olive

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English

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Olea europaea (1)

Etymology

Old French olive (“olive, olive tree”), from Latin olīva (“olive”), from Ancient Greek ἐλαία (elaía), from Proto-Indo-European *loiu̯om (compare Old Church Slavonic lojŭ (“tallow”), Old Armenian եւղ (ewł, “oil”)).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

olive (plural olives)

  1. An evergreen tree, Olea europaea, cultivated since ancient times in the Mediterranean for its fruit and the oil obtained from it.
  2. The small oval fruit of this tree, eaten ripe (usually black) or unripe (usually green).
  3. The wood of the olive tree.
  4. A dark yellowish-green color, that of an unripe olive.
    olive colour:    
  5. (anatomy) An olivary body, part of the medulla oblongata.
  6. 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.

Translations

olive tree — see olive tree
fruit
wood
colour
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  • Welsh: olewydden (?)

Derived terms

Adjective

olive (comparative more olive, superlative most olive)

  1. Of a grayish green color, that of an unripe olive.
    • 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 22, The Dust of Conflict[1]:
      Appleby […] rose from his seat when Morales came in. He shook hands urbanely, unbuckled his sword, and laid his kepi on the table, and then sat down with an expression of concern in his olive face which Appleby fancied was assumed.

Translations

colour

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See also

References

  1. ^ Radoslav Katičić, Ancient Languages of the Balkans, Part One (Paris: Mouton, 1976).

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French

Etymology

From Latin oliva.

Pronunciation

Noun

olive f (plural olives)

  1. olive

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Italian

Noun

olive f

  1. Plural form of oliva

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Middle High German

Etymology

From Latin oliva.

Noun

olīve f

  1. olive
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Old French

Noun

olive m and f

  1. olive tree

Noun

olive f (oblique plural olives, nominative singular olive, nominative plural olives)

  1. olive

Descendants

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