See also: Oriel

English edit

 
oriel window (sense 1)

Etymology edit

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 edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔːɹiəl/
    • (file)

Noun edit

oriel (plural oriels)

  1. (architecture) A large polygonal recess in a building, such as a bay window, forming a protrusion on the outer wall.
  2. (obsolete) A small apartment next to a hall, used for dining.

Usage notes edit

  • 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.

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Noun edit

oriel m (plural oriels)

  1. (architecture) oriel, bay window

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Welsh edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

Noun edit

oriel m or f (plural orielau or orielydd or orieli)

  1. gallery

Mutation edit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
oriel unchanged unchanged horiel
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit

  • 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