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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries橄榄
Pronunciation / Transliteration: gǎn lǎn
"地中海饮食经常使用橄榄油。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A small oval fruit with a hard stone, green when unripe and black or dark purple when ripe, used as food and for making oil.
"She added sliced black olives to the Greek salad."
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Of a greenish-brown color typical of olive leaves.
"He wore a stylish olive jacket for the autumn hike."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin oliva, which traces back through the Greek elaía to prehistoric Mediterranean languages. The term has been used in English since the Middle English period to describe both the Mediterranean evergreen tree and its edible fruit.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Olive" is said worldwide
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olive
Transliteration: olív
"J'aime manger des olives avec l'apéritif."
Olive
Transliteration: olívə
"Die Olive schmeckt sehr salzig und aromatisch."
oliva
Transliteration: olíva
"Questo olio è fatto con le olive migliori."
aceituna
Transliteration: aceitúna
"Compramos un frasco de aceitunas verdes."
azeitona
Transliteration: azeitóna
"A azeitona é muito usada na culinária mediterrânea."
जैतून
Transliteration: jaitoon
"जैतून का तेल सेहत के लिए अच्छा होता है।"
橄榄
Transliteration: gǎn lǎn
"地中海饮食经常使用橄榄油。"
올리브
Transliteration: ollibeu
"샐러드에 올리브를 추가했습니다."
オリーブ
Transliteration: orību
"ピザの上にオリーブがのせられています。"
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