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  1. (gastronomia) olio
    • oli d'uliva, de nus, de carlon: olio d'oliva, di noci, di mais
  2. lubrificante in genere
  3. (religione) il sacramento dell'unzione degli infermi
    • el priur el gh'ha purtaa i oli sant: il priore gli ha conferito l'unzione degli infermi
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IPA: /ˈɔli/

dal latino ŏleum, a sua volta dal greco ἔλαιον (élaion)

  • a laurà ghe vöö oli de gumbet: per lavorare occorre olio di gomito (buona lena)

Francesco Cherubini, Vocabolario milanese-italiano, Volume 3, 1841, pag. 198.