What is “olive” in your language?
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"Olive" (German).
Except our 'e' isn't silent but pronounced as the 'a' in 'air' and the 'o' sound like the one in 'or'.
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มะกอก (má-gòk)
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มะกอก (má-gòk)
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wrote on last edited by [email protected]Oliven, Norwegian. For some reason it's an uncountable noun.
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The tree is Olivo, the fruit is Aceituna.
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Olive in french. Boring word I guess.
Olive !
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Olijf (Dutch)
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based on vietnamese thats not olives ; some names in english are june plum or ambarella fruit
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ôliu in vietnamese
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Olive in french. Boring word I guess.
Depends on the meaning (
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Bonus points: what’s olive oil in your language?
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Zaytoun in arabic
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Zaytoun in arabic
Azeitona in portuguese, so yes, it probably came from arabic.
The tree is called oliveira, and the oil is called azeite.
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Oliva is the fruit, olivová is the colour.
But we rarely use the latter, much like with amber.
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oliivi (Finnish)
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Olijf (Dutch)
And Olijfje for Popeye's girlfriend..
And Olijfgroen for the colour.
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Bonus points: what’s olive oil in your language?
Alyvuogių aliejus.
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Aceituna en español
That’s an Arabic loan word if I’ve ever seen one
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Oliven, Norwegian. For some reason it's an uncountable noun.
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.
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Olivka (oleevka) Russian.
