Phrase guide

olive oil

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A vegetable oil, pressed from olives, and used in cooking and as a salad dressing; it is high in unsaturated fatty acids.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sweet oil, oil of olives

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

oil from olives

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: vegetable oil, oil

History

Etymology

From olive + oil. Compare earlier oil of olives.

Across languages

Translations

128 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: vaji i ullirit — oil pressed from olives
  • Arabic: زَيْت زَيْتُون (zayt zaytūn) — oil pressed from olives
  • Arabic: زيت زيتون (zēt zētūn) — oil pressed from olives
  • Arabic: زيت زَيْتون (zēt zaytūn) — oil pressed from olives
  • Arabic: زيت بلدية (zīt baldiyya) — oil pressed from olives
  • Arabic: زيت العود (zīt el-ʕūd) — oil pressed from olives
  • Arabic: زيت الزيتون (zīt ez-zītūn) — oil pressed from olives
  • Arabic: زيت زتون (zēt zatūn) — oil pressed from olives
  • Arabic: زيت زيتون (zēt zētūn) — oil pressed from olives
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܸܫܚܵܐ ܕܙܲܝ̈ܬܹܐ (mišḥā dzaytē) — oil pressed from olives
  • Aramaic: ܙܝܬܐ (zaytā) — oil pressed from olives
  • Armenian: ձիթայուղ (jitʻayuġ) — oil pressed from olives
  • Azerbaijani: zeytun yağı — oil pressed from olives
  • Bashkir: зәйтүн майы (zəytün mayı) — oil pressed from olives
  • Basque: oliba olio — oil pressed from olives
  • Belarusian: алі́ўкавы але́й (alíwkavy aljéj) — oil pressed from olives
  • Bulgarian: зехти́н (zehtín) — oil pressed from olives
  • Bulgarian: масли́ново ма́сло (maslínovo máslo) — oil pressed from olives
  • Bulgarian: масли́ново масло́ (maslínovo masló) — oil pressed from olives
  • Burmese: သံလွင်ဆီ (samlwanghci) — oil pressed from olives
  • Catalan: oli d'oliva — oil pressed from olives
  • Chechen: зайт даьтта (zajt dätta) — oil pressed from olives
  • Chinese Cantonese: 橄欖油 /橄榄油 (gaam3 laam2 jau4) — oil pressed from olives
  • Chinese Cantonese: 生菜油 (saang1 coi3 jau4) — oil pressed from olives
  • Chinese Mandarin: 橄欖油 /橄榄油 (gǎnlǎnyóu) — oil pressed from olives
  • Cornish: olew — oil pressed from olives
  • Czech: olivový olej — oil pressed from olives
  • Danish: olivenolie — oil pressed from olives
  • Dutch: olijfolie — oil pressed from olives
  • Esperanto: olivoleo — oil pressed from olives
  • Estonian: oliiviõli — oil pressed from olives
  • Faroese: olivinolja — oil pressed from olives
  • Finnish: oliiviöljy — oil pressed from olives
  • French: huile d'olive — oil pressed from olives
  • West-Frisian: olive-oalje — oil pressed from olives
  • Galician: aceite de oliva — oil pressed from olives
  • Georgian: ზეითუნის ზეთი (zeitunis zeti) — oil pressed from olives
  • Georgian: ზეთისხილის ზეთი (zetisxilis zeti) — oil pressed from olives
  • German: Olivenöl — oil pressed from olives
  • East Central German: Baameel — oil pressed from olives
  • Greek: ελαιόλαδο (elaiólado) — oil pressed from olives
  • Ancient Greek: ἔλαιον (élaion) — oil pressed from olives
  • Mycenaean Greek: 𐀁𐁉𐀺 (e-ra3-wo) — oil pressed from olives
  • Mycenaean Greek: 𐀁𐀨𐀺 (e-ra-wo) — oil pressed from olives
  • Mycenaean Greek: 𐂕 — oil pressed from olives
  • Gujarati: જેતૂનનું તેલ (jetūnnũ tel) — oil pressed from olives
  • Harari: ዘይት (zäyt) — oil pressed from olives
  • Hebrew: שֶׁמֶן זַיִת (shémen-záyit) — oil pressed from olives
  • Hebrew: יִצְהָר (yiṣhār) — oil pressed from olives
  • Hindi: ज़ैतून का तेल (zaitūn kā tel) — oil pressed from olives
  • Hungarian: olívaolaj — oil pressed from olives
  • Icelandic: ólífuolía — oil pressed from olives
  • Ido: oliv-oleo — oil pressed from olives
  • Indonesian: minyak zaitun — oil pressed from olives
  • Irish: ola olóige — oil pressed from olives
  • Italian: olio d'oliva — oil pressed from olives
  • Italian: olio di oliva — oil pressed from olives
  • Japanese: オリーブ油 (orībuyu) — oil pressed from olives
  • Japanese: オリーブオイル (orībuoiru) — oil pressed from olives
