oreo
See also: Oreo and oreó
English
Etymology
Genericized use of Oreo, q.v.
Noun
oreo (plural oreos)
- Alternative letter-case form of Oreo.
- 2012, Walter B.J. Mitchell, Stories I Tell My High School English Students, p. 78:
- The young woman said, "Well, actually we do have one minority student."
The young man chimed in, "Yeah, but he's an oreo."
"An oreo?" I asked. "Please define the term oreo."
"You know," the young man said. "Black on the outside, and white in the middle."
- The young woman said, "Well, actually we do have one minority student."
- 2012, Walter B.J. Mitchell, Stories I Tell My High School English Students, p. 78:
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oˈɾeo/ [oˈɾe.o]
- Rhymes: -eo
- Syllabification: o‧re‧o
Etymology 1
Deverbal from orear, from Latin aura (“air”).
Noun
oreo m (plural oreos)
- breeze
- fresh air
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
oreo
- first-person singular present indicative of orear
Further reading
- “oreo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014