Olive

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.1.1 Translations to be checked 1.4 Adjective 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Proper noun 1.6 Related terms 1.7 See also 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun

English

Pronunciation

ol·ive

• IPA : /ˈɒlIv/

OH-liv

Noun

olive (plural olives)

1. An evergreen tree, Olea europaea.
2. The fruit of the olive tree.
3. The wood of the olive tree.

Adjective

1. A greyish /grayish green colour/color, that of an unripe olive.

Translations

tree

Catalan: olivera Dutch: olijfboom m Estonian: Õlipuu Finnish: oliivipuu , öljypuu French: olivier m Galician: oliveira f German: olivenbaum Greek: ελαιόδενδρο (elaiodendro, eleodendro, anc: -on) (el )

Portuguese: oliveira f Spanish: olivo m Swedish: olivträd n Welsh: olewydden

fruit

Corsican: aliva f Dutch: olijf m Esperanto: olivo Estonian: Õlip Finnish: oliivi olive f Galician: oliva f Greek: Ancient Greek: ελαία (elaia, elea) Modern Greek: ελιά (elia) (el )

Hebrew: זית (oliv?) Ido: olivo オリーブ (orību, oriibu) Polish: oliwka azeitona f Spanish: aceituna f, oliva f Slovene: oljka f (1), oliva f (2) Swedish: oliv c Welsh: olewydden ?

wood

Dutch: olijfhout , olijvenhout n Finnish: oliivipuu

Swedish: olivträ n

colour

Dutch: olijfgroen n Finnish: oliivinvihreä

Japanese: オリーブ色 (orībuーiro, oriibu-iro) Slovene: olivno zelena f (4) oliv, olivgrönt

Translations to be checked

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Adjective

olive (no comparative or superlative)

1. Having a greyish-green colour.
2. Of olives or the olive tree.

   olive branch

Translations

having a greyish-green colour

Dutch: olijfgroen oliivinvihreä

Japanese: オリーブ色 (orībuーiro, oriibu-iro) verde aceituna Swedish: olivfärgad

of olives or the olive tree

Dutch: olijf- , olijven- Finnish: oliivin- , oliivi-

Slovene: oljčen m, oljčna f, oljčno n Spanish: verde aceituna , aceitunado Swedish: oliv-

Proper noun

Olive

1. A female given name.

Related terms

• olive branch
• olive grove
• olive oil
• Olivia

See also

• Wiktionary list of colours

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA : /'ɔliv(ə)/

Noun

olive (plural olives)