olive
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: anatomy
cooking
food
lifestyle
medicine
neuroanatomy
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
Etymology: From Middle English olyve, from Old French olive (“olive, olive tree”), from Latin olīva (“olive”), itself from either Etruscan *𐌄𐌋𐌄𐌉𐌅𐌀 (*eleiva), Pre-Classical Greek *ἐλαίϝα (*elaíwa) (compare Mycenaean Greek 𐀁𐀨𐀷 (e-ra-wa), Ancient Greek ἐλαία (elaía)), or the same source as those two. In any case, ultimately from a Mediterranean Pre-Greek source, possibly Proto-Berber *wlw (“wild olive”). More questionably, maybe from Proto-Indo-European *loiwom (compare Old Church Slavonic лои (loi, “tallow”), Old Armenian եւղ (ewł, “oil”)). Doublet of oliva and oil. Displaced native Old English eleberġe, literally "oil berry."
Inflected forms:
form: olives
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: more olive
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most olive
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: A tree of species Olea europaea cultivated since ancient times in the Mediterranean for its fruit and the oil obtained from it.
pos: noun
gloss: The small oval fruit of this tree, eaten ripe (usually black) or unripe (usually green).
pos: noun
examples: Trevor, like an Aussie outbacker, eats snacks and a pickup meal of bread, cantaloupe, olives, mangoes, and melon.
gloss: The wood of the olive tree.
pos: noun
gloss: A dark yellowish-green color, that of an unripe olive.
pos: noun
gloss: An olivary body, part of the medulla oblongata.
pos: noun
gloss: A component of a plumbing compression joint; a ring which is placed between the nut and the pipe and compressed during fastening to provide a seal.
pos: noun
gloss: A small slice of meat seasoned, rolled up, and cooked.
pos: noun
examples: a beef olive
olives of veal
gloss: Any shell of the genus Oliva and allied genera; so called from the shape.
pos: noun
gloss: An oystercatcher, a shore bird of genus Haematopus.
pos: noun
tags: UK
dialectal
gloss: Of a grayish green color, that of an unripe olive.
pos: adj
examples: Appleby[…]rose from his seat when Morales came in. He shook hands urbanely, unbuckled his sword, and laid his kepi on the table, and then sat down with an expression of concern in his olive face which Appleby fancied was assumed.
The “little green men”—faces covered, wearing unmarked olive uniforms, speaking Russian and using Russian weapons—have played a significant role in both the occupation of Crimea and the civil war in eastern Ukraine.¹⁹⁶
Derived words: autumn olive
beef olive
black olive
Bohemian olive
Chinese olive
dwarf olive
first olive out of the bottle
first olive out of the jar
green olive
holly olive
kalamata olive
Mission olive
mock olive
Mount Olive
netted olive
Niçoise olive
olivaceous
olive baboon
oliveback
olive-backed oriole
olive-backed pipit
olive-backed sunbird
olive-backed thrush
olive barb
olive bee-eater
olive box
olive-branched
olive-branch
olive branch
olive bread
olive bulbul
olive burger
olive coleus
olive colobus
olive crown
olived
olive drab
olive finch
olive flounder
olive fly
olive flyrobin
olive fruit fly
olive green
Olive Green
olive grove
olivegrower
olivegrowing
olive honeyeater
olive ibis
olive juice
olive knot
olive lace bug
oliveless
olivelike
olive loaf
olive long-tailed cuckoo
olive mangrove
olive marsh snake
olive moth
oliveness
olive oil
olive oil press
olive ore
olive oropendola
olive plum
olive pomace oil
olive press
olive python
olive quick decline syndrome
olive ridley
olive ridley sea turtle
olive scab
olive scale
olivescent
olive sea snake
olivesheen
olive shell
olive-sided flycatcher
olive snail
olive sparrow
olive spinetail
olive sunbird
olive thrush
olive tree
olive tubercle
olive warbler
olive whistler
olive woodpecker
olive wreath
olivey
oliveyard
oliviform
olivin
olivite
queen olive
Russian olive
sand olive
spurge olive
tea olive
wild olive
Translations:
lang: Bengali
word: জয়তূনী
roman: joẏtuni
lang: Czech
word: olivový
lang: Dutch
word: olijfgroen
lang: Finnish
word: oliivinvihreä
lang: Greek
word: λαδί
roman: ladí
lang: Hindi
word: तैलबदर
roman: tailbadar
lang: Hindi
word: तैलबदर रंग
roman: tailbadar raṅg
lang: Hindi
word: तैलबदर हरि
roman: tailbadar hari
lang: Ido
word: olivea
lang: Italian
word: verde oliva
lang: Japanese
word: オリーブ色
roman: orībuiro
lang: Japanese
word: 橄欖色
roman: kanranshoku
lang: Korean
word: 올리브색
roman: ollibeusaek
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: zeytûnî
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: rengzeytûnî
lang: Malagasy
word: oliva volo
lang: Persian
word: رنگ زیتونی
lang: Persian
word: زیتونی
roman: zeytuni
lang: Polish
word: oliwkowy
lang: Portuguese
word: verde-oliva
lang: Russian
word: оли́вковый
roman: olívkovyj
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: маслинаста
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: maslinasta
lang: Slovene
word: olivno zelena
lang: Spanish
word: verde oliva
lang: Spanish
word: aceitunado
lang: Swedish
word: oliv
lang: Swedish
word: olivgrönt
lang: Turkish
word: zeytin
lang: Ukrainian
word: оли́вковий
roman: olývkovyj
lang: Urdu
word: زیتون رنگ
roman: zaitūn raṅg