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olive
English
Etymology
From Middle English olyve, from Old French olive (“olive, olive tree”), from Latin ol?va (“olive”), from Etruscan ???????????????????????? (eleiva) or Proto-Greek *?????? (*elaíwa), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *loiwom (compare Old Church Slavonic ??? (loi, “tallow”), Old Armenian ??? (ew?, “oil”)). Displaced native Old English eleber?e, literally "oil berry."
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: ?l'?v, IPA(key): /??l?v/
- (US) enPR: äl'?v, IPA(key): /??l?v/, [?????l?v?]
Noun
olive (plural olives)
- A tree, Olea europaea, cultivated since ancient times in the Mediterranean for its fruit and the oil obtained from it.
- The small oval fruit of this tree, eaten ripe (usually black) or unripe (usually green).
- The wood of the olive tree.
- A dark yellowish-green color, that of an unripe olive.
- (neuroanatomy) An olivary body, part of the medulla oblongata.
- A component of a plumbing compression joint; a ring which is placed between the nut and the pipe and compressed during fastening to provide a seal.
- (cooking) A small slice of meat seasoned, rolled up, and cooked.
- a beef olive
- olives of veal
- Any shell of the genus Oliva and allied genera; so called from the shape.
- (Britain, dialect) An oystercatcher, a shore bird.
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
olive (comparative more olive, superlative most olive)
- Of a grayish green color, that of an unripe olive.
Related terms
- oleaster
- olivenite
- olivewood
- Olivia
- olivine
Translations
See also
- à la grecque
- Castile soap
- Gethsemane
- Wiktionary appendix of colours
References
Anagrams
- lovie, viole, voile
French
Etymology
From Old French olive, from Latin ol?va.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?.liv/
Noun
olive f (plural olives)
- olive
Derived terms
- olivier
Further reading
- “olive” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- viole, violé, voile, voilé
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ive
Noun
olive f
- plural of oliva
Anagrams
- Elvio, ovile, viole, voile
Middle English
Noun
olive
- Alternative form of olyve
Middle High German
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin oliva.
Noun
ol?ve f
- olive
Old French
Etymology
From Latin ol?va.
Noun
olive m or f
- olive tree
Noun
olive f (oblique plural olives, nominative singular olive, nominative plural olives)
- olive
Descendants
- ? English: olive
- French: olive
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??liv?/
Noun
olive
- dative singular of oliva
- locative singular of oliva
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polive
Middle English
Alternative forms
- polyve
Noun
polive
- A pulley.
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