oasis

From Late Latin Oasis, from Ancient Greek Ὄασις (Óasis), from Demotic wḥj, from Egyptian wḥꜣt (“oasis, cauldron”),

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

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

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• Rhymes: -eɪsɪs, -eɪsəs

oasis (plural oases or (rare, sometimes proscribed) oasises)

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

   Synonyms: island, refuge

   • 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!

   • 1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Through the Valley of the Shadow”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, […], published March 1915, →OCLC, page 137:

     It was now a beautiful, moonlit night. The air was crisp and invigorating. Behind them lay the interminable vista of the desert, dotted here and there with an occasional oasis.

   • 2015, Michael Welland, “Barriers and Corridors, Imports and Exports”, in The Desert: Lands of Lost Borders‎^[1], Reaktion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 317:

     On the edge of the dunes lies the oasis town of Dunhuang, a key strategic crossroads on the Silk Road as the routes divided to the west to skirt the Taklamakan to the north and south.

2. (figuratively) A quiet, peaceful place or situation separated from surrounding noise or bustle.

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

3. (figuratively) A place or situation of fruitfulness or abundance separated from surrounding barrenness or scarcity.
   • 1903 April 18, W[illiam] E[dward] Burghardt Du Bois, “Of Our Spiritual Strivings”, in The Souls of Black Folk: Essays and Sketches, Chicago, Ill.: A[lexander] C[aldwell] McClurg & Co., →OCLC, pages 11–12:

     [T]here is no true American music but the wild sweet melodies of the Negro slave; the American fairy tales and folklore are Indian and African; and, all in all, we black men seem the sole oasis of simple faith and reverence in a dusty desert of dollars and smartness.

   • 1980 August 9, anonymous author, “Inside Burning”, in Gay Community News, page 4:

     I have tried to find friends like me […] but have failed to form even one prolonged relationship. Only a few of them could understand how I felt and a couple of them allowed me to express my love as intimately and vigorously as I wanted to. But for these two oases, I have lived all these years in an emotional void.

• oasal
• oasitic

• Osias, ossia

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.a.zis/

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oasis m or f (plural oasis)

1. oasis

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

• osais

• IPA^(key): /ɔˈasis/ [ɔˈa.s̺is̺]
• Rhymes: -asis

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• Hyphenation: o‧a‧sis

oasis m (plural oases)

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

• oase (influenced by Dutch)

From Late Latin Oasis, from Ancient Greek Ὄασις (Óasis), from Demotic wḥj, from Egyptian wḥꜣt (“oasis, cauldron”),

Doublet of wahah.

• IPA^(key): /oˈa.sɪs/
• Rhymes: -sɪs
• Hyphenation: o‧a‧sis

oasis

1. oasis

   Synonym: wahah

   1. a spring of fresh water, surrounded by a fertile region of vegetation, in a desert
   2. (figuratively) a quiet, peaceful place or situation separated from surrounding noise or bustle
   3. (figuratively) a place or situation of fruitfulness or abundance separated from surrounding barrenness or scarcity

• “oasis” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from English oasis, from Late Latin Oasis, from Ancient Greek Ὄασις (Óasis), from Demotic wḥj, from Egyptian wḥꜣt (“oasis, cauldron”),

. Doublet of wahah.

• IPA^(key): /oˈasis/ [oˈa.sis]
• Hyphenation: oa‧sis

oasis (Jawi spelling اوواسيس, plural oasis-oasis)

1. oasis^[1]

   Synonym: wahah

• “oasis” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈoɑ̯siːs/

oasis

1. locative singular of oassi

Borrowed from Late Latin Oasis (“name of various oases”), from Ancient Greek Ὄασις (Óasis), from Demotic wḥj, from Egyptian wḥꜣt (“oasis, cauldron”),

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• IPA^(key): /oˈasis/ [oˈa.sis]

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• Rhymes: -asis
• Syllabification: o‧a‧sis

oasis m (plural oasis)

1. oasis

• “oasis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Borrowed from Spanish oasis, from Late Latin Oasis (“name of various oases”), from Ancient Greek Ὄασις (Óasis), from Demotic wḥj, from Egyptian wḥꜣt (“oasis, cauldron”),

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• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔoˈasis/ [ʔoˈaː.sɪs]
• Rhymes: -asis
• Syllabification: o‧a‧sis

oasis (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜏᜐᜒᜐ᜔)

1. oasis

• “oasis”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 423

• Osias