oliven

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Cornish

Noun

oliven f

  1. singulative of oliv (olives)

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish oliuæ, borrowed via Middle Low German olīve and Old French olive from Latin olīva (olive). Cf. also Swedish oliv, German Olive, Dutch olijf, English olive.

Pronunciation

Noun

oliven c (singular definite olivenen, plural indefinite oliven)

  1. olive (the fruit)
  2. olive (the tree)

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐλαία (elaía), via Latin oliva and German Oliven (plural of Olive).

Adjective

oliven (indeclinable)

  1. olive (colour)

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Noun

oliven m (definite singular olivenen, indefinite plural olivener, definite plural olivenene)

  1. an olive (fruit of the olive tree)
  2. an olive (the tree itself)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐλαία (elaía), via Latin oliva and German Oliven (plural of Olive).

Adjective

oliven (indeclinable)

  1. olive (colour)

Synonyms

Noun

oliven m (definite singular olivenen, indefinite plural olivenar, definite plural olivenane)

  1. an olive (fruit of the olive tree)
  2. an olive (the tree itself)

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Swedish

Noun

oliven

  1. definite singular of oliv

West Frisian

Noun

oliven

  1. plural of oliif