olive

olive

Petit fruit vert ou noir que l’on mange ou dont on tire de l’huile.

En anglais simple : A small green or black fruit eaten with food or used to make oil.

• Would you like an olive?
• She added black olives to the salad.
• We ate bread with cheese and green olives.

Expressions courantes : green olive, black olive, olive oil

olivier

Arbre des régions chaudes cultivé pour ses olives et leur huile.

En anglais simple : A tree grown in warm places for its small fruit and the oil made from it.

• An olive grows beside the house.
• They planted young olives on the hillside.
• This old olive still produces fruit every year.

Synonymes : olive tree

Expressions courantes : olive tree, olive grove, wild olive

vert olive

Vert foncé tirant un peu sur le jaune ou le gris.

En anglais simple : A dark green color with some yellow or gray in it.

• She chose olive for the walls.
• The jacket comes in olive and brown.
• A deep olive would suit this room.

Synonymes : olive green

Expressions courantes : dark olive, shade of olive, olive green

bois d'olivier

Bois dur de l’arbre qui produit les olives.

En anglais simple : The hard wood of a tree grown for small green or black fruit and oil.

• The bowl is made of olive.
• He carved the handle from olive wood.
• Polished olive has a beautiful pattern in its grain.

Synonymes : olive wood

Expressions courantes : olive wood, carved olive, polished olive

paupiette

Fine tranche de viande roulée autour d’une farce puis cuite.

En anglais simple : A thin piece of meat rolled around a filling and cooked.

• She served a beef olive with potatoes.
• The olives cooked slowly in a rich gravy.
• Each beef olive contained a little onion stuffing.

Synonymes : meat roll

Expressions courantes : beef olive, stuffed olive