🇫🇷 French

olive

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
feminine

l' olive

olive

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olive
/lɔliv/
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How do you say olive in French?

IPA
/lɔliv/

How do you pronounce olive in French?

olive is pronounced /lɔliv/ in French.

Example sentences

L'olive verte que j'ai cueillie ce matin est délicieuse.

The green olive that I picked this morning is delicious.

Cette olive noire est trop salée pour être mangée seule.

This black olive is too salty to be eaten alone.

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Why is it feminine?

Olive is feminine in French because it derives from Latin "oliva," which was feminine in gender, and French retained this grammatical gender from its Latin ancestor. The Latin term itself likely came from a Semitic source, but the feminine gender was established in Latin and passed down through Romance language evolution.

What is the French word for olive?

The French word for olive is l' olive — feminine.

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