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Galician
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin oleum (“oil, olive oil”), replacing the semi-learned form oyo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria).
Pronunciation
Noun
óleo m (plural óleos)
- fine flour (finest portion of ground grain, as in French fleur de farine)
- (Christianity) chrism
- Synonym: crisma
- (art) oil, as a medium for painting
- (dated) oil in general
1409, Pensado Tomé, edited by José Luis, Tratado de Albeitaria, page 109:Para esto val a manteiga mesturada con olio de louro- For this is good the butter mixed with laurel oil
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References
- “oleo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “oyo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “olio” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “óleo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “óleo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “óleo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin oleum (“oil, olive oil”), from Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion, “olive oil”), from ἐλαία (elaía, “olive”), from Proto-Indo-European *loiu̯om.
Pronunciation
Noun
óleo m (plural óleos)
- oil (liquid substance extracted from animals, vegetals, or minerals)
- olive oil
- Synonyms: óleo de oliva, azeite
- oil-based paint
- oil painting
- Synonym: pintura a óleo
- essential oil
- Synonyms: essência, óleo essencial
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Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin oleum, from Ancient Greek.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈoleo/
- Rhymes: -oleo
- Syllabification: ó‧le‧o
Noun
óleo m (plural óleos)
- oil (liquid fat)
- Synonym: aceite
- oil painting (a painting done with oil paints)
- oil painting (the art of painting with oil paints)
- Synonym: pintura al óleo
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