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Bulgarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian olio, from Latin oleum, from Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion).
Pronunciation
Noun
о́лио • (ólio) n
- (broadly) any plant-based oil
- (chiefly) sunflower oil
- Synonym: (obsolete or archaic, from WWI onward) оли́вия (olívija)
- (obsolete) olive oil
- Synonyms: зехти́н (zehtín), зейти́н (zejtín)
Declension
References
- “олио”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “олио”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “о̀лио”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 858
- “олио”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 566