oriel

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English oriel, from Old French oriol (“gallery, corridor”), Late Latin oriolum (“portico, hall”), probably from Latin aureolus (“gilded”), applied to an apartment decorated with gilding. See oriole. Or a diminutive of Latin os (“mouth”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɔːɹiəl/ === Noun === oriel (plural oriels) (architecture) A large polygonal recess in a building, such as a bay window, forming a protrusion on the outer wall. (obsolete) A small apartment next to a hall, used for dining. ==== Usage notes ==== There is no generally accepted difference between a bay window and an oriel. In the United States, the latter name is often applied to bay windows which are small, and either polygonal or round, and to those that are corbelled out from the wall instead of resting on the ground. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === reoil, El Rio, oiler, Lorie, Le Roi, Leroi, LeRoi, re-oil, Loire == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔ.ʁjɛl/ === Noun === oriel m (plural oriels) (architecture) oriel, bay window === References === “oriel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Welsh == === Etymology === From Middle English oriel, from Old French oriol (“gallery, corridor”), Late Latin oriolum (“portico, hall”), probably from Latin aureolus (“gilded”), applied to an apartment decorated with gilding. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɔrjɛl/ === Noun === oriel m or f (plural orielau or orielydd or orieli) gallery === Mutation === === Further reading === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “oriel”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies