oliva

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin oliva (“olive”). Doublet of olive. === Noun === oliva (anatomy) olivary body === Anagrams === Ivalo, Viola, viola, voila, voilà, volia == Aragonese == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin olīva. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /oˈliba/ Syllabification: o‧li‧va Rhymes: -iba === Noun === oliva f olive (fruit) ==== Derived terms ==== oliva negra oliva verde olivera === References === Diccionario ortografico de l'aragonés (Seguntes la PO de l'EFA) == Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin olīva. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [uˈli.βə] IPA(key): (Balearic) [uˈli.və] IPA(key): (Valencia) [oˈli.va] === Noun === oliva f (plural olives) olive (fruit) ==== Derived terms ==== oliva negra oliva verda olivella oliver olivera === References === “oliva”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “oliva”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “oliva” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “oliva” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == Czech == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Olive, from Latin olīva, from Ancient Greek ἐλαία (elaía). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈolɪva] === Noun === oliva f (relational adjective olivový) olive (fruit) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “oliva”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “oliva”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 == Galician == === Alternative forms === ouliva === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese oliva, from Latin olīva. The preservation of intervocalic /l/ is irregular, so it was perhaps borrowed from Mozarabic. Modern pronunciation is adapted from Spanish, since olive and olive oil is not produced in most of Galicia. === Pronunciation === (Traditional) IPA(key): [oˈli.βɐ] (Modern) IPA(key): [ɔˈli.βɐ] === Noun === oliva f (plural olivas) olive (fruit) ==== Related terms ==== oliveira (“olive tree”) === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “oliva”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “oliva”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “ouliu”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “oliva”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “oliva”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “oliva”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Interlingua == === Noun === oliva (plural olivas) olive == Italian == === Alternative forms === uliva === Etymology === From Latin olīva, from Etruscan 𐌄𐌋𐌄𐌉𐌅𐌀 (eleiva) or from Pre-Classical Ancient Greek *ἐλαίϝα (*elaíwa) (compare Mycenaean Greek 𐀁𐀨𐀷 (e-ra-wa), Ancient Greek ἐλαία (elaía)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁loywom. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /oˈli.va/ Rhymes: -iva Hyphenation: o‧lì‧va === Noun === oliva f (plural olive) olive (fruit) === Noun === oliva m (invariable) olive (color) === Adjective === oliva (invariable) olive (color) ==== Related terms ==== === Anagrams === Viola, ovali, viola, voilà, volai == Latin == === Etymology === From Etruscan *𐌄𐌋𐌄𐌉𐌅𐌀 (*eleiva) (whence 𐌄𐌋𐌄𐌉𐌅𐌀𐌍𐌀 (eleivana, “of oil”)), itself from Pre-Classical Ancient Greek *ἐλαίϝα (*elaíwa) (compare Mycenaean Greek 𐀁𐀨𐀷 (e-ra-wa), Ancient Greek ἐλαία (elaía)), or perhaps from the same source. In any case, most likely from a Mediterranean Pre-Greek source, possibly Proto-Berber *wlw (“wild olive”). More questionably, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁loywom (compare Old Church Slavonic лои (loi, “tallow”), Old Armenian եւղ (ewł, “oil”)). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔˈliː.wa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [oˈliː.va] === Noun === olīva f (genitive olīvae); first declension an olive (fruit) an olive tree (poetic) an olive branch ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Synonyms ==== (olive fruit): olea (olive tree): olea, oleaster, oleastrum ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === “oliva”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “oliva”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “oliva”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers === Anagrams === viola == Middle English == === Noun === oliva alternative form of olyve == Portuguese == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin olīva. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: o‧li‧va === Noun === oliva f (plural olivas) olive tree Synonym: oliveira olive (fruit) Synonym: azeitona ==== Derived terms ==== olival olivedo ==== Related terms ==== oliveira oliveirense === References === === Further reading === “oliva”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 == Romansch == === Alternative forms === uliva (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) uleiva (Surmiran) === Etymology === From Latin olīva (“olive”). === Noun === oliva f (plural olivas) (Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader) olive (fruit) == Slovak == === Etymology === Via German Olive, from Latin olīva, from Ancient Greek ἐλαία (elaía). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /oliva/ === Noun === oliva f (genitive singular olivy, nominative plural olivy, genitive plural olív, declension pattern of žena) olive (fruit) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== olivový olivovo olivovník === Further reading === “oliva”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin olīva. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /oˈliba/ [oˈli.β̞a] Rhymes: -iba Syllabification: o‧li‧va === Noun === oliva f (plural olivas) olive (fruit) Synonym: aceituna olive tree Synonym: olivo ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “oliva”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025