olive
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a typical olive tree (Olea europaea) (1)
English
Etymology
From Middle English olyve, 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”)). Doublet of oliva. Displaced native Old English eleberġe, literally "oil berry."
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: ŏl'ĭv, IPA(key): /ˈɒl.ɪv/
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- (US) enPR: ä'lĭv, IPA(key): /ˈɑ.lɪv/
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Noun
olive (plural olives)
- A tree, Olea europaea, cultivated since ancient times in the Mediterranean for its fruit and the oil obtained from it.
- The small oval fruit of this tree, eaten ripe (usually black) or unripe (usually green).
- The wood of the olive tree.
- A dark yellowish-green color, that of an unripe olive.
- olive:
- (neuroanatomy) An olivary body, part of the medulla oblongata.
- 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.
- (cooking) A small slice of meat seasoned, rolled up, and cooked.
- a beef olive
- olives of veal
- Any shell of the genus Oliva and allied genera; so called from the shape.
- (UK, dialect) An oystercatcher, a shore bird.
Derived terms
- autumn olive
- beef olive
- black olive
- Bohemian olive
- Chinese olive
- dwarf olive
- first olive out of the bottle
- first olive out of the jar
- green olive
- holly olive
- kalamata olive
- mock olive
- netted olive
- Niçoise olive
- olive baboon (Papio anubis)
- olive-backed oriole
- olive-backed pipit
- olive-backed sunbird
- olive-backed thrush
- olive barb (Systomus sarana)
- olive bee-eater (Merops superciliosus)
- olive box
- olive-branch
- olive branch
- olive-branched
- olive bread
- olive bulbul (Iole viridescens)
- olive burger
- olive coleus (Coleus scutellariodes)
- olive colobus (Procolobus verus)
- olive crown
- olive drab
- olive finch (Arremon castaneiceps)
- olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus)
- olive fly
- olive flyrobin (Microeca flavovirescens)
- olive fruit fly (Dacus oleae)
- Olive Green
- olive green
- olive grove
- olive honeyeater (Lichmera argentauris)
- olive ibis (Bostrychia olivacea)
- olive juice
- olive knot (Pseudomonas savastonoi)
- olive lace bug (Froggattia olivina)
- olive loaf
- olive long-tailed cuckoo (Cercococcyx olivinus)
- olive mangrove
- olive marsh snake (Natriciteres olivacea)
- olive moth (Prays oleellus)
- olive oil
- olive ore
- olive oropendola (Psarocolius bifasciatus)
- olive plum (Elaeodendron)
- olive pomace oil
- olive python (Liasis olivaceus)
- olive ridley
- olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea)
- olive scab
- olive scale
- olive sea snake (Aipysurus laevis)
- olive shell, olive snail (Olividae spp.)
- olive-sided flycatcher
- olive sparrow (Arremonops rufivirgatus spp.)
- olive spinetail (Cranioleuca obsoleta)
- olive sunbird (Cyanomitra olivacea)
- olive thrush (Turdus olivaceus)
- olive tree
- olive tubercle (Pseudomonas savastonoi)
- olive warbler (Peucedramus taeniatus)
- olive whistler (Pachycephala olivacea)
- olive woodpecker (Dendropicos griseocephalus)
- olivey
- queen olive
- Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia)
- sand olive
- spurge olive
- tea olive
- wild olive
Translations
olive tree — see olive tree
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wood
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Adjective
olive (comparative more olive, superlative most olive)
- Of a grayish green color, that of an unripe olive.
- 1907, Harold Edward Bindloss, chapter 22, in The Dust of Conflict:
- 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, 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
Related terms
Translations
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See also
References
- ^ Radoslav Katičić, Ancient Languages of the Balkans, Part One (Paris: Mouton, 1976).
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French olive, from Latin olīva.
Pronunciation
Noun
olive f (plural olives)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Romanian: olivă
Further reading
- “olive”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Anagrams
Italian
Pronunciation
Noun
olive f
Anagrams
Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
olive
- Alternative form of olyve
Etymology 2
Adjective
olive
- Alternative form of alyve
Middle High German
Etymology
Noun
olīve f
Old French
Etymology
Noun
olive m or f
Noun
olive oblique singular, f (oblique plural olives, nominative singular olive, nominative plural olives)
Descendants
Slovak
Pronunciation
Noun
olive