aceite

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See also: aceité

Asturian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈθeite/,
  • Rhymes: -eite
  • Hyphenation: a‧cei‧te

Noun

aceite m (plural aceites)

  1. oil (liquid fat)

Galician

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /aˈθejte/
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /aˈsejte/

  • Rhymes: -ejte
  • Hyphenation: a‧cei‧te

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese azeite (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic الزَّيْت (az-zayt, “oil, edible or for combustion”). Cognate with Portuguese azeite, Spanish aceite, and Hebrew זית (záyit, “olive”).

Alternative forms

Noun

aceite m (plural aceites)

  1. olive oil
    Synonyms: aceite doce, aceite de oliveira, aceite de alcuza
  2. (by extension) oil used for cooking or illumination
    Synonym: óleo
Derived terms

References

  • “azeite” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “azeyte” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “aceite” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “aceite” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “aceite” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

aceite

  1. inflection of aceitar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

Etymology 1

Verb

aceite

  1. inflection of aceitar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

aceite m or f (short participle, plural aceites)

  1. (Portugal) past participle of aceitar

Spanish

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /aˈθeite/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /aˈseite/
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eite
  • Syllabification: a‧cei‧te

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish azeyte (cf. Ladino azeyte), from Arabic الزَّيْت (az-zayt, “oil”) via Andalusian Arabic, cognate with Hebrew זית (záyit, “olive”).

Noun

aceite m (plural aceites)

  1. oil
    Synonym: óleo
  2. olive oil
    Synonym: aceite de oliva
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
  • → Cebuano: asete
  • → Huave: aset
  • → Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: asiti

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

aceite

  1. inflection of aceitar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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