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Image:Olea_europaea1.jpg|thumb|Olea europaea (1)

Etymology
From Latin oliva|�līva, from Ancient Greek ελαία (elaia) �olive, olive tree�, from a pre-Indo-European Mediterranean language *elaiwa �oil�.

Pronunciation
AHD|�'lĭv, IPA|/��lɪv/, SAMPA|/"QlIv?/
audio|en-uk-olive.ogg|Audio (UK)
audio|en-us-olive.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun

1. A evergreen tree, Olea europaea, cultivated since ancient times in the Mediterranean for its fruit and the oil obtained from it.
2. The small oval fruit of this tree, eaten ripe (usually black) or unripe (usually green).
3. The wood of the olive tree.
4. A grayish green color, that of an unripe olive.

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Translations
olive tree
See olive tree

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Afrikaans: olyf
Aramaic:
:Syriac: ��ܬ� (zayt�, zayto) m
:Hebrew: ��ת� (zayt�, zayto) m
Bosnian: maslina#Bosnian|maslina f
Chinese: ��/�� g�nl�n
Corsican: aliva f
Croatian: maslina#Croatian|maslina f
Danish: oliven
Dutch: olijf m
Esperanto: olivo#Esperanto|olivo
Estonian: �lip
Finnish: oliivi
French: olive f
Galician: oliva#Galician|oliva f
German: Olive
Greek: ελαία [e��le��a] f, ελιά [e���a] f
Hebrew: ��ת (zait)
Hindi: �़�त�न (zaitūn)
Ido: olivo#Ido|olivo
Italian: oliva m
Japanese: ���� (orību, oriibu)
Korean: �리� ollibeu
Kurdish: zeytûn f
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Latvian: olīve#Latvian|olīve f
Maltese: żebbuġa f
Persian: FAchar|ز�ت��
Polish: oliwka
Portuguese: azeitona f
Romanian: m�slin� f, oliv� f
Russian: оливка (olívka) f, ма�лина (maslína) f
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: ма�лина#Serbian|ма�лина f
:Roman: maslina#Serbian|maslina f
Sicilian: aliva#Sicilian|aliva f
Spanish: aceituna f, oliva f
Slovene: oljka f (1), oliva f (2)
Swedish: oliv c
Turkish: zeytin
Urdu: URchar|ز�ت�� (zaitūn)
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Dutch: olijfhout n, olijvenhout n
Finnish: oliivipuu
Kurdish: darzeytûn f, zeytûn f
Maltese: żebbuġ
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Russian: олива (olíva) f
Spanish: olivo m
Swedish: olivträ n
Turkish: zeytin
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Bosnian: maslinasta#Bosnian|maslinasta f
Croatian: maslinasta#Croatian|maslinasta f
Dutch: olijfgroen n
Finnish: oliivinvihreä
Greek: λαδί [la�ði] n, κι��ινο��ά�ινο [ki�trino��prasi�no�] n, ��α��ο��ά�ινο [�staxto��prasi�no�] n
Japanese: ����� (orību, oriibu-iro)
Korean: �리��
Kurdish: zeytûnî, rengzeytûnî
Persian: FAchar|ر�گ ز�ت��� (rang zaitūni)
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Portuguese: verde-oliva m
Russian: оливков�й (olívkovyj)
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: ма�лина��а#Serbian|ма�лина��а f
:Roman: maslinasta#Serbian|maslinasta f
Slovene: olivno zelena f
Spanish: verde oliva, aceitunado
Swedish: oliv, olivgrönt
Turkish: zeytin
Urdu: FAchar|ز�ت�� ر�گ (zaitūn rang)
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Translations to be checked

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ttbc|Welsh: olewydden (?)

Derived terms
top3
olive branch
olive crown
olive drab<!--o.d.-->
mid3
olive green
olive grove
olive oil
mid3
queen olive
Russian olive
wild olive

Adjective
en-adj

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

Translations

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Bosnian: maslinasta#Bosnian|maslinasta f
Croatian: maslinasta#Croatian|maslinasta f
Dutch: olijfgroen, olijfgroene
Finnish: oliivinvihreä
Japanese: ����� (orību�iro, oriibu-iro)
Kurdish: zeytûnî, rengzeytûnî
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Portuguese: verde-azeitona
Russian: оливков�й (olívkovyj)
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: ма�лина��а#Serbian|ма�лина��а f
:Latin: maslinasta#Serbian|maslinasta f
Spanish: verde aceituna
Swedish: olivfärgad
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Related terms
oleaster
olivenite
olivewood
Olivia
olivine

See also
à la grecque
Castile soap
Gethsemane
Wiktionary_Appendix:Colours|Wiktionary appendix of colours

Category:Colors
Category:Fruits
Category:Greek derivations
Category:Greens
Category:Trees

French

Pronunciation
IPA: /��liv(�)/
audio|Fr-olive-fr-Paris.ogg|Audio (FR)

Noun
olive f (plural: olives)

1. olive (fruit)

Italian

Noun
olive f

1. plural of|oliva|lang=Italian

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