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olivine

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

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈɒl.ɪˌviːn/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈɑl.əˌvin/
  • CMU ARPABET: AA1 L AH0 V IY2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of a group of olive green magnesium-iron silicate minerals that crystallize in the orthorhombic system.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, mineralogy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: chrysolite, Hawaiian peridot

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a mineral consisting of magnesium iron silicate; a source of magnesium

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: mineral

Narrower terms: chrysolite

History

Etymology

From olive + -in, later remodelled after -ine.

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bashkir: оливин (olivin) — family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals
  • Catalan: olivina — family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals
  • Chinese Mandarin: 橄欖石 /橄榄石 (gǎnlǎnshí) — family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals
  • Esperanto: olivino — family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals
  • Estonian: oliviin — family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals
  • Finnish: oliviini — family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals
  • French: olivine — family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals
  • Galician: olivina — family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals
  • German: Olivin — family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals
  • Greek: ολιβίνης (olivínis) — family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals
  • Hebrew: אוליבין (olivín) — family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals
  • Icelandic: ólivín — family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals
  • Italian: olivina — family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals
  • Japanese: カンラン石 (kanranseki) — family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals
  • Japanese: 橄欖石 (kanranseki) — family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals
  • Kazakh: оливин (olivin) — family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals
  • Korean: 감람석 (gamnamseok) — family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals
  • Northern Kurdish: olîvîn — family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals
  • Kyrgyz: оливин (olivin) — family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals
  • Navajo: tsé dootłʼizh — family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals
  • Portuguese: olivina — family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals
  • Russian: оливи́н (olivín) — family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals
  • Spanish: olivino — family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals
  • Tagalog: olibino — family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals
  • Ukrainian: оліві́н (olivín) — family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals
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