oliver
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English
[edit]Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑlɪvɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒlɪvə/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (General Australian): (file) - Hyphenation: ol‧i‧ver
Noun
[edit]oliver (plural olivers)
- (archaic, rare) A small tilt hammer, worked by the foot.
- 1903, John Cotton, Chimes and Rhymes, page 66:
- I hear, with the song that she sings me in lullaby tones, / The noise of the nailshops, the ringing of hammers, the groans / Of deep-heaving bellows, the "oliver's" thud on the die, […]
References
[edit]- “oliver”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
[edit]Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Central) [u.liˈβe]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [o.liˈve]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [o.liˈveɾ]
Audio (Barcelona): (file)
Noun
[edit]oliver m (plural olivers)
- olive tree
- Synonym: olivera
Further reading
[edit]- “oliver” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “oliver”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “oliver” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “oliver” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]oliver
- indefinite plural of oliv
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