c/asklemmy · by cm0002@lemmy.world · 1yWhat is “olive” in your language? Original question by @wendyz@lemmy.ml 9 points · 40 comments · view on lemmy.world
40 Comments
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 1y
Olive. English. Glad I could help! 😁
stiephelando@discuss.tchncs.de · 10 pts · 1y
"Olive" (German).
Yareckt@lemmynsfw.com · 2 pts · 1y
Except our 'e' isn't silent but pronounced as the 'a' in 'air' and the 'o' sound like the one in 'or'.
paequ2@lemmy.today · 9 pts · 1y
Aceituna en español
ytg@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 1y
That’s an Arabic loan word if I’ve ever seen one
Hadriscus@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
In french argot, people still say zitoune (zitun), I believe they got it from the algerians. Otherwise it's just "olive"
paequ2@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 1y
Yep. Spanish has a number of Arabic loan words, given Spain was conquered by the moors for a bit.
syklemil@discuss.tchncs.de · 8 pts · 1y
Oliven, Norwegian. For some reason it's an uncountable noun.
MysticEdge@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
This is for the purpose of being able to eat as many olives as you like and it cannot be counted.
How many olives did you eat?
Hmm, I ate olive.
Obi@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 1y
Olive in french. Boring word I guess.
Courantdair@jlai.lu · 4 pts · 1y
Depends on the meaning (🍑👈)
Hadriscus@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y
Sure depends on the meaning ! (🍫)
synapse1278@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Olive ! 👍
flying_gel@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
Oliv in Swedish.
cepelinas@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 1y
Alyvuogė, which I can translate into oil berry.
psx_crab@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 1y
橄榄（gǎn lǎn)
Akasazh@feddit.nl · 4 pts · 1y
Olijf (Dutch)
vk6flab@lemmy.radio · 2 pts · 1y
And Olijfje for Popeye's girlfriend..
And Olijfgroen for the colour.
pwnicholson@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
The color or the fruit?
psx_crab@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 1y
OP:
vk6flab@lemmy.radio · 2 pts · 1y
Yes
TinyLittlePuni@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Olive and ελιά
callyral@pawb.social · 3 pts · 1y
"azeitona" in Portuguese
"azeite" is olive oil
CrazyHorse@lemmy.cafe · 3 pts · 1y
มะกอก (má-gòk)
CrazyHorse@lemmy.cafe · 6 pts · 1y
shikimazu@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
based on vietnamese thats not olives ; some names in english are june plum or ambarella fruit
rikudou@lemmings.world · 3 pts · 1y
Oliva is the fruit, olivová is the colour.
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org · 1 pts · 1y
But we rarely use the latter, much like with amber.
sorrowl@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 1y
oliivi (Finnish)
LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
cepelinas@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 1y
Alyvuogių aliejus.
LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
cepelinas@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 1y
Yeah, the language is old (grammatically closest to PIE) so it isn't easily understandable for non-speakers.
Yareckt@lemmynsfw.com · 2 pts · 1y
Olivenöl. But I forrgot ze naime ov maine language
quediuspayu@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Oliva in Catalan
fushuan@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 1y
The tree is Olivo, the fruit is Aceituna.
palordrolap@fedia.io · 2 pts · 1y
Wiktionary's page for 'olive' has translations of a number of meanings into many, many languages.
Link: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/olive#Translations
rumimevlevi@lemmings.world · 2 pts · 1y
Zaytoun in arabic
Quazatron@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Azeitona in portuguese, so yes, it probably came from arabic.
The tree is called oliveira, and the oil is called azeite.
shikimazu@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
ôliu in vietnamese
mechoman444@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Olivka (oleevka) Russian.
iomihai@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Măslină in Romanian.