noun · 4 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:/ˈɔː.ɹiːˌəʊl/
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US:/ˈɔɹ.iˌoʊl/
homophone: aureole
CMU ARPABET:AO1 R IY0 OW2 L
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Any of various colourful passerine birds, New World orioles of the genus Icterus (family Icteridae) and Old World orioles of the family Oriolidae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A player on the team Baltimore Orioles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
mostly tropical songbird; the male is usually bright orange and black
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Old World oriole
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: oscine, oscine bird
Narrower terms: golden oriole, Oriolus oriolus, fig-bird
History
Etymology
A borrowing from Middle French oriol, from Old French oriol, from Latin aureolus, diminutive of aureus (“golden”). Doublet of aureole. First use appears c. 1776 in the writings of Thomas Pennant.
Across languages
Translations
70 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
beng
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Albanian:
fikës
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Albanian:
planos
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Albanian:
fugë
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Southern Altai:
ала-сары
(ala-sarï)
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Armenian:
պիրոլ
(pirol)
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Asturian:
cirombella
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Asturian:
filomena
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Asturian:
sidoru
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Azerbaijani:
sarıköynək
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Azerbaijani:
sarısandal
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Azerbaijani:
zərd
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Bashkir:
һарығош
(harığoş)
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Bulgarian:
авли́га
(avlíga)
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Catalan:
oriol
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Chinese Mandarin:
黃鸝 /黄鹂
(huánglí)
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Chinese Mandarin:
黃鶯 /黄莺
(huángyīng)
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Chinese Mandarin:
鶬鶊 /鸧鹒
(cānggēng)
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Czech:
žluva
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Old Czech:
žluva
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Dutch:
wielewaal
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Esperanto:
oriolo
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Finnish:
kuhankeittäjä
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Finnish:
turpiaali
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
French:
loriot
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
French:
oriole
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
West-Frisian:
gielegou
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Galician:
vichelocrego
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Galician:
ouriolo
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Georgian:
მოლაღური
(molaɣuri)
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
German:
Goldamsel
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
German:
Pfingstvogel
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
German:
Pirol
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Greek:
συκοφάγος
(sykofágos)
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Hungarian:
sárgarigó
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Ingrian:
metsäkuha
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Irish:
óiréal
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Italian:
oriolo
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Japanese:
高麗鶯
(kōrai uguisu)
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Kazakh:
мысықторғай
(mysyqtorğai)
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Korean:
꾀꼬리
(kkoekkori)
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Korean:
아리새
(arisae)
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Kumyk:
сарича
(sariça)
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Latvian:
vālodze
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Lithuanian:
volungė
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Low German:
Bülo
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Low German:
Pingstvagel
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Navajo:
choozhghalii
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Polish:
wilga
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Portuguese:
oriolo
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Romanian:
grangur
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Russian:
и́волга
(ívolga)
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Serbo-Croatian:
zlatka
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Slovak:
vlha
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Spanish:
oropéndola
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Spanish:
turpial
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Spanish:
bolsero
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Swedish:
sommargylling
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Tagalog:
kilyawan
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Tagalog:
kulyawan
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Turkish:
sarıasma
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Turkish:
sarıkuş
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Turkish:
sarıcık
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Ottoman Turkish:
صاری قوش
(sarı kuş)
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Ukrainian:
ви́вільга
(vývilʹha)
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Ukrainian:
і́волга
(ívolha)
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Vietnamese:
oanh
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Vietnamese:
hoàng oanh
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Welsh:
oriol
— any of the various colourful passerine birds
Welsh:
euryn
— any of the various colourful passerine birds