oyle
Middle English
/ˈui̯l(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- The oil pressed from olives; olive oil:
- Oil as used in spiritual contexts:
- Any kind of oil or an oily material liquid fat.
- Convincing or favourable words compare Modern English m
- (alchemy) An alchemical essence or extract.
Etymology
Borrowed from olie borrowed from Old French oile 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
- bio-oil English
- butteroil English
- deoil English
- elaeoptene English
- elaiometer English
- indole English
- leucoline English
- linoleum English
- nonoil English
- oil 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
- oilish English
- oilless English
- oilman English
- oilnut English
- oilocracy English
- oilpaper English
- oilpatch English
- oilpresser English
- oilpressing English
- oilproof English
- oilrig English
- oilseed English
- oilskin English
- oilsmoke English
- oilstone English
- oilstove English
- oiltight English
- oilway English
- oily English
- oleamen English
- oleic English
- oleiferous English
- oleo- English
- overoil English
- phenetol English
- pinacolin English
- reoil English
- rhigolene English
- salicylol English
- serolin English
- soyoil English
- truffle oil English
- underoil English
- unoil English
- öljy Finnish
- *oli̯u Latin
- castellum Latin
- elaeocarpus Latin
- olea 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
- oyler Middle English
- *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
- olja Faroese
- huile Norman
- полилей Bulgarian
- линолеум Kazakh
- huyle Middle French
- 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
- *élaiwon Proto-Hellenic
- olio Aragonese
- oli Lombard