olive
/ˈɒlɪv/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈɒlɪv/
olive
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
o - live -> olive
Myanmar meaning
(n) သံလွင်ပင်။ (adj) စိမ်းဝါရောင်
Full entry
olive /'ɒlÇv / n
၁။ (က) [C] သံလွင်သီး။ stuffed olives ❍ put olives in a salad. (ခ) [ C] သံလွင်ပင်။ olive trees ❍ a grove of olives.
၂။ (also olive- green ) [U] စိမ်းဝါရောင်။
adj
၁။ စိမ်းဝါရောင်။ olive paint.
၂။ ညိုစိမ့်စိမ့်။ an olive complexion.
❏ olive branch n ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေး သင်္ကေတဖြစ်သော သံလွင်ခက်။ He held out an olive branch to the workers by agreeing to discuss their grievances.
❏ olive oil n [U] သံလွင်ဆီ။
More examples
Synonyms
emerald, jade, lime, bottle green, sea green, apple, aquamarine, beige, beryl, bice, biscuit, blue-green, bronze, brown, brownish, buff, chartreuse, cream, drab, dusky, ecru, fir, forest, gold, grass, greenish-blue, kelly, khaki, leather-colored, light brown, malachite, moss, natural, olive-brown, pea, peacock, pine, saddle, sage, sand, sap, sea, spinach, suntan, swarthy, tanned, tawny, umber, verdigris, vert, viridian, willow, yellowish
Antonyms
Cross references
Study this word
Pattern match
Example practice
Mini quizWhat is the Myanmar meaning of “olive”?
Try to say the meaning first, then reveal the answer.