Olive

See also: olive

English

Etymology

Medieval form of the Latin saint's name Oliva "olive"; revived in the 19th century when flower and plant names became fashionable. The surname is topographical, often representing an Anglicization of continental European surnames such as Spanish Oliva.

Proper noun

Olive

1. A female given name.
   • 1842 Alfred Tennyson, The Talking Oak:

     And hear me swear a solemn oath, / That only by thy side / Will I to Olive plight my troth, / And gain her for my bride.

   • 2006 Alice Munro, The View from Castle Rock, Chatto & Windus, ISBN 0701179899, pages 227-228:

     There was Olive, a soft drowsy girl who didn't like me because I called her Olive Oyl. Even after I was made to apologize she didn't like me.

2. A surname​.
3. (rare) A male given name.

Related terms

• Olivia

Anagrams

• voile

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German

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Noun

Olive f (genitive Olive, plural Oliven)

1. olive (fruit)

Derived terms

• oliv
• Olivenbaum
• Olivenblätter
• olivenfarben
• olivenfarbig
• olivgrün
• Olivenhain
• Olivenibis
• Olivenkern
• Olivenstein
• grauoliv