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olives

Ol·ives
O o

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ol-ivz]
    • /ˈɒl ɪvz/
    • /ˈɒl.ɪv/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ol-ivz]
    • /ˈɒl ɪvz/

Definitions of olives word

  • noun olives a female given name. 1
  • adjective olives of, relating to, or made of olives, their foliage, or their fruit. 1
  • adjective olives of the color olive. 1
  • adjective olives tinged with this color: an olive complexion. 1
  • noun olives Plural form of olive. 1
  • noun olives Mount ofridge of hills east of Jerusalem 0
See all 6 definitions of olives

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Origin of olives

First appearance:

before 1150
One of the 7% oldest English words
1150-1200; Middle English < Old French < Latin olīva, by-form of olea < dialectal Greek *elaíwa olive, olive tree; cf. oil, oleaceous

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Parts of speech for Olives

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Olives

olives popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for olives

noun olives

  • drabs — Plural form of drab.
  • buffs — plate armor for the lower part of the face and the throat, used with a burgonet.
  • golds — Plural form of gold.
  • naturals — Plural form of natural.
  • suntans — a browning or a brown color of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or a sunlamp; tan.

adjective olives

  • apples — well or fine; under control.
  • firs — Plural form of fir.
  • forests — Plural form of forest.
  • grass — Günter (Wilhelm) [goo n-ter wil-helm;; German gyn-tuh r vil-helm] /ˈgʊn tər ˈwɪl hɛlm;; German ˈgün tər ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1927–2015, German novelist, poet, and playwright.
  • jades — Plural form of jade.
All 15 Synonyms of olives

Antonyms for olives

adjective olives

  • experts — Plural form of expert.
  • olds — (used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the): appropriations to care for the old.
All 2 Antonyms of olives

Top questions with olives

  • where do olives come from?
  • what are olives?
  • what are olives classified as?

Related words

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    Antipasto is the sort of food that is often served at the beginning of an Italian meal, for example cold meats and vegetables in olive oil.

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    dried salt cod

  • caponata

    (in Sicilian cookery) a dish of fried seasoned aubergine and other vegetables, served as an appetizer

  • financière

    of or relating to a garnish or sauce prepared typically with truffles, mushrooms, quenelles, olives, Madeira, and sometimes sweetbreads and cockscombs: vol-au-vent financière.

  • greek salad

    a salad of lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, olives, onions, and feta cheese, served with a vinaigrette.
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