olive

See also Olive

English

Wikipedia

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').

Pronunciation

• enPR: ŏ'lĭv, IPA: /ˈɒlɪv/, SAMPA: /"QlIv/

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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 grayish green color, that of an unripe olive.

   olive colour:

5. (anatomy) An olivary body, part of the medulla oblongata.

Translations

olive tree — see olive tree

fruit

Afrikaans: olyf Arabic: زيتون (ar) (zaytūn) Aramaic: Syriac: ܙܝܬܐ (zaytā, zayto) m. Armenian: ձիթապտուղ (hy) (jit’aptuġ), (colloquially) զեյթուն (hy) (zeyt’un) Azeri: zeytun (az) Bosnian: maslina (bs) f. Catalan: oliva (ca) f. Chinese: 橄欖/橄榄 gǎnlǎn Corsican: aliva f. Croatian: màslina (hr) f. Czech: oliva (cs) f. Danish: oliven (da) Dutch: olijf (nl) m. Esperanto: olivo (eo) Estonian: Õlip Finnish: oliivi (fi) French: olive (fr) f. Galician: oliva f. German: Olive (de) f. Greek: ελιά (el) (eliá) f. Hausa: zaitun (ha) Hebrew: זיתא (zaytā, zayto) m. Hebrew: זית (zait) Hindi: ज़ैतून (hi) (zaitūn) Icelandic: ólífa (is) f. Ido: olivo

Indonesian: zaitun (id) Italian: oliva (it) m. Japanese: オリーブ (orību, oriibu) Korean: 올리브 ollibeu Kurdish: zeytûn (ku) f. Latvian: olīve f. Luxembourgish: Oliv (lb) f. Macedonian: маслинка (mk) (máslinka) f. Malay: zaitun (ms) Maltese: żebbuġa f. Norwegian: oliven (no) Persian: زیتون (fa) Polish: oliwka (pl) Portuguese: azeitona (pt) f., oliva (pt) f. Romanian: măslină (ro) f., olivă (ro) f. Romansch: uliva (rm) f., oliva (rm) f., uleiva (rm) f. Russian: оливка (ru) (olívka) f., маслина (ru) (maslína) f. Serbian: Cyrillic: маслина (sr) f. Roman: maslina f. Sicilian: aliva f. Slovene: oljka f. (1), oliva f. (2) Spanish: aceituna (es) f., oliva (es) f. Swedish: oliv (sv) c. Turkish: zeytin (tr) Urdu: زیتون (zaitūn) Uyghur: زەيتۇن (ug) (zeytun) Vietnamese: ô liu (vi)

wood

Bulgarian: маслина (bg) (maslina) Dutch: olijfhout n., olijvenhout n. Finnish: oliivipuu (fi) Greek: ελιά (el) (eliá) f. Italian: olivo (it) Kurdish: darzeytûn f., zeytûn f. Macedonian: маслиновина (mk) (maslinóvina) f. Maltese: żebbuġ (mt)

Russian: олива (ru) (olíva) f. Serbian: Cyrillic: маслиновинa (sr) f. Roman: maslinovina f. Spanish: olivo (es) m. Swedish: olivträ (sv) n. Turkish: zeytin (tr)

colour

Bosnian: maslinasta (bs) f. Croatian: màslinastā (hr) bòja (hr) f. Czech: olivový (cs) m. Dutch: olijfgroen (nl) n. Finnish: oliivinvihreä (fi) Greek: λαδί (el) (ladí) n. Italian: verde oliva (it) Japanese: オリーブ色 (orību, oriibu-iro) Korean: 올리브색 Kurdish: zeytûnî, rengzeytûnî Persian: رنگ زیتونی (rang zaitūni), زیتونی (fa) (zeytōni)

Polish: oliwkowy (pl) f. Portuguese: verde-oliva m. Russian: оливковый (ru) (olívkovyj) Serbian: Cyrillic: маслинаста (sr) f. Roman: maslinasta f. Slovene: olivno zelena f. Spanish: verde oliva, aceitunado Swedish: oliv (sv), olivgrönt (sv) Turkish: zeytin (tr) Urdu: زیتون رنگ (zaitūn rang)

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• Welsh: olewydden (?)

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

Adjective

olive (comparative more olive, superlative most olive)

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

Translations

colour

Bosnian: maslinast (bs) Croatian: màslinast (hr) Dutch: olijfgroen, olijfgroene Finnish: oliivinvihreä (fi) Japanese: オリーブ色 (orībuーiro, oriibu-iro) Kurdish: zeytûnî, rengzeytûnî Portuguese: verde-azeitona

Russian: оливковый (olívkovyj) Serbian: Cyrillic: маслинаст (bs) Latin: maslinast (bs) Spanish: verde aceituna Swedish: olivfärgad (sv)

Related terms

• oleaster
• olivenite
• olivewood
• Olivia
• olivine

See also

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

Anagrams

• voile

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Anglo-Norman

Noun

olive m. (oblique plural olives, nominative singular olives, nominative plural olive)

1. olive tree

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɔˈliv(ə)/

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Noun

olive f. (plural olives)

1. olive

Anagrams

• viole, violé, voile, voilé

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Italian

Noun

olive f.

1. Plural form of oliva.

Anagrams

• Elvio, ovile, viole, voile