adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to oil, especially to vegetable oil.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
oleic
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /əʊˈliː.ɪk/
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Received-Pronunciation: /əʊˈleɪ.ɪk/
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General-American: /oʊˈli.ɪk/
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General-American: /oʊˈleɪ.ɪk/
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rhymes with -iɪk
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rhymes with -eɪɪk
adj
Meaning 2
Of or pertaining to oleic acid or its derivatives.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *élaiwon Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion)der. Latin oleum Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English oleic From Latin oleum (“oil”) + English -ic.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: oleic — of or pertaining to oil
- French: oléique — of or pertaining to oil
- Portuguese: oleico — of or pertaining to oil
- Spanish: oleico — of or pertaining to oil
- French: oléique — of or pertaining to oleic acid
- Irish: oiléach — of or pertaining to oleic acid
- Italian: oleico — of or pertaining to oleic acid
- Portuguese: oleico — of or pertaining to oleic acid
- Russian: олеиновый (oleínovyj) — of or pertaining to oleic acid
- Spanish: oleico — of or pertaining to oleic acid
- Welsh: olëig — of or pertaining to oleic acid