Meaning

9 senses
  1. A tree of species Olea europaea cultivated since ancient times in the Mediterranean for its fruit and the oil obtained from it.

    evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits

  2. The small oval fruit of this tree, eaten ripe (usually black) or unripe (usually green).

    Olive

    оли́вкаolívka, масли́наmaslína, масли́нкаmaslínka

    оли́вкаolývka, масли́наmaslýna, оли́ваolýva

    small ovoid fruit of the European olive tree; important food and source of oil

  3. The wood of the olive tree.

    оли́ваolíva

    hard yellow often variegated wood of an olive tree; used in cabinetwork

  4. A dark yellowish-green color, that of an unripe olive.

    a yellow-green color of low brightness and saturation

  5. An olivary body, part of the medulla oblongata.

  6. 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.

  7. A small slice of meat seasoned, rolled up, and cooked.

    a beef olive

    olives of veal

  8. Any shell of the genus Oliva and allied genera; so called from the shape.

  9. (UK, dialectal)An oystercatcher, a shore bird of genus Haematopus.

Examples

298 sentences
  1. Do we have any olive oil?

    ruУ нас есть оливковое масло?

    deHaben wir Olivenöl?

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  2. We walked through the olive grove.

    deWir wandelten durch den Olivenhain.

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  3. I sent you an olive branch.

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  4. Put some olive oil on it.

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  5. I come bearing an olive branch.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
colour:
fruit:
Русский
By meaning 3
colour:
fruit:
wood:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
fruit:

Origin

From Middle English olyve, from Old French olive (“olive, olive tree”), from Latin olīva (

From Middle English olyve, from Old French olive (“olive, olive tree”), from Latin olīva (“olive”), itself from either Etruscan *𐌄𐌋𐌄𐌉𐌅𐌀 (*eleiva), Proto-Hellenic *elaíwā (compare Mycenaean Greek 𐀁𐀨𐀷 (e-ra-wa), Ancient Greek ἐλαίᾱ (elaíā)), 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."

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Forms

plural: olives
Singularolive
Pluralolives

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

63 related words

Collocations

6 patterns
  • olive oil
  • an an olive
  • an olive branch
  • of olive oil
  • olive branch
  • like olive

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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