olive
French, noun/ɔ.liv/
olive is spelled O-L-I-V-E (5 letters) and appears 7.2 times per million words in written French, the 8,517th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Olive is a French feminine noun meaning “olive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Drupe comestible, de forme ovale et de couleur verdâtre produit par l’olivier. La pulpe pressée produit de…”.
What does olive mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineolive
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. De la couleur de l’olive, fruit de l’olivier.
noun: 1. Drupe comestible, de forme ovale et de couleur verdâtre produit par l’olivier. La pulpe pressée produit de l’huile d’olive. 2. Olivier. 3. Rameau d'olivier. 4. Chose en forme de ce fruit.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of olive
- olives plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce olive?
- /ɔ.liv/
- \ɔ.liv\
- [ɔ.l̪iv]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to olive
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is olive in French?
olive appears 7.2 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).