olio

From Spanish olla or Portuguese olha, both from Latin olla (“pot, jar”).^[1]

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈəʊljəʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈoʊljoʊ/
• Rhymes: -əʊljəʊ

olio (countable and uncountable, plural olios)

1. A rich, thick, Spanish stew consisting of meat and vegetables.
2. (figuratively) A medley or mixture; a hotchpotch.

   Synonyms: mishmash, oddments; see also Thesaurus:hodgepodge

   • 1704, [Jonathan Swift], “Section VII. A Digression in Praise of Digressions.”, in A Tale of a Tub. […], London: […] John Nutt, […], →OCLC, page 136:

     The late Refinements in Knowledge, running parallel to thoſe of Dyet in our Nation, which among Men of a judicious Taſte, are dreſt up in various Compounds, conſiſting in Soups and Ollios, Fricaſſées and Ragouſts.

3. (figuratively) A collection of various musical, theatrical or other artistic works; a miscellany.
4. (figuratively, by extension) Vaudeville or similar miscellaneous musical or theatrical entertainment skits presented between the main acts of burlesque or minstrel shows.

• Iolo

From Latin oleum.

olio

1. oil

olla (“to exist”) +‎ -io

• IPA^(key): /ˈolio/, [ˈo̞lio̞]
• Rhymes: -olio
• Syllabification^(key): o‧li‧o
• Hyphenation^(key): olio

olio

1. creature, being, thing
2. entity
3. (philosophy) object
4. (programming) object

• (creature): olento

• “olio”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

• loio

• oglio (regional)

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ljo/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔljo
• Hyphenation: ò‧lio

From Latin oleum, from Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion).

• oglio (dialectal)

olio m (plural oli)

1. oil

• → Bulgarian: о́лио (ólio)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

olio

1. first-person singular present indicative of oliare

• IPA^(key): /ˈoljo/ [ˈo.ljo]
• Rhymