# oasis
## English
### Etymology

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).

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /əʊˈeɪsɪs/, /əʊˈeɪsəs/
* (US) enPR: ō-ā'sĭs, ō-ā'səs, IPA: /oʊˈeɪsɪs/, /oʊˈeɪsəs/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɪsɪs, -eɪsəs

### Noun

oasis (plural oases or (rare, sometimes proscribed) oasises)
* 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!
** 2015, Michael Welland, “Barriers and Corridors, Imports and Exports”, in The Desert: Lands of Lost Borders‎, 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.
* (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.
* (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.

#### Derived terms

* food oasis
* Kharga Oasis
* oasislike

#### Related terms

* oasal
* oasitic

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Osias, ossia

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔ.a.zis/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

oasis m or f (plural oasis)
* oasis

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* osais

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔ.ˈa.sis/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

oasis m (plural oases)
* oasis (spring of fresh water in a desert)
* oasis (quiet, peaceful place)

## Indonesian
### Alternative forms

* oase (influenced by Dutch)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /oˈa.sɪs/
* Rhymes: -sɪs
* Hyphenation: o‧a‧sis

### Noun

oasis
* oasis
    Synonym: wahah
** a spring of fresh water, surrounded by a fertile region of vegetation, in a desert
** (figuratively) a quiet, peaceful place or situation separated from surrounding noise or bustle
** (figuratively) a place or situation of fruitfulness or abundance separated from surrounding barrenness or scarcity

### Further reading

* “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.

## Northern Sami
### Pronunciation

* (Kautokeino) IPA: /ˈoɑ̯siːs/

### Noun

oasis
* locative singular of oassi

## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /oˈasis/ [oˈa.sis]
* Audio (Peru):(file)
* Rhymes: -asis
* Syllabification: o‧a‧sis

### Noun

oasis m (plural oasis)
* oasis

### Further reading

* “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], 2024 December 10

## Tagalog
### Etymology

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”),

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

oasis (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜏᜐᜒᜐ᜔)
* oasis

### Further reading

* “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

### Anagrams

* Osias