olej
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *olějь.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈolɛj]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -olɛj
Noun
olej m inan
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “olej”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “olej”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “olej”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Anagrams
- jelo
- olej
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔ.lɛj/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɔlɛj
- Syllabification: o‧lej
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *olějь, from Latin oleum, from Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion), from Proto-Hellenic *élaiwon.
Noun
olej m inan (diminutive olejek)
- oil (liquid fat)
- Hypernym: tłuszcz
- oil (oil produced from plants)
- Hyponym: oliwa
- (cooking) cooking oil
- motor oil
- (colloquial, painting) oil paint
- Synonym: farba olejna
- (colloquial, painting) oil painting (painting done with oil paints)
- Synonym: obraz olejny
Usage notes
If further unqualified in everyday speech, it means either cooking oil or motor oil. This word never applies to crude oil; the word ropa or the phrase ropa naftowa is used instead.
Declension
Declension of olej
Derived terms
verbs
- oleić impf
- olejować impf
Related terms
adjectives
- oleicowaty
- oleinowy
- olejarski
- olejkarski
- olejkodajny
- olejkowy
adverbs
- oleiście
- olejnie
- olejno
nouns
- oleina
- oleistość
- olejarstwo
- olejkarnia
- olejkarstwo
- olejkarz
- olejnictwo
- olejniczka
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
olej
- second-person singular imperative of olać