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Catalan
Pronunciation
Adjective
oliera
- feminine singular of olier
Noun
oliera f (plural olieres)
- female equivalent of olier
- a cruet for oil
- Synonyms: olier, setrill
Further reading
Italian
Noun
oliera f (plural oliere)
- oil cruet
Anagrams
Old Spanish
Etymology
From olio (“oil”) + -era.
Pronunciation
Noun
oliera f (plural olieras)
- a jug of oil, a vessel to carry oil
c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 38r:E dixo ella biua el ſẽnor dios q̃ no e pan ſi nõ un poco de farina en la tinẏella. E un poco de olẏo ẽna olẏera e q̃ero coger .ij. lẽnos e fer lo e pora mi q̃ comamos ⁊ nõ muramos- And she said, “As the Lord God lives, I have no bread, but only some flour in a jar and a little oil in an oil jug. And I want to gather a couple of logs and make it for myself, that we may eat it and not die”.
Spanish
Verb
oliera
- first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of oler