different between wadi vs oasis

English

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? (w?din, “valley, riverbed, ravine”).

Noun

wadi (plural wadis or wadies)

1. A valley, gully, or stream bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season.

Translations

Anagrams

• DWAI, Waid, waid

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

wadi

1. younger sibling

Dutch

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? (w?din, “valley, riverbed, ravine”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: wa?di

Noun

wadi m (plural wadi's)

1. (geology) wadi

Synonyms

• rivierdal

Gothic

Romanization

wadi

1. Romanization of ????????????????

Spanish

Noun

wadi m (plural wadis)

1. wadi

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? (w?din, “valley, riverbed, ravine”).

Pronunciation

Noun

wadi (n class, plural wadi)

1. gully

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