olive

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From Middle English olyve, from Old French olive (“olive, olive tree”), from Latin olīva (“olive”), itself from either Etruscan *𐌄𐌋𐌄𐌉𐌅𐌀 (*eleiva), Proto-Hellenic *elaíwā (compare Mycenaean Greek 𐀁𐀨𐀷 (e-ra-wa), Ancient Greek ἐλαίᾱ (elaíā)), or the same source as those two. In any case, ultimately from a Mediterranean Pre-Greek source, possibly Proto-Berber *wlw (“wild olive”). More questionably, maybe from Proto-Indo-European *loiwom (compare Old Church Slavonic лои (loi, “tallow”), Old Armenian եւղ (ewł, “oil”)). Doublet of oliva and oil. Displaced native Old English eleberġe, literally "oil berry."

Medieval form of the Latin saint's name Oliva "olive"; revived in the 19th century when flower and plant names became fashionable. The surname is topographical, often representing an Anglicization of continental European surnames such as Spanish Oliva.

232 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bengali: জয়তূনী (joẏtuni) — colour
• Dutch: olijfgroen — colour
• Dutch: olijfgroene — colour
• Finnish: oliivinvihreä — colour
• German: oliv — colour
• German: olivfarben — colour
• German: olivfarbig — colour
• Greek: λαδής (ladís) — colour
• Hindi: ज़ैतूनी (zaitūnī) — colour
• Irish: glasbhuí — colour
• Italian: verde oliva — colour
• Japanese: オリーブ色 (orību-iro) — colour
• Northern Kurdish: zeytûnî — colour
• Northern Kurdish: reng zeytûnî — colour
• Maltese: żebbuġi — colour
• Māori: kārikihāura — colour
• Norwegian Bokmål: olivengrønn — colour
• Polish: oliwkowy — colour
• Polish: żółtawozielony — colour
• Portuguese: verde-azeitona — colour
• Portuguese: verde-oliva — colour
• Romanian: măsliniu — colour
• Romanian: oliv — colour
• Russian: оли́вковый (olívkovyj) — colour
• Serbo-Croatian: маслинаст — colour
• Serbo-Croatian: maslinast — colour
• Spanish: verde aceituna — colour
• Swedish: olivfärgad — colour
• Afrikaans: olyf — fruit
• Albanian: ulli — fruit
• Amharic: ወይራ (wäyra) — fruit
• Arabic: زَيْتُون (zaytūn) — fruit
• Arabic: زَيْتون (zaytūn) — fruit
• Arabic: زيتون (zaytūn, zītūn) — fruit
• Aragonese: oliva — fruit
• Aramaic: זיתא (zaytā, zayto) — fruit
• Aramaic: ܙܝܬܐ (zaytā, zayto) — fruit
• Armenian: ձիթապտուղ (jitʻaptuġ) — fruit
• Armenian: զեյթուն (zeytʻun) — fruit
• Aromanian: masinã — fruit
• Assamese: জলফাই (zolophai) — fruit
• Asturian: aceituna — fruit
• Azerbaijani: zeytun — fruit
• Bashkir: зәйтүн (zəytün) — fruit
• Basque: oliba — fruit
• Belarusian: алі́ўка (alíwka) — fruit
• Belarusian: маслі́на (maslína) — fruit
• Bengali: জলপাই (jolpai) — fruit
• Bole: zaitun — fruit
• Breton: oliv — fruit
• Bulgarian: масли́на (maslína) — fruit
• Burmese: သံလွင် (samlwang) — fruit
• Catalan: oliva — fruit
• Chechen: зайтун (zajtun) — fruit
