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olie.

oil (liquid fat from plants)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈoljə/[ˈoljə][ˈo̝ljə]
  1. oil (liquid fat from plants)

    common-gender
  2. oil (petroleum used as fuel or lubricant)

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

From Old Danish oliæ, borrowed via Middle Low German oli(e) from Latin oleum (“olive oil”). Compare Swedish olja, German Öl, Dutch olie. English oil has gone through French huile.

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