oleo
See also: óleo, Óleo, oleo-, and oléo-
English
Etymology 1
Clipping of oleo strut.
Noun
oleo (plural oleos)
- (aviation) A type of energy-absorbing landing gear strut in which sudden compression or extension of the strut causes a gas-filled chamber to push or pull a piston which forces oil through a small orifice, resulting in absorption of energy through viscous effects.
- If the oil leaks out of the oleos, they won't be able to cushion the aircraft against a hard landing.
Etymology 2
From oleum (“olive oil”).
Noun
oleo (usually uncountable, plural oleos)
- (US) The various fats and oils that go into the making of margarine.
Etymology 3
Clipping of oleomargarine.
Noun
oleo (usually uncountable, plural oleos)
- (US, dated) Margarine.
See also
- oleo-
- oleo oil
Anagrams
- Looe
Esperanto
Etymology
Fro Latin oleum (“olive oil”), from Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion). Cognates include Italian olio, French huile, English oil, German Öl, Yiddish אייל (eyl), Polish olej.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [oˈleo]
- Audio:
(file) - Rhymes: -eo
- Hyphenation: o‧le‧o
Noun
oleo (accusative singular oleon, plural oleoj, accusative plural oleojn)
- oil
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈo.le.oː/, [ˈɔɫ̪eoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈo.le.o/, [ˈɔːleo]
Etymology 1
From the older olō (“smell”), from Proto-Italic *odō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- (“to smell”). See also odor.
Verb
oleō (present infinitive olēre, perfect active oluī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- I smell; I emit an odor, especially a bad odor.
- I am given away by smell; I smell of.
- I am observed, betrayed.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of oleō (second conjugation, no supine stem, active only) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | oleō | olēs | olet | olēmus | olētis | olent |
| imperfect | olēbam | olēbās | olēbat | olēbāmus | olēbātis | olēbant | |
| future | olēbō | olēbis | olēbit | olēbimus | olēbitis | olēbunt | |
| perfect | oluī | oluistī | oluit | oluimus | oluistis | oluērunt, oluēre | |
| pluperfect | olueram | oluerās | oluerat | oluerāmus | oluerātis | oluerant | |
| future perfect | oluerō | olueris | oluerit | oluerimus | olueritis | oluerint | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | oleam | oleās | oleat | oleāmus | oleātis | oleant |
| imperfect | olērem | olērēs | olēret | olērēmus | olērētis | olērent | |
| perfect | oluerim | oluerīs | oluerit | oluerīmus | oluerītis | oluerint | |
| pluperfect | oluissem | oluissēs | oluisset | oluissēmus | oluissētis | oluissent | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | olē | — | — | olēte | — |
| future | — | olētō | olētō | — | olētōte | olentō | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | olēre | oluisse | — | — | — | — | |
| participles | olēns | — | — | — | — | — | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| olendī | olendō | olendum | olendō | — | — | ||
Synonyms
- (smell, emit an odor): fragrō
Derived terms
- adoleō
- oboleō
- olēns
- olentia
- olentica
- olenticētum
- olētum
- olidus
- peroleō
- praeoleō
- redoleō
- suboleō
Related terms
- olētō
Descendants
- Asturian: goler
- Extremaduran: golel
- Galician: ulir
- Italian: olire
- Navarro-Aragonese: oler, holer, goler
- Leonese: golere, ulire
- Old French: oloir, olir, oler
- Middle French: oloir
- Old Spanish: goler
- Papiamentu: hole
- Spanish: oler
See also
- odōrō
- olfaciō
References
- “oleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Etymology 2
Inflected form of oleum (“olive oil”).
Noun
oleō
- dative/ablative singular of oleum
Romanian
Interjection
oleo
- Alternative form of aoleu
Spanish
Verb
oleo
- first-person singular present indicative of olear
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish óleo.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: o‧le‧o
- IPA(key): /ˌʔoleˈo/, [ˌʔo.leˈo]
Noun
óleó
- oil (in certain expressions)
- Synonym: langis
- oil painting
Derived terms
- oleohin
- Santo Oleo