oliveira

Attested since the 14th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese, but influenced by a Mozarabic form; ultimately from Latin [arbor] olīvāria, from olīva (“an olive”).

• IPA^(key): [oliˈβejɾɐ]

oliveira f (plural oliveiras)

1. olive tree

• O Ivedo ( < Olivetum)
• oliva

• “oliueira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “oliueira” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “oliveira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “oliveira” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “oliveira” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Learned borrowing from Latin [arbor] olīvāria,[1][2][3] from olīva (“olive”). By surface analysis, oliva (“olive”) +‎ -eira.

• Homophone: Oliveira
• Hyphenation: o‧li‧vei‧ra

oliveira f (plural oliveiras)

1. olive tree

   Synonym: oliva

• oliveiral