oleo
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Clipping of oleo strut.
Noun edit
oleo (plural oleos)
- (aviation) A type of energy-absorbing landing gear strut in which sudden compression or extension of the strut causes a gas-filled chamber to push or pull a piston which forces oil through a small orifice, resulting in absorption of energy through viscous effects.
- If the oil leaks out of the oleos, they won't be able to cushion the aircraft against a hard landing.
Etymology 2 edit
From oleum (“olive oil”).
Noun edit
oleo (usually uncountable, plural oleos)
Etymology 3 edit
Clipping of oleomargarine.
Noun edit
oleo (usually uncountable, plural oleos)
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Etymology edit
Fro Latin oleum (“olive oil”), from Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion). Cognates include Italian olio, French huile, English oil, German Öl, Yiddish אייל (eyl), Polish olej.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
oleo (accusative singular oleon, plural oleoj, accusative plural oleojn)
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈo.le.oː/, [ˈɔɫ̪eoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈo.le.o/, [ˈɔːleo]
Etymology 1 edit
From the older olō (“smell”), from Proto-Italic *odō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- (“to smell”). See also odor.
Verb edit
oleō (present infinitive olēre, perfect active oluī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- to smell; to emit an odor, especially a bad odor
- to be given away by smell; to smell of
- to be observed, betrayed
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- (smell, emit an odor): fragrō
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Descendants edit
- Asturian: goler
- Extremaduran: golel
- Galician: ulir
- Italian: olire
- Navarro-Aragonese: oler, holer, goler
- Leonese: golere, ulire
- Old French: oloir, olir, oler
- Middle French: oloir
- Old Spanish: goler
- Papiamentu: hole
- Spanish: oler
See also edit
References edit
- “oleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Etymology 2 edit
Inflected form of oleum (“olive oil”).
Noun edit
oleō
Romanian edit
Interjection edit
oleo
- Alternative form of aoleu
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oleo
Tagalog edit
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Noun edit
óleó (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜎᜒᜌᜓ)
- oil (in certain expressions)
- Synonym: langis
- oil painting
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Further reading edit
- “oleo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018