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oleo

See also: óleo, Óleo, oleo-, and oléo-

English

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Etymology 1

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Clipping of oleo strut.

Noun

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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.
    If the oil leaks out of the oleos, they won't be able to cushion the aircraft against a hard landing.

Etymology 2

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From oleum (“olive oil”).

Noun

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oleo (usually uncountable, plural oleos)

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

Etymology 3

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Clipping of oleomargarine.

Noun

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oleo (usually uncountable, plural oleos)

  1. (US, dated) Margarine.

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Esperanto

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Esperanto Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia eo

Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): [oˈleo]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -eo
  • Hyphenation: o‧le‧o

Noun

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

  1. oil

Latin

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Verb

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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
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   Conjugation of oleō (second conjugation, no supine stem, 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 oluerīmus oluerītis 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
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
olendī olendō olendum olendō — —
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Etymology 2

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Inflected form of oleum (“olive oil”).

Noun

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oleō

  1. dative/ablative singular of oleum

Romanian

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Interjection

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oleo

  1. Alternative form of aoleu

Spanish

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Verb

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oleo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of olear

Tagalog

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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óleó (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜎᜒᜌᜓ)

  1. oil (in certain expressions)
    Synonym: langis
  2. oil painting
  3. Ellipsis of santo oleo.

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