Phrase guide

olive tree

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

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noun

Meaning 1

An evergreen tree, Olea europaea, that produces olives as fruit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 2

a tree of the genus Olea cultivated for its fruit

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fruit tree

Narrower terms: olive, European olive tree, Olea europaea, black maire, Olea cunninghamii, white maire, Olea lanceolata

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Across languages

Translations

93 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: olyfboom — tree that produces olives
  • Albanian: ulli — tree that produces olives
  • Arabic: زَيْتُون (zaytūn) — tree that produces olives
  • Arabic: زَيْتُونَة (zaytūna) — tree that produces olives
  • Armenian: ձիթենի (jitʻeni) — tree that produces olives
  • Aromanian: masin — tree that produces olives
  • Azerbaijani: zeytun — tree that produces olives
  • Azerbaijani: zeytun ağacı — tree that produces olives
  • Bengali: জলপাই গাছ (jolpai gach) — tree that produces olives
  • Bengali: জয়তূন (joẏtun) — tree that produces olives
  • Catalan: olivera — tree that produces olives
  • Catalan: ullastre — tree that produces olives
  • Chinese Mandarin: 橄榄树 (gǎnlǎnshù) — tree that produces olives
  • Czech: olivovník — tree that produces olives
  • Dutch: olijfboom — tree that produces olives
  • Erzya: оймарина (ojmarina) — tree that produces olives
  • Esperanto: olivarbo — tree that produces olives
  • Estonian: õlipuu — tree that produces olives
  • Finnish: oliivipuu — tree that produces olives
  • Finnish: öljypuu — tree that produces olives
  • French: olivier — tree that produces olives
  • North Frisian: öölebuum — tree that produces olives
  • North Frisian: oliiwenbuum — tree that produces olives
  • Friulian: ulîf — tree that produces olives
  • Friulian: ulîv — tree that produces olives
  • Galician: oliveira — tree that produces olives
  • Galician: zambuxeiro — tree that produces olives
  • Ge'ez: ዘይት (zäyt) — tree that produces olives
  • Ge'ez: ዘይቶን (zäyton) — tree that produces olives
  • Ge'ez: ደርስ (därs) — tree that produces olives
  • Ge'ez: ድርስ (dərs) — tree that produces olives
  • Ge'ez: አውልዕ (ʾäwləʿ) — tree that produces olives
  • German: Olivenbaum — tree that produces olives
  • German: Ölbaum — tree that produces olives
  • Gothic: 𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍅𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼𐍃 (alēwabagms) — tree that produces olives
  • Greek: ελαιόδεντρο (elaiódentro) — tree that produces olives
  • Greek: ελιά (eliá) — tree that produces olives
  • Ancient Greek: ἐλαία (elaía) — tree that produces olives
  • Hausa: zàitûn — tree that produces olives
  • Hindi: ज़ैतून (zaitūn) — tree that produces olives
  • Hindi: जलपाई (jalpāī) — tree that produces olives
  • Hindi: तैलबदर (tailabdar) — tree that produces olives
  • Hungarian: olajfa — tree that produces olives
  • Ido: oliviero — tree that produces olives
  • Irish: ológ — tree that produces olives
  • Irish: crann ológ — tree that produces olives
  • Istriot: uleîo — tree that produces olives
  • Italian: olivo — tree that produces olives
  • Italian: ulivo — tree that produces olives
  • Korean: 올리브나무 (ollibeunamu) — tree that produces olives
  • Central Kurdish: زەیتوون (zeytûn) — tree that produces olives
  • Central Kurdish: دارزەیتوون (darzeytûn) — tree that produces olives
  • Ladino: asetunal — tree that produces olives
  • Latin: olīva — tree that produces olives
  • Latin: olea — tree that produces olives
  • Malayalam: ഒലിവ് മരം (olivŭ maraṁ) — tree that produces olives
  • Malayalam: സൈത്ത് (saittŭ) — tree that produces olives
  • Maltese: siġra taż-żebbuġ — tree that produces olives
  • Māori: rākau hinu — tree that produces olives
  • Middle English: olyve — tree that produces olives
  • Mongolian: чидун (čidun) — tree that produces olives
  • Norwegian Bokmål: oliven — tree that produces olives
  • Norwegian Bokmål: oliventre — tree that produces olives
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: oliven — tree that produces olives
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: oliventre — tree that produces olives
  • Old English: elebēam — tree that produces olives
  • Persian: زیتون (zeytun) — tree that produces olives
  • Plautdietsch: Oliewenboom — tree that produces olives
  • Polish: oliwka — tree that produces olives
  • Portuguese: oliveira — tree that produces olives
  • Romagnol: uliv — tree that produces olives
  • Romanian: măslin — tree that produces olives
  • Romanian: oliv — tree that produces olives
  • Russian: оли́ва (olíva) — tree that produces olives
  • Russian: масли́на (maslína) — tree that produces olives
  • Saho: oolac — tree that produces olives
  • Serbo-Croatian: ма̀слиновина — tree that produces olives
  • Serbo-Croatian: màslinovina — tree that produces olives
  • Sicilian: alivu — tree that produces olives
  • Slovak: oliva — tree that produces olives
  • Slovak: olivovník — tree that produces olives
  • Slovene: ọ́ljka — tree that produces olives
  • Spanish: olivo — tree that produces olives
  • Spanish: acebuche — tree that produces olives
  • Swahili: mzeituni — tree that produces olives
  • Swedish: olivträd — tree that produces olives
  • Tigrinya: ኣውሊዕ (ʾawliʿ) — tree that produces olives
  • Turkish: zeytin ağacı — tree that produces olives
  • Venetan: ołivaro — tree that produces olives
  • Venetan: ołivèr — tree that produces olives
  • Volapük: lear — tree that produces olives
  • Welsh: olewydden — tree that produces olives
  • Zazaki: zeytunêr — tree that produces olives