different between oasis vs orchard

English

Etymology

From Late Latin Oasis, from Ancient Greek ????? (Óasis), from Demotic w?j, from Egyptian w??t (“oasis, cauldron”),

Compare Sahidic Coptic ????? (ouahe) and Arabic ??????? (w??a).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???e?s?s/, /???e?s?s/
• (US) enPR: ?-?'s?s, ?-?'s?s, IPA^(key): /o??e?s?s/, /o??e?s?s/
• Rhymes: -e?s?s, -e?s?s

Noun

oasis (plural oases or oasises)

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.

Synonyms

• (quiet place or situation): island, refuge

Usage notes

The plural oasises is rare and sometimes proscribed.

Related terms

• oasal
• oasitic

Translations

Anagrams

• ossia

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.a.zis/

Noun

oasis m or f (plural oasis)

1. oasis

Further reading

• “oasis” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• osais

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.?a.sis/

Noun

oasis m (plural oases)

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

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /?o??si?s/

Noun

oasis

1. locative singular of oassi

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin Oasis (“name of various oases”), from Ancient Greek ????? (Óasis), from Demotic w?j, from Egyptian w??t (“oasis, cauldron”),

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o?asis/, [o?a.sis]

Noun

oasis m (plural oasis)

1. oasis

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish oasis.

Noun

oasis

1. oasis

English

Etymology

From Middle English orchard, orcherd, from Old English or?eard, ort?eard, a compound of *ort (probably from Proto-Germanic *urtiz, a dissimilated variant of Proto-Germanic *wurt- (“wort (plant)”), later incorrectly associated with Latin hortus (“garden”)) + ?eard (see yard). Cognate with Swedish örtagård (“herb garden”), Gothic ???????????????????????????????????????? (aurtigards, “orchard”), Old High German orz?n (“to cultivate a field”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???.t??d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???.t??d/
• Hyphenation: or?chard

Noun

orchard (plural orchards)

1. A garden or an area of land for the cultivation of fruit or nut trees.
2. The trees themselves cultivated in such an area.

Synonyms

• (land for cultivation of fruit or nut trees): grove, plantation, woodlet

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Darroch