Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /oˈljan.do.lo/
  • Rhymes: -andolo
  • Hyphenation: o‧liàn‧do‧lo

Etymology 1

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From olio (oil).

Alternative forms

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Noun

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oliandolo m (plural oliandoli, feminine oliandola)

  1. (Tuscan) an oil retailer
  2. (Tuscan, archaic) one tasked with extracting oil from olives

Further reading

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  • oliandolo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

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Compound verbal form.

Verb

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oliandolo

  1. compound of oliando, the gerund of oliare, with lo