• Cherokee: ᎣᎵᏩ (oliwa) — fruit
• Chinese Cantonese: 橄欖 /橄榄 — fruit
• Chinese Mandarin: 橄欖 /橄榄 (gǎnlǎn) — fruit
• Cornish: oliv — fruit
• Corsican: aliva — fruit
• Crimean Tatar: zeytün — fruit
• Czech: oliva — fruit
• Dalmatian: olea — fruit
• Danish: oliven — fruit
• Dargwa: зайтун (zajtun) — fruit
• Dutch: olijf — fruit
• Erzya: оймарь (ojmaŕ) — fruit
• Esperanto: olivo — fruit
• Estonian: oliiv — fruit
• Etruscan: 𐌄𐌋𐌄𐌉𐌅𐌀 class inanimate — fruit
• Faroese: oljuber — fruit
• Finnish: oliivi — fruit
• French: olive — fruit
• North Frisian: Oliiv — fruit
• West-Frisian: oliif — fruit
• Friulian: ulive — fruit
• Galician: oliva — fruit
• Georgian: ზეთისხილი (zetisxili) — fruit
• Georgian: ზეითუნი (zeituni) — fruit
• German: Olive — fruit
• Greek: ελιά (eliá) — fruit
• Ancient Greek: ἐλαίᾱ (elaíā) — fruit
• Greenlandic: oliveni — fruit
• Gujarati: ઓલિવ (oliv) — fruit
• Gujarati: જૈતૂન (jaitūn) — fruit
• Haitian Creole: oliv — fruit
• Hausa: zàitûn — fruit
• Hebrew: זַיִת (záyit) — fruit
• Hindi: ज़ैतून (zaitūn) — fruit
• Hindi: तैलबदर (tailabdar) — fruit
• Hindi: जलपाई (jalpāī) — fruit
• Hungarian: olajbogyó — fruit
• Hungarian: olívabogyó — fruit
• Icelandic: ólífa — fruit
• Ido: olivo — fruit
• Indonesian: zaitun — fruit
• Interlingua: oliva — fruit
• Irish: ológ — fruit
• Italian: oliva — fruit
• Japanese: オリーブ (orību) — fruit
• Karekare: zambatu — fruit
• Kazakh: зәйтүн (zäitün) — fruit
• Khmer: អូលីវ (ʼouliiw) — fruit
• Korean: 올리브 (ollibeu) — fruit
• Central Kurdish: زەیتوون (zeytûn) — fruit
• Northern Kurdish: zeytûn — fruit
• Kyrgyz: зайтун (zaytun) — fruit
• Lao: ກອກ (kǭk) — fruit
• Latin: olīva — fruit
• Latin: olea — fruit
• Latvian: olīve — fruit
• Lithuanian: alyva — fruit
• Lombard: oliva — fruit
• Luxembourgish: Oliv — fruit
• Macedonian: маслинка (maslinka) — fruit
• Malay: zaitun — fruit
• Malayalam: ഒലിവ് (olivŭ) — fruit
• Maltese: żebbuġa — fruit
• Māori: ōriwa — fruit
• Marathi: ऑलिव्ह (ŏlivha) — fruit
• Middle English: olyve — fruit
• Mongolian: чидун жимс (čidun žims) — fruit
• Mongolian: олив (oliv) — fruit
• Ngizim: zatun — fruit
• Norwegian: oliven — fruit
• Occitan: oliva — fruit
• Old English: eleberġe — fruit
• Pannonian Rusyn: маслина (maslina) — fruit
• Pashto: زيتون (zaytún) — fruit
• Persian: زیتون (zeytun) — fruit
• Middle Persian: 𐭦𐭩𐭲𐭩 — fruit
• Piedmontese: uliva — fruit
• Plautdietsch: Oliew — fruit
• Polish: oliwka — fruit
• Portuguese: azeitona — fruit
• Portuguese: oliva — fruit
• Punjabi: ਜੈਤੂਨ (jaitūn) — fruit
• Quechua: asitunas — fruit
• Romanian: măslină — fruit
• Romanian: olivă — fruit
• Romansh: uliva — fruit
• Romansh: oliva — fruit
• Romansh: uleiva — fruit
• Russian: оли́вка (olívka) — fruit
• Russian: масли́на (maslína) — fruit
• Russian: масли́нка (maslínka) — fruit
• Sardinian: aliva — fruit
• Scottish Gaelic: dearc-ola — fruit
• Serbo-Croatian: ма̀слина — fruit
• Serbo-Croatian: màslina — fruit
• Sicilian: aliva — fruit
• Sicilian: uliva — fruit
• Sindhi: زيتون (zetõ) — fruit
• Sinhalese: ඔලිව් (oliw) — fruit
• Slovak: oliva — fruit
• Slovene: oliva — fruit
• Spanish: aceituna — fruit
• Spanish: oliva — fruit
• Swahili: zeituni — fruit
• Swedish: oliv — fruit
• Tagalog: oliba — fruit
• Tajik: зайтун (zaytun) — fruit
• Tarantino: alie — fruit
• Tatar: зәйтүн (zäytün) — fruit
• Thai: กอก (gɔ̀ɔk) — fruit
• Thai: มะกอก (má-gɔ̀ɔk) — fruit
• Thai: โอลีฟ (oo-líif) — fruit
• Turkish: zeytin — fruit
• Turkmen: zeýtun — fruit
• Ukrainian: оли́вка (olývka) — fruit
• Ukrainian: масли́на (maslýna) — fruit
• Ukrainian: оли́ва (olýva) — fruit
• Urdu: زیتون (zaitūn) — fruit
• Uyghur: زەيتۇن (zeytun) — fruit
• Uzbek: zaytun — fruit
• Venetan: oliva — fruit
• Venetan: ołiva — fruit
• Vietnamese: ô liu — fruit
• Volapük: learafluk — fruit
• Walloon: olive — fruit
• Welsh: olewydd — fruit
• Xhosa: umnquma — fruit
• Yiddish: אָליוו (oliv) — fruit
• Yiddish: מאַסלינע (masline) — fruit
• Yiddish: איילבערט (eylbert) — fruit
• Zazaki: zeytun — fruit
• Bulgarian: масли́на (maslína) — wood
• Czech: oliva — wood
• Dutch: olijfhout — wood
• Dutch: olijvenhout — wood
• Finnish: oliivipuu — wood
• Galician: oliveira — wood
• Greek: ελιά (eliá) — wood
• Italian: olivo — wood
• Northern Kurdish: darzeytûn — wood
• Northern Kurdish: zeytûn — wood
• Lao: ຕ້ົນໂອລີ້ວ (ton ʼō līu) — wood
• Macedonian: маслиновина (maslinovina) — wood
• Malagasy: oliva — wood
• Maltese: żebbuġ — wood
• Portuguese: oliveira — wood
• Russian: оли́ва (olíva) — wood
• Serbo-Croatian: маслиновинa — wood
• Serbo-Croatian: maslinovina — wood
• Spanish: olivo — wood
• Swedish: olivträ — wood
• Turkish: zeytin — wood
• Czech: olivový — colour
• Dutch: olijfgroen — colour
• Greek: λαδί (ladí) — colour
• Hindi: तैलबदर (tailbadar) — colour
• Hindi: तैलबदर रंग (tailbadar raṅg) — colour
• Hindi: तैलबदर हरि (tailbadar hari) — colour
• Ido: olivea — colour
• Japanese: オリーブ色 (orībuiro) — colour
• Japanese: 橄欖色 (kanranshoku) — colour
• Korean: 올리브색 (ollibeusaek) — colour
• Northern Kurdish: rengzeytûnî — colour
• Malagasy: oliva volo — colour
• Persian: رنگ زیتونی — colour
• Persian: زیتونی (zeytuni) — colour
• Polish: oliwkowy — colour
• Portuguese: verde-oliva — colour
• Serbo-Croatian: маслинаста — colour
• Serbo-Croatian: maslinasta — colour
• Slovene: olivno zelena — colour
• Spanish: verde oliva — colour
• Spanish: aceitunado — colour
• Swedish: oliv — colour
• Swedish: olivgrönt — colour
• Turkish: zeytin — colour
• Ukrainian: оли́вковий (olývkovyj) — colour
• Urdu: زیتون رنگ (zaitūn raṅg) — colour