oil

See also oïl, and òil

English

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Alternative forms

  • oyl (obsolete)

Etymology

Middle English oile (“olive oil”), from Anglo-Norman olie, from Latin oleum (“oil, olive oil”), from Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (elaion, “olive oil”), from ἐλαία (elaía, “olive”). More at olive. Supplanted Old English æle, also from Latin.

Pronunciation

Noun

oil (plural oils)

  1. Liquid fat.
  2. Petroleum-based liquid used as fuel or lubricant.
  3. An oil painting.
    • 1973, John Ulric Nef, Search for meaning: the autobiography of a nonconformist (page 89)
      Yet, in another way, I was unable to put Picasso's oils in the same class as Cezanne's, or even (which will no doubt shock many readers) as Renoir's.

Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun oil

Translations

liquid fat
Petroleum-based liquid
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Verb

oil (third-person singular simple present oils, present participle oiling, simple past and past participle oiled)

  1. (transitive) To lubricate with oil.
    • 1900, L. Frank Baum , The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23
      Before they went to see Glinda, however, they were taken to a room of the Castle, where Dorothy washed her face and combed her hair, and the Lion shook the dust out of his mane, and the Scarecrow patted himself into his best shape, and the Woodman polished his tin and oiled his joints.
  2. (transitive) To grease with oil for cooking/

Derived terms

Translations

lubricate with oil
to grease with oil for cooking

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Irish

Etymology 1

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Noun

oil f (genitive oile)

  1. (literary) disgrace, reproach; act of reproaching
  2. (literary) blemish, defect
Declension
Declension of oil

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative oil
Vocative a oil
Genitive oile
Dative oil

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an oil
Genitive na hoile
Dative leis an oil

don oil

Etymology 2

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Verb

oil (present analytic oileann, future analytic oilfidh, verbal noun oiliúint, past participle oilte)

  1. to nourish, rear, foster
  2. to train, educate
Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
singular plural autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present oilim oileann tú;
oilir†		 oileann sé, sí oilimid oileann sibh oileann siad;
oilid†		 oiltear
past d'oil mé;
d'oileas†		 d'oil tú;
d'oilis†		 d'oil sé, sí d'oileamar d'oil sibh;
d'oileabhair†		 d'oil siad;
d'oileadar†		 oileadh
future oilfidh mé;
oilfead†		 oilfidh tú;
oilfir†		 oilfidh sé, sí oilfimid;
oilfeam†		 oilfidh sibh oilfidh siad;
oilfid†		 oilfear
past habitual d'oilinn d'oilteá d'oileadh sé, sí d'oilimis d'oileadh sibh d'oilidís d'oiltí
imperative oilim oil oileadh sé, sí oilimis oiligí oilidís oiltear
conditional d'oilfinn d'oilfeá d'oilfeadh sé, sí d'oilfimis d'oilfeadh sibh d'oilfidís d'oilfí
subjunctive present oile mé;
oilead†		 oile tú;
oilir†		 oile sé, sí oilimid oile sibh oile siad;
oilid†		 oiltear
past oilinn oilteá oileadh sé, sí oilimis oileadh sibh oilidís oiltí
verbal noun oileadh
past participle oilte

† Dialect form

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
oil n-oil hoil t-oil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Old French

Noun

oil m (oblique plural oils, nominative singular oils, nominative plural oil)

  1. Alternative form of ueil.
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