Oleo in Scrabble and Meaning

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Definitions and meaning of oleo

oleo

English

Etymology 1

Clipping of oleo strut.

Noun

oleo (plural oleos)

1. (aviation) A type of energy-absorbing landing gear strut in which sudden compression or extension of the strut causes a gas-filled chamber to push or pull a piston which forces oil through a small orifice, resulting in absorption of energy through viscous effects.

Etymology 2

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 3

Clipping of oleomargarine.

Noun

oleo (usually uncountable, plural oleos)

1. (US, dated) Margarine.

See also

• oleo-
• oleo oil

Anagrams

• Looe

Esperanto

Etymology

Fro Latin oleum (“olive oil”), from Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion). Cognates include Italian olio, French huile, English oil, German Öl, Yiddish אייל (eyl), Polish olej.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. oil

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɔ.ɫe.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔː.le.o]

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, no supine stem

1. to smell; to emit an odor, especially a bad odor
2. to be given away by smell; to smell of
3. to be observed, betrayed

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (smell, emit an odor): fragrō

Derived terms

Related terms

• olētō

Descendants

• Asturian: goler
• Extremaduran: golel
• Galician: ulir
• Italian: olire, aulire
• Leonese: golere, ulire
• Old Navarro-Aragonese: oler, holer, goler
• Old French: oloir, olir, oler
  • Middle French: oloir
• Old Spanish: goler
• Papiamentu: hole
• Spanish: oler

See also

• odōrō
• olfaciō

References

• “oleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 2

Inflected form of oleum (“olive oil”).

Noun

oleō

1. dative/ablative singular of oleum

Romanian

Interjection

oleo

1. alternative form of aoleu

Spanish

Verb

oleo

1. first-person singular present indicative of olear

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• olyo

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish óleo, from Latin oleum, from Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion, “olive oil”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔoleo/ [ˌʔoː.lɛˈo]
• Rhymes: -oleo
• Syllabification: o‧le‧o

Noun

óleó (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜎᜒᜌᜓ)

1. oil (in certain expressions)

   Synonym: langis

2. oil painting
3. ellipsis of santo oleo

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Further reading

• “oleo”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “oleo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018