oleo

See also: óleo, Óleo, and oleo-

English

Etymology 1

From oleum (“olive oil”).

Noun

oleo (usually uncountable, plural oleos)

  1. (US) The various fats and oils that go into the making of margarine.

Etymology 2

Clipping of oleomargarine.

Noun

oleo (usually uncountable, plural oleos)

  1. (US, dated) margarine

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Anagrams

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin oleum (“olive oil”), from Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion, “olive oil”)

Pronunciation
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  • IPA(key): /oˈleo/
  • Hyphenation: o‧le‧o
  • Rhymes: -eo

Noun

oleo (accusative singular oleon, plural oleoj, accusative plural oleojn)

  1. oil

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From the older olō (“smell”), from Proto-Italic *odō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- (“to smell”). See also odor.

Verb

oleō (present infinitive olēre, perfect active oluī); second conjugation, no passive

  1. I smell; I emit an odor, especially a bad odor.
  2. I am given away by smell; I smell of.
  3. I am observed, betrayed.
Inflection
   Conjugation of oleo (second conjugation, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present oleō olēs olet olēmus olētis olent
imperfect olēbam olēbās olēbat olēbāmus olēbātis olēbant
future olēbō olēbis olēbit olēbimus olēbitis olēbunt
perfect oluī oluistī oluit oluimus oluistis oluērunt, oluēre
pluperfect olueram oluerās oluerat oluerāmus oluerātis oluerant
future perfect oluerō olueris oluerit oluerimus olueritis oluerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present oleam oleās oleat oleāmus oleātis oleant
imperfect olērem olērēs olēret olērēmus olērētis olērent
perfect oluerim oluerīs oluerit oluerimus olueritis oluerint
pluperfect oluissem oluissēs oluisset oluissēmus oluissētis oluissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — olē — — olēte —
future — olētō olētō — olētōte olentō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives olēre oluisse — — — —
participles olēns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
olēre olendī olendō olendum — —
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Asturian: goler
  • Italian: olire
  • Old French: oloir
  • Papiamentu: hole
  • Spanish: oler
  • English: olid (Borrowing from Latin "olidus"), olent (Borrowing from Latin "olens")
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References

Etymology 2

From Proto-Italic *oleō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂oléye-, the o-grade causative of *h₂el- (“grow, nourish”). Cognate to Latin alō.

Verb

oleō (found only in compounds)

  1. I increase, grow.
Usage notes

Found only in compounds, not attested as an independent verb in Classical texts.

Derived terms
References
  • oleo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • oleo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • oleo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Etymology 3

Inflected form of oleum (“olive oil”).

Noun

oleō

  1. dative singular of oleum
  2. ablative singular of oleum

Spanish

Verb

oleo

  1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of olear.
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