oliveira

See also: Oliveira

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 14th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese, but influenced by a Mozarabic form; ultimately from Latin [arbor] olīvāria, from olīva (“an olive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [oliˈβejɾɐ]

Noun

oliveira f (plural oliveiras)

1. olive tree

Related terms

• O Ivedo ( < Olivetum)
• oliva

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “oliueira”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “oliueira”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “oliveira”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “oliveira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “oliveira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

oliveira (Olea europaea)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin [arbor] olīvāria, from olīva (“olive”). By surface analysis, oliva (“olive”) +‎ -eira.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.liˈve(j).ɾɐ/ [o.liˈve(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.liˈve(j).ɾɐ/ [o.liˈve(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.liˈve(j).ɾa/ [o.liˈve(ɪ̯).ɾa]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.liˈvɐj.ɾɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.liˈvɐj.ɾɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.liˈbej.ɾɐ/ [ɔ.liˈβej.ɾɐ]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.liˈvej.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.liˈve.ɾɐ/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Homophone: Oliveira
• Hyphenation: o‧li‧vei‧ra

Noun

oliveira f (plural oliveiras)

1. olive tree

   Synonym: oliva

Derived terms

• oliveiral

See also

• azeite
• azeitona