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Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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olive

UK /ˈɒ.lɪv/ · US /ˈɑ.lɪv/ noun, adjective, proper noun

Forms olives

  1. noun A tree of species Olea europaea cultivated since ancient times in the Mediterranean for its fruit and the oil obtained from it.
  2. noun The small oval fruit of this tree, eaten ripe (usually black) or unripe (usually green).
  3. noun The wood of the olive tree.
  4. noun A dark yellowish-green color, that of an unripe olive.
  5. noun (neuroanatomy) An olivary body, part of the medulla oblongata.
  6. noun A component of a plumbing compression joint; a ring which is placed between the nut and the pipe and compressed during fastening to provide a seal.
  7. noun (cooking) A small slice of meat seasoned, rolled up, and cooked. “a beef olive”
  8. noun Any shell of the genus Oliva and allied genera; so called from the shape.
  9. adjective Of a grayish green color, that of an unripe olive.
  10. proper noun A female given name from English.
  11. proper noun A surname.
  12. proper noun (rare) A male given name from English.
  13. proper noun A community in the city of Orange, Orange County, California.
  14. proper noun A township and unincorporated community therein, in St. Joseph County, Indiana.
  15. proper noun An unincorporated community in Dallas County, Missouri, named after a Baptist church.
  16. proper noun An unincorporated community in Powder River County, Montana.
  17. proper noun A town in Ulster County, New York, from the bible story of dove and olive branch.

Synonyms

European olive tree Olea europaea

Etymology

From Middle English olyve, from Old French olive (“olive, olive tree”), from Latin olīva (“olive”), itself from either Etruscan *𐌄𐌋𐌄𐌉𐌅𐌀 (*eleiva), Proto-Hellenic *elaíwā (compare Mycenaean Greek 𐀁𐀨𐀷 (e-ra-wa), Ancient Greek ἐλαίᾱ (elaíā)), or the same source as those two. In any case, ultimately from a Mediterranean Pre-Greek source, possibly Proto-Berber *wlw (“wild olive”). More questionably, maybe from Proto-Indo-European *loiwom (compare Old Church Slavonic лои (loi, “tallow”), Old Armenian եւղ (ewł, “oil”)). Doublet of oliva and oil. Displaced native Old English eleberġe, literally "oil berry."

Medieval form of the Latin saint's name Oliva "olive"; revived in the 19th century when flower and plant names became fashionable. The surname is topographical, often representing an Anglicization of continental European surnames such as Spanish Oliva.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun (a) A tree (Olea Europæa) with small oblong or elliptical leaves, axillary clusters of flowers, and oval, one-seeded drupes. The tree has been cultivated for its fruit for thousands of years, and its branches are the emblems of peace. The wood is yellowish brown and beautifully variegated.
  2. noun (a) Any shell of the genus Oliva and allied genera; --so called from the form. See Oliva.
  3. adjective Approaching the color of the olive; of a peculiar dark brownish, yellowish, or tawny green.

Etymology [F., fr. L. oliva, akin to Gr. Oil.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “olive”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details