# oleo
## English
### Etymology 1

Clipping of oleo strut.

#### Noun

oleo (plural oleos)
* (aviation) A type of energy-absorbing landing gear strut in which sudden compression or extension of the strut causes a gas-filled chamber to push or pull a piston which forces oil through a small orifice, resulting in absorption of energy through viscous effects.
    If the oil leaks out of the oleos, they won't be able to cushion the aircraft against a hard landing.

### Etymology 2

From oleum (“olive oil”).

#### Noun

oleo (usually uncountable, plural oleos)
* (US) The various fats and oils that go into the making of margarine.

### Etymology 3

Clipping of oleomargarine.

#### Noun

oleo (usually uncountable, plural oleos)
* (US, dated) Margarine.

### See also

* oleo-
* oleo oil

### Anagrams

* Looe

## Esperanto
### Etymology

Fro Latin oleum (“olive oil”), from Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion). Cognates include Italian olio, French huile, English oil, German Öl, Yiddish אייל (eyl), Polish olej.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [oˈleo]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -eo
* Hyphenation: o‧le‧o

### Noun

oleo (accusative singular oleon, plural oleoj, accusative plural oleojn)
* oil

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈo.le.oː/, [ˈɔɫ̪eoː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈo.le.o/, [ˈɔːleo]

### Etymology 1

From the older olō (“smell”), from Proto-Italic *odō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- (“to smell”). See also odor.

#### Verb

oleō (present infinitive olēre, perfect active oluī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
* to smell; to emit an odor, especially a bad odor
* to be given away by smell; to smell of
* to be observed, betrayed

##### Synonyms

* (smell, emit an odor): fragrō

##### Derived terms

* adoleō
* oboleō
* olēns
* olentia
* olentica
* olenticētum
* olētum
* olidus
* peroleō
* praeoleō
* redoleō
* suboleō

##### Related terms

* olētō

##### Descendants

* Asturian: goler
* Extremaduran: golel
* Galician: ulir
* Italian: olire, aulire
* Leonese: golere, ulire
* Navarro-Aragonese: oler, holer, goler
* Old French: oloir, olir, oler
** Middle French: oloir
* Old Spanish: goler
* Papiamentu: hole
* Spanish: oler

##### See also

* odōrō
* olfaciō

##### References

* “oleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

### Etymology 2

Inflected form of oleum (“olive oil”).

#### Noun

oleō
* dative/ablative singular of oleum

## Romanian
### Interjection

oleo
* Alternative form of aoleu

## Spanish
### Verb

oleo
* first-person singular present indicative of olear

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* olyo

### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish óleo, from Latin oleum, from Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion, “olive oil”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈʔoleo/ [ˌʔoː.lɛˈo]
* Rhymes: -oleo
* Syllabification: o‧le‧o

### Noun

óleó (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜎᜒᜌᜓ)
* oil (in certain expressions)
    Synonym: langis
* oil painting
* Ellipsis of santo oleo.

#### Derived terms

* oleohin

#### Related terms

* oleomargarina
* oleoresina
* oliba
* olibar
* olibo
* santo oleo

### Further reading

* “oleo”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
* “oleo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018