oil
English
/ɔɪl/
noun
Definitions
- Liquid fat.
- Petroleum-based liquid used as fuel or lubricant.
- (countable) An oil painting.
- (painting) oil Oil paint.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English oyle (oil) derived from olie derived from Latin oleum (oil, olive oil) derived from Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (olive oil, oil, olive, olive tree).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἔλαιον
Gloss
olive oil, oil, olive, olive tree
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
油
Emoji
🛢️ 🪔
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Elman English
- Oilgate English
- bath English
- bio-oil English
- bird English
- butter English
- butteroil English
- cake English
- can English
- cloth English
- crop English
- cup English
- deoil English
- eel English
- elaeoptene English
- elaiometer English
- fish English
- indole English
- lemon eucalyptus English
- leucoline English
- linoleum English
- nonoil English
- nonoily English
- nut English
- oil of lemon eucalyptus English
- oilable English
- oilbath English
- oilbird English
- oilcake English
- oilcan English
- oilcloth English
- oilcrop English
- oilcup English
- oiler English
- oilfish English
- oilily English
- oiliness English
- oilish English
- oilless English
- oillessness English
- oilman English
- oilnut English
- oilocracy English
- oilpaper English
- oilpatch English
- oilpresser English
- oilpressing English
- oilproof English
- oilrig English
- oilseed English
- oilskin English
- oilskinned English
- oilsmoke English
- oilstone English
- oilstove English
- oiltight English
- oiltightness English
- oilway English
- oily English
- oleamen English
- oleic English
- oleiferous English
- oleo- English
- overoil English
- paper English
- patch English
- phenetol English
- pinacolin English
- presser English
- pressing English
- reoil English
- rhigolene English
- rig English
- salicylol English
- seed English
- serolin English
- skin English
- smoke English
- soy English
- soyoil English
- stone English
- stove English
- tight English
- truffle English
- truffle oil English
- underoil English
- unoil English
- unoily English
- way English
- öljy Finnish
- *oli̯u Latin
- castellum Latin
- elaeocarpus Latin
- oleamen Latin
- olearis Latin
- olearius Latin
- oleosus Latin
- oleum Latin
- oleificio Italian
- oleo- Italian
- olio Italian
- елей Russian
- óleo Spanish, Castilian
- γαρέλαιον Ancient Greek
- ἐλαία Ancient Greek
- ἔλαιον Ancient Greek
- ὀδών Ancient Greek
- ὑδρέλαιον Ancient Greek
- *loiu̯om Proto-Indo-European
- *loiwom Proto-Indo-European
- olje Norwegian Bokmål
- óleo Portuguese
- オイル Japanese
- olje Norwegian Nynorsk
- ele Old English
- ēle Old English
- ǣl Old English
- ele Middle English
- elen Middle English
- oyle Middle English
- oylei Middle English
- oyler Middle English
- oylyssh Middle English
- fiskeolie Danish
- hørfrøolie Danish
- jordnøddeolie Danish
- kokosolie Danish
- majsolie Danish
- mandelolie Danish
- olie Danish
- palmeolie Danish
- rapsolie Danish
- sesamolie Danish
- sojaolie Danish
- solsikkeolie Danish
- vindruekerneolie Danish
- *olějь Proto-Slavic
- oile Old French
- olie Old French
- oli Catalan, Valencian
- óleo Galician
- olew Welsh
- ole Old High German
- oli Old High German
- Sinapis Translingual
- olae Old Irish
- oilisgin Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- olja Faroese
- полилей Bulgarian
- линолеум Kazakh
- 𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍅 Gothic
- olig Old Dutch
- olie, oli(e) Middle Low German
- oili Swahili
- òli Occitan
- ieli Romansh
- vueli Friulian
- weiļ Marshallese
- wōil Marshallese
- ogghiu Sicilian
- ogio Venetian
- ojo Venetian
- wel Tok Pisin
- welim Tok Pisin
- olie xno
- *elaiwanja Proto-Albanian
- heule Bourguignon
- oliæ Old Danish
- *élaiwon Proto-Hellenic
- olio Aragonese
- oli Lombard
- way
- soy
- cup
- rig
- can
- nut
- eel
- oily
- bath
- skin
- seed
- bird
- cake
- crop
- fish
- oleo-
- unoil
- deoil
- oleic
- cloth
- reoil
- stove
- paper
- tight
- Elman
- oiler
- patch
- stone
- smoke
- soyoil
- butter
- nonoil
- oilnut
- indole
- oilman
- unoily
- oilcup
- oilrig
- oilily
- oilcan
- oilish
- oilway
- oilfish
- oilable
- presser
- nonoily
- oilbird
- oilseed
- oilbath
- Oilgate
- oleamen
- oilless
- bio-oil
- serolin
- overoil
- truffle
- oilcake
- oilskin
- oilcrop
- pressing
- oilpatch
- oilstone
- oilcloth
- underoil
- oilproof
- oilstove
- oiliness
- oilsmoke
- linoleum
- oilpaper
- phenetol
- oiltight
- oilocracy
- leucoline
- pinacolin
- salicylol
- rhigolene
- butteroil
- elaeoptene
- oilskinned
- elaiometer
- oilpresser
- oleiferous
- oilpressing
- truffle oil
- oillessness
- oiltightness
- lemon eucalyptus
- oil of lemon eucalyptus