óleo

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

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin oleum (“oil, olive oil”), replacing the semi-learned form oyo (13^th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔleʊ]

Noun

óleo m (plural óleos)

1. fine flour (finest portion of ground grain, as in French fleur de farine)
2. (Christianity) chrism

   Synonym: crisma

3. (art) oil, as a medium for painting
4. (dated) oil in general
   • 1409, Pensado Tomé, edited by José Luis, Tratado de Albeitaria, page 109:

     Para esto val a manteiga mesturada con olio de louro

     For this is good the butter mixed with laurel oil

Related terms

• oliva
• oliveira

See also

• aceite

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “oleo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “oyo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “olio”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “óleo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “óleo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “óleo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin oleum (“oil, olive oil”), from Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion, “olive oil”), from ἐλαία (elaía, “olive”), from Proto-Indo-European *loiu̯om.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.lju/, /ˈɔ.ʎu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.lju/, /ˈɔ.ʎu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ljo/, /ˈɔ.ʎo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.lju/

• (palatised) Homophone: olho (verb form)
• Hyphenation: ó‧le‧o

Noun

óleo m (plural óleos)

1. oil (liquid substance extracted from animals, vegetals, or minerals)
2. olive oil

   Synonyms: óleo de oliva, azeite

3. oil-based paint
4. oil painting

   Synonym: pintura a óleo

5. essential oil

   Synonyms: essência, óleo essencial

Related terms

• olear
• oleoso
• oliva
• oliveira
• petróleo

 

Spanish

Alternative forms

• olio

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin oleum, from Ancient Greek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoleo/ [ˈo.le.o]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -oleo
• Syllabification: ó‧le‧o

Noun

óleo m (plural óleos)

1. oil (liquid fat)

   Synonym: aceite

2. oil painting (a painting done with oil paints)
3. oil painting (the art of painting with oil paints)

   Synonym: pintura al óleo

Related terms

• olivo

 

Further reading

• “óleo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10