oliva

Etymology

Latin oliva (“olive”)

Noun

oliva

1. (anatomy) olivary body
   • 1998, R. Nieuwenhuys, ‎Hendrik Jan Donkelaar, ‎Charles Nicholson, The Central Nervous System of Vertebrates: With Posters (page 1562)

     The medial part of the ventral lamina forms the most rostral pole of the oliva, the dorsal lamina the most caudal one.

Anagrams

• Ivalo, Viola, viola, voila, voilà, volia

Etymology

From Latin olīva.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /uˈli.və/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /uˈli.bə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /oˈli.va/

Noun

oliva f (plural olives)

1. olive

Further reading

• “oliva” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Etymology

Via German Olive from Latin olīva, from Ancient Greek ἐλαία (elaía).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈolɪva/

Noun

oliva f

1. olive (fruit)

References

Etymology

From Latin olīva.

Pronunciation

• (Traditional) IPA^(key): /oˈli.ba/
• (Modern) IPA^(key): /ɔˈli.ba/

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Noun

oliva f (plural olivas)

1. olive (fruit)

Noun

oliva (plural olivas)

1. olive

Alternative forms

• uliva

Etymology

From Latin olīva.

Pronunciation

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Noun

oliva f (plural olive)

1. olive (fruit)

oliva m (invariable)

1. olive (colour)

Adjective

oliva (invariable)

1. olive-green

Anagrams

• ovali
• viola
• volai

Etymology

From Etruscan 𐌄𐌋𐌄𐌉𐌅𐌀 (eleiva) or from Proto-Greek *ἐλαίϝα (*elaíwa) (compare Mycenaean 𐀁𐀨𐀷 (e-ra-wa), Ancient Greek ἐλαία (elaía)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁loiwom (compare Old Church Slavonic лои (loi, “tallow”), Old Armenian եւղ (ewł, “oil”)).(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /oˈliː.wa/, [ɔˈliː.wa]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈli.va/, [oˈliː.va]

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Noun

olīva f (genitive olīvae); first declension

1. an olive (fruit)
2. an olive tree
3. (poetic) an olive branch

References

• oliva in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• oliva in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• oliva in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Noun

oliva

1. Alternative form of olyve

Etymology

From Latin olīva.

Noun

oliva f (plural olivas)

1. olive (tree)
2. olive (fruit)

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) uliva
• (Surmiran) uleiva

Etymology

From Latin olīva (“olive”), from Ancient Greek ἐλαία (elaía), from Proto-Indo-European *loiu̯om.

Noun

oliva f (plural olivas)

1. (Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader) olive

Etymology

Via German Olive from Latin olīva, from Ancient Greek ἐλαία (elaía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oliva/

Noun

oliva f (genitive singular olivy, nominative plural olivy, genitive plural olív, declension pattern of žena)

1. olive (fruit)

Further reading

• oliva in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Etymology

From Latin olīva.

Noun

oliva f (plural olivas)

1. olive (fruit)
2. olive tree
3. owl