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olive

/ˈɒləv/O-luhv
/ˈɑləv/AH-luhv

Meaningthe olive

Common meaning: a small oily fruit

Journey through time

  1. Latinolivasource
  2. Frencholivesource
  3. Middle Englisholivesource
  4. Englisholive‘a small oily fruit’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin oliva ‘the olive’.

Roots

  • oliva Latin “the olive”

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