  • Japanese: 橄欖油 (kanran'yu) — oil pressed from olives
  • Karelian: oliivuvoi — oil pressed from olives
  • Kazakh: зәйтүн майы (zäitün maiy) — oil pressed from olives
  • Korean: 올리브유 (ollibeuyu) — oil pressed from olives
  • Northern Kurdish: zeyt — oil pressed from olives
  • Kyrgyz: зайтун майы (zaytun mayı) — oil pressed from olives
  • Lakota: slála wígli — oil pressed from olives
  • Lao: ນ້ໍາມັນໂອລີບ (nam man ʼō līp) — oil pressed from olives
  • Latvian: olīveļļa — oil pressed from olives
  • Lezgi: зейтундин ягъ (zejtundin äġ) — oil pressed from olives
  • Lithuanian: alyvuogių aliejus — oil pressed from olives
  • Lombard: oli d'oliva — oil pressed from olives
  • Luxembourgish: Olivenueleg — oil pressed from olives
  • Macedonian: маслиново масло (maslinovo maslo) — oil pressed from olives
  • Macedonian: маслинов зејтин (maslinov zejtin) — oil pressed from olives
  • Malay: minyak zaitun — oil pressed from olives
  • Malayalam: സൈത്തെണ്ണ (saitteṇṇa) — oil pressed from olives
  • Manx: ooill olive — oil pressed from olives
  • Mongolian: оливийн тос (oliviin tos) — oil pressed from olives
  • Neapolitan: uoglio d'auliva — oil pressed from olives
  • Norwegian Bokmål: olivenolje — oil pressed from olives
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: olivenolje — oil pressed from olives
  • Old East Slavic: олѣи (olěi) — oil pressed from olives
  • Pannonian Rusyn: маслинов олєй (maslinov oljej) — oil pressed from olives
  • Persian: روغن زیتون (rowġan-e zeytun) — oil pressed from olives
  • Plautdietsch: Olieweneelj — oil pressed from olives
  • Plautdietsch: Boomeelj — oil pressed from olives
  • Polish: oliwa — oil pressed from olives
  • Polish: olej oliwkowy — oil pressed from olives
  • Polish: oliwa z oliwek — oil pressed from olives
  • Portuguese: óleo de oliva — oil pressed from olives
  • Portuguese: azeite — oil pressed from olives
  • Punjabi: ਜੈਤੂਨ ਦਾ ਤੇਲ (jaitūn dā tel) — oil pressed from olives
  • Romanian: ulei de măsline — oil pressed from olives
  • Romanian: untdelemn — oil pressed from olives
  • Russian: оли́вковое ма́сло (olívkovoje máslo) — oil pressed from olives
  • Scottish Gaelic: ola-chroinn-ola — oil pressed from olives
  • Serbo-Croatian: маслиново уље — oil pressed from olives
  • Serbo-Croatian: maslinovo ulje — oil pressed from olives
  • Sicilian: ogghiu d'aliva — oil pressed from olives
  • Sindhi: زيتون جو تيل (zetõ jo tel) — oil pressed from olives
  • Slovak: olivový olej — oil pressed from olives
  • Slovene: oljčno olje — oil pressed from olives
  • Lower Sorbian: oliwowy wólej — oil pressed from olives
  • Upper Sorbian: oliwowy wolij — oil pressed from olives
  • Upper Sorbian: bomjel — oil pressed from olives
  • Spanish: aceite de oliva — oil pressed from olives
  • Spanish: aceite olivarero — oil pressed from olives
  • Swahili: mafuta ya mizeituni — oil pressed from olives
  • Swahili: mafuta ya zeituni — oil pressed from olives
  • Swedish: olivolja — oil pressed from olives
  • Tagalog: langis ng oliba — oil pressed from olives
  • Tagalog: aseyte-de-oliba — oil pressed from olives
  • Tagalog: aseytuna — oil pressed from olives
  • Tajik: равғани зайтун (ravġan-i zaytun) — oil pressed from olives
  • Tatar: зәйтүн мае (zäytün mayı) — oil pressed from olives
  • Thai: น้ํามันมะกอก (nám-man-má-gɔ̀ɔk) — oil pressed from olives
  • Turkish: zeytinyağı — oil pressed from olives
  • Ottoman Turkish: زیت (zeyt) — oil pressed from olives
  • Turkmen: zeýtun ýagy — oil pressed from olives
  • Ukrainian: оли́вкова олі́я (olývkova olíja) — oil pressed from olives
  • Urdu: زیتون کا تیل (zaitūn kā tel) — oil pressed from olives
  • Uyghur: زەيتۇن يېغى (zeytun yëghi) — oil pressed from olives
  • Uzbek: zaytun yogʻi — oil pressed from olives
  • Welsh: olew olewydd — oil pressed from olives
  • Yiddish: איילבערט־אייל (eylbert-eyl) — oil pressed from olives
  • Yiddish: בוימל (boyml) — oil pressed from olives
  • Yiddish: אָליווקע (olivke) — oil pressed from olives
  • Yiddish: אָליוון־אייל (olivn-eyl) — oil pressed from olives