olive

/ɔ.liv/

la noun A1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: core. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
les olives

Meaning

  1. olive

    • Il grignote des olives à l'apéritif.

      He nibbles on olives during the aperitif.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Olive

Olive is the German word for the same thing — both mean "olive."

Spanish

aceituna

aceituna is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "olive."

Spanish

oliva

oliva is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "olive."

Portuguese

azeitona

azeitona is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "olive."

Practice

1 What does olive mean?

2 Fill the gap: Il grignote des ___ à l'apéritif.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches olive?

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