English

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.

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin olīva.

Noun

oliva f ‎(plural olives)

1. olive

Derived terms

• olivera

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔlɪva/

Noun

oliva f

1. olive (fruit)

Declension

Derived terms

• olivový
• olivovník

References

1. ↑ oliva in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007

Galician

Etymology

From Latin olīva.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

oliva f ‎(plural olivas)

1. olive (fruit)

Related terms

• oliveira

Interlingua

Noun

oliva ‎(plural olivas)

1. olive

Italian

Olive (olives)

Alternative forms

• uliva

Etymology

From Latin olīva.

Pronunciation

Noun

oliva f ‎(plural olive)

1. olive (fruit)

oliva m ‎(invariable)

1. olive (colour)

Adjective

oliva ‎(invariable)

1. olive-green

Related terms

Anagrams

• ovali
• viola
• volai

Latin

olivae (olives)

oliva (olive tree)

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”)).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /oˈliː.wa/

Noun

olīva f ‎(genitive olīvae); first declension

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

Inflection

First declension.

Synonyms

• (olive fruit): olea
• (olive tree): olea, oleaster, oleastrum

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

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

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin olīva.

Noun

oliva f (plural olivas)

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

Synonyms

• (tree): oliveira

Related terms

Romansch

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin olīva.

Noun

oliva f ‎(plural olivas)

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

Synonyms

• (fruit): aceituna
• (tree): olivo
• (owl): lechuza

Related terms

• aceite de oliva
• olivo
• olivar