olive

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See also: Olive and olīve

English

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a typical olive tree (Olea europaea) (1)

Etymology

From Middle English olyve, borrowed from Old French olive (“olive, olive tree”), from Latin olīva (“olive”), from Etruscan 𐌄𐌋𐌄𐌉𐌅𐌀 (eleiva) or Proto-Greek *ἐλαίϝα (*elaíwa), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *loiwom (compare Old Church Slavonic лои (loi, “tallow”), Old Armenian եւղ (ewł, “oil”)).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

olive (plural olives)

  1. An 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:  
  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.
  7. (cooking) A small slice of meat seasoned, rolled up, and cooked.
    a beef olive
    olives of veal
  8. Any shell of the genus Oliva and allied genera; so called from the shape.
  9. (UK, dialect) An oystercatcher, a shore bird.

Derived terms

Translations

olive tree — see olive tree
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Adjective

olive (comparative more olive, superlative most olive)

  1. Of a grayish green color, that of an unripe olive.
    • 1907, Harold Edward Bindloss, chapter 22, in 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.
    • 2015, Shane R. Reeves, David Wallace, “The Combatant Status of the “Little Green Men” and Other Participants in the Ukraine Conflict”, in International Law Studies, US Naval War College‎[2], volume 91, number 361, Stockton Center for the Study of International Law, page 393:
      The “little green men”—faces covered, wearing unmarked olive uniforms, speaking Russian and using Russian weapons—have played a significant role in both the occupation of Crimea and the civil war in eastern Ukraine.196

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See also

References

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

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From Old French olive, from Latin olīva.

Pronunciation

Noun

olive f (plural olives)

  1. olive

Derived terms

Further reading

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Italian

Pronunciation

Noun

olive f

  1. plural of oliva

Anagrams

Middle English

Noun

olive

  1. Alternative form of olyve

Middle High German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin oliva.

Noun

olīve f

  1. olive

Old French

Etymology

From Latin olīva.

Noun

olive m or f

  1. olive tree

Noun

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

  1. olive

Descendants

  • → English: olive
  • French: olive

Slovak

Pronunciation

Noun

olive

  1. dative singular of oliva
  2. locative singular of oliva
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