olive

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.4 Adjective 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Related terms 1.6 See also 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 3 Italian 3.1 Noun

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[edit] Etymology

From Old French olive (“‘olive tree’”), from Latin olīva (“‘olive’”), from Ancient Greek ἐλαία (elaia), itself probably a borrowing from the same Mediterranean source, which also gave Old Armenian եւղ (ewł), “‘oil’”).^[1]

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: ŏ'lĭv, IPA: /ˈɒlɪv/, SAMPA: /"QlIv/
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[edit] Noun

olive (plural olives)

1. A 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 grayish green color, that of an unripe olive.

   olive colour:

[edit] Translations

• Welsh: olewydden (?)

[edit] Derived terms

black olive green olive olive branch olive crown

olive drab olive green olive grove olive oil olivey

queen olive Russian olive wild olive

[edit] Adjective

olive (comparative more olive, superlative most olive)

1. Of a greyish/grayish green colour/color, that of an unripe olive.

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• oleaster
• olivenite
• olivewood
• Olivia
• olivine

[edit] See also

• à la grecque
• Castile soap
• Gethsemane
• Wiktionary appendix of colours

• Notes:

1. ^ Beekes Greek etymological dictionary

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɔˈliv(ə)/
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[edit] Noun

olive f. (plural: olives)

1. olive (fruit)

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Noun

olive f.

1. Plural form of oliva.