 /绿洲 (lǜzhōu) — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Coptic: ⲟⲩⲁϩⲉ (ouahe) — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Czech: oáza — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Danish: oase — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Dutch: oase — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Esperanto: oazo — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Estonian: oaas — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Faroese: grøna — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Finnish: keidas — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • French: oasis — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Galician: oasis — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Georgian: ოაზისი (oazisi) — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • German: Oase — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Greek: όαση (óasi) — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Ancient Greek: ὄασις (óasis) — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Hebrew: נווה (navé) — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Hebrew: אוֹאָזִיס (oázis) — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Hindi: नख़लिस्तान (naxlistān) — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Hindi: मरूद्यान (marūdyān) — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Hindi: शाद्वल (śādval) — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Hindi: ओएसिस (oesis) — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Hungarian: oázis — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Icelandic: vin — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Ido: oaziso — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Indonesian: oasis — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Indonesian: oase — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Indonesian: wahah — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Irish: ósais — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Italian: oasi — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Japanese: オアシス (oashisu) — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Kalmyk: оазис (oazis) — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Kazakh: шұрат (şūrat) — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Khmer: អូអេស៊ីស (ʼouʼeesiih) — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Korean: 오아시스 (oasiseu) — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Korean: 천지 (cheonji) — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Northern Kurdish: wahe — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Kyrgyz: оазис (oazis) — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Latvian: oāze — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Lithuanian: oazė — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Lombard: oasi — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Macedonian: оа́за (oáza) — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Malay: wahah — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Māori: puna manawa — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Māori: punamanawa — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Mongolian: баян бүрд (bajan bürd) — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Mongolian: ногоон бүрд (nogoon bürd) — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Mongolian: ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨ ᠪᠦᠷᠢᠳᠦ (bayan büridü) — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Mongolian: ᠨᠣᠭᠤᠭᠠᠨ ᠪᠦᠷᠢᠳᠦ (noɣuɣan büridü) — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Norwegian Bokmål: oase — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Pashto: واحه (wāha) — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Persian: واحِه (vâhe) — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Persian: آبادی (âbâdi) — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Piedmontese: òasi — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Polish: oaza — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Portuguese: oásis — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Romanian: oază — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Russian: оа́зис (oázis) — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Serbo-Croatian: оа́за — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Serbo-Croatian: oáza — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Slovak: oáza — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Slovene: oaza — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Spanish: oasis — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Swedish: oas — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Tagalog: owasis — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Tagalog: oasis — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Tajik: воҳа (voha) — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Tatar: ваһа (waha) — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Tatar: оазис (oazis) — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Thai: โอเอซิส (oo-ee-sís) — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Turkish: vaha — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Ottoman Turkish: واحه (vaha) — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Turkmen: oazis — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Turkmen: waha — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Ukrainian: оа́зис (oázys) — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Ukrainian: оа́за (oáza) — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Ukrainian: оа́з (oáz) — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Urdu: نَخْلِسْتان (naxlistān) — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Uyghur: يېشىلزارلىق (yëshilzarliq) — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Uyghur: بوستانلىق (bostanliq) — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Uyghur: ۋاھە (wahe) — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Uzbek: voha — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Uzbek: oazis — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Vietnamese: ốc đảo — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Volapük: loasid — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Welsh: gwerddon — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Yiddish: אָאַזיס (oazis) — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Yiddish: אָאַזע (oaze) — spring surrounded by fertile area
  • Belarusian: аа́зіс (aázis) — quiet or peaceful place
  • Bulgarian: оа́зис (oázis) — quiet or peaceful place
  • Catalan: oasi — quiet or peaceful place
  • Czech: oáza — quiet or peaceful place
  • Esperanto: oazo — quiet or peaceful place
  • Finnish: keidas — quiet or peaceful place
  • Galician: oasis — quiet or peaceful place
  • Georgian: ოაზისი (oazisi) — quiet or peaceful place
  • German: Oase — quiet or peaceful place
  • Greek: όαση (óasi) — quiet or peaceful place
  • Hungarian: oázis — quiet or peaceful place
  • Macedonian: оа́за (oáza) — quiet or peaceful place
  • Norwegian Bokmål: oase — quiet or peaceful place
  • Polish: oaza — quiet or peaceful place
  • Portuguese: oásis — quiet or peaceful place
  • Russian: оа́зис (oázis) — quiet or peaceful place
  • Spanish: oasis — quiet or peaceful place
  • Turkish: cennet — quiet or peaceful place
  • Ukrainian: оа́зис (oázys) — quiet or peaceful place
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