Chinese

Noun

橄欖

1. Chinese olive (Canarium album)
2. European olive (Olea europaea)

Usage notes

It's easy to confuse the European and Chinese olives, because they're often referred to by the same name. Fortunately, there's little overlap in use: the European olive is packaged for food in brine (it's inedible fresh), or as oil pressed from the fruit. The Chinese olive is dried or candied, or the nuts are eaten. The European olive is foreign and mentioned in the Bible, as well as in the context of the Middle East and Europe, while the Chinese olive is native and East Asian.

Derived terms

Descendants

Others

• → Malay: kanar ‎(“Chinese olive eaten salted or sweet”)
• → Singaporean English: kana ‎(“olives that have been dried and preserved using salt and sugar, eaten as a snack”)
• → Thai: กาน้า ‎(kānā, “Canarium album”)

Japanese

Noun

橄欖 ‎(hiragana かんらん, romaji kanran)

1. Chinese white olive

Derived terms

• 橄欖岩 (かんらんがん) ‎(kanrangan, “peridotite”)
• 橄欖石 (かんらんせき) ‎(kanranseki, “olivine, peridot”)
• 橄欖山 (かんらんざん) ‎(Kanranzan, “Mount of Olives”)
• 橄欖油 (かんらんゆ) ‎(kanran'yu, “olive oil”)
• 橄欖色 (かんらんしょく) ‎(kanranshoku, “olive colour”)

Korean

Noun

橄欖 • ‎(gamnam) ‎(hangeul 감람)

1. Hanja form^? of 감람, “Chinese white olive”.