oleo

See also: óleo, Óleo, oleo-, and oléo-

English

Etymology 1

Clipping of oleo strut.

Noun

oleo (plural oleos)

(aviation) A type of energy-absorbing landing gear strut in which sudden compression or extension of the strut causes a gas-filled chamber to push or pull a piston which forces oil through a small orifice, resulting in absorption of energy through viscous effects.
If the oil leaks out of the oleos, they won't be able to cushion the aircraft against a hard landing.

Etymology 2

From oleum (“olive oil”).

Noun

oleo (usually uncountable, plural oleos)

(US) The various fats and oils that go into the making of margarine.

Etymology 3

Clipping of oleomargarine.

Noun

oleo (usually uncountable, plural oleos)

(US, dated) Margarine.

Anagrams

Looe

Esperanto

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Etymology

Fro Latin oleum (“olive oil”), from Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion). Cognates include Italian olio, French huile, English oil, German Öl, Yiddish אייל (eyl), Polish olej.

Pronunciation

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Rhymes: -eo
Hyphenation: o‧le‧o

Noun

oleo (accusative singular oleon, plural oleoj, accusative plural oleojn)

oil

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.le.oː/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.le.o/,

Etymology 1

From the older olō (“smell”), from Proto-Italic *odō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- (“to smell”). See also odor.

Verb

oleō (present infinitive olēre, perfect active oluī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

to smell; to emit an odor, especially a bad odor
to be given away by smell; to smell of
to be observed, betrayed

Conjugation

Conjugation of oleō (second conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	oleō	olēs	olet	olēmus	olētis	olent
	imperfect	olēbam	olēbās	olēbat	olēbāmus	olēbātis	olēbant
	future	olēbō	olēbis	olēbit	olēbimus	olēbitis	olēbunt
	perfect	oluī	oluistī	oluit	oluimus	oluistis	oluērunt, oluēre
	pluperfect	olueram	oluerās	oluerat	oluerāmus	oluerātis	oluerant
	future perfect	oluerō	olueris	oluerit	oluerimus	olueritis	oluerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	oleam	oleās	oleat	oleāmus	oleātis	oleant
	imperfect	olērem	olērēs	olēret	olērēmus	olērētis	olērent
	perfect	oluerim	oluerīs	oluerit	oluerīmus	oluerītis	oluerint
	pluperfect	oluissem	oluissēs	oluisset	oluissēmus	oluissētis	oluissent
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	olē	—	—	olēte	—
active	future	—	olētō	olētō	—	olētōte	olentō
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		olēre	oluisse	—	—	—	—
participles		olēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		olendī	olendō	olendum	olendō	—	—

Synonyms

(smell, emit an odor): fragrō

Derived terms

Related terms

olētō

Descendants

Asturian: goler
Extremaduran: golel
Galician: ulir
Italian: olire
Navarro-Aragonese: oler, holer, goler
Leonese: golere, ulire
Old French: oloir, olir, oler
- Middle French: oloir
Old Spanish: goler
Papiamentu: hole
Spanish: oler

References

“oleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 2

Inflected form of oleum (“olive oil”).

Noun

oleō

dative/ablative singular of oleum

Romanian

Interjection

oleo

Alternative form of aoleu

Spanish

Verb

oleo

first-person singular present indicative of olear

Tagalog

Alternative forms

olyo

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish óleo, from Latin oleum, from Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion, “olive oil”).

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔoleo/,
Rhymes: -oleo
Syllabification: o‧le‧o

Noun

óleó (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜎᜒᜌᜓ)

oil (in certain expressions)
Synonym: langis
oil painting
Ellipsis of santo oleo.

Derived terms

oleohin

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