olive oil

noun

A vegetable oil, pressed from olives, and used in cooking and as a salad dressing; it is high in unsaturated fatty acids.

Similar
sweet oiloil of olives
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Meanings

nounolive oil (countable and uncountable, plural olive oils)

plural olive oils

  1. countableuncountableA vegetable oil, pressed from olives, and used in cooking and as a salad dressing; it is high in unsaturated fatty acids.

    Synonyms: sweet oil, oil of olives

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA vegetable oil, pressed from olives, and used in cooking and as a salad dressing; it is high in unsaturated fatty acids.

Similar
sweet oiloil of olives

Origin

From olive + oil. Compare earlier oil of olives.

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Translations

Ancient Greek ἔλαιον
  • ἔλαιον (élaion)oil pressed from olives
Arabic زَيْت زَيْتُون
  • زَيْت زَيْتُون (zayt zaytūn)oil pressed from olives
Basque oliba olio
  • oliba oliooil pressed from olives
Bulgarian зехти́н, масли́ново ма́сло
  • зехти́н (zehtín)oil pressed from olives
  • масли́ново ма́сло (maslínovo máslo)oil pressed from olives
  • масли́ново масло́ (maslínovo masló)oil pressed from olives
Catalan oli d'oliva
  • oli d'olivaoil pressed from olives
Chinese Cantonese 橄欖油 /橄榄油, 生菜油
  • 橄欖油 /橄榄油 (gaam³ laam² jau⁴)oil pressed from olives
  • 生菜油 (saang¹ coi³ jau⁴)oil pressed from olives
Chinese Mandarin 橄欖油 /橄榄油
  • 橄欖油 /橄榄油 (gǎnlǎnyóu)oil pressed from olives
Czech olivový olej
  • olivový olejoil pressed from olives
Danish olivenolie
  • olivenolieoil pressed from olives
Dutch olijfolie
  • olijfolieoil pressed from olives
Esperanto olivoleo
  • olivoleooil pressed from olives
Estonian oliiviõli
  • oliiviõlioil pressed from olives
Finnish oliiviöljy
  • oliiviöljyoil pressed from olives
French huile d'olive
  • huile d'oliveoil pressed from olives
German Olivenöl
  • Olivenöloil pressed from olives
Greek ελαιόλαδο
  • ελαιόλαδο (elaiólado)oil pressed from olives
Hebrew שֶׁמֶן זַיִת, יִצְהָר
  • שֶׁמֶן זַיִת (shémen-záyit)oil pressed from olives
  • יִצְהָר (yiṣhār)oil pressed from olives
Hindi ज़ैतून का तेल
  • ज़ैतून का तेल (zaitūn kā tel)oil pressed from olives
Hungarian olívaolaj
  • olívaolajoil pressed from olives
Icelandic ólífuolía
  • ólífuolíaoil pressed from olives
Indonesian minyak zaitun
  • minyak zaitunoil pressed from olives
Irish ola olóige
  • ola olóigeoil pressed from olives
Italian olio d'oliva, olio di oliva
  • olio d'olivaoil pressed from olives
  • olio di olivaoil pressed from olives
Japanese オリーブ油, オリーブオイル
  • オリーブ油 (orībuyu)oil pressed from olives
  • オリーブオイル (orībuoiru)oil pressed from olives
  • 橄欖油 (kanran'yu)oil pressed from olives
Korean 올리브유
  • 올리브유 (ollibeuyu)oil pressed from olives
Latvian olīveļļa
  • olīveļļaoil pressed from olives
Lithuanian alyvuogių aliejus
  • alyvuogių aliejusoil pressed from olives
Malay minyak zaitun
  • minyak zaitunoil pressed from olives
Norwegian Bokmål olivenolje
  • olivenoljeoil pressed from olives
Persian روغن زیتون
  • روغن زیتون (rowġan-e zeytun)oil pressed from olives
Polish oliwa, oliwa z oliwek
  • oliwaoil pressed from olives
  • oliwa z oliwekoil pressed from olives
  • olej oliwkowyoil pressed from olives
Portuguese óleo de oliva, azeite
  • óleo de olivaoil pressed from olives
  • azeiteoil pressed from olives
Punjabi ਜੈਤੂਨ ਦਾ ਤੇਲ
  • ਜੈਤੂਨ ਦਾ ਤੇਲ (jaitūn dā tel)oil pressed from olives
Romanian ulei de măsline, untdelemn
  • ulei de măslineoil pressed from olives
  • untdelemnoil pressed from olives
Russian оли́вковое ма́сло
  • оли́вковое ма́сло (olívkovoje máslo)oil pressed from olives
Scottish Gaelic ola-chroinn-ola
  • ola-chroinn-olaoil pressed from olives
Slovak olivový olej
  • olivový olejoil pressed from olives
Spanish aceite de oliva, aceite olivarero
  • aceite de olivaoil pressed from olives
  • aceite olivarerooil pressed from olives
Swahili mafuta ya mizeituni, mafuta ya zeituni
  • mafuta ya mizeitunioil pressed from olives
  • mafuta ya zeitunioil pressed from olives
Swedish olivolja
  • olivoljaoil pressed from olives
Tagalog langis ng oliba, aseyte-de-oliba
  • langis ng olibaoil pressed from olives
  • aseyte-de-olibaoil pressed from olives
  • aseytunaoil pressed from olives
Thai น้ำมันมะกอก
  • น้ำมันมะกอก (nám-man-má-gɔ̀ɔk)oil pressed from olives
Turkish zeytinyağı
  • zeytinyağıoil pressed from olives
Ukrainian оли́вкова олі́я
  • оли́вкова олі́я (olývkova olíja)oil pressed from olives
Urdu زیتون کا تیل
  • زیتون کا تیل (zaitūn kā tel)oil pressed from olives
Welsh olew olewydd
  • olew olewyddoil pressed from olives
Yiddish איילבערט־אייל, בוימל
  • איילבערט־אייל (eylbert-eyl)oil pressed from olives
  • בוימל (boyml)oil pressed from olives
  • אָליווקע (olivke)oil pressed from olives
  • אָליוון־אייל (olivn-eyl)oil pressed from olives
Cite this entry
APA

olive oil. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/olive%20oil

MLA

“olive oil.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/olive%20oil. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “olive oil,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/olive%20oil.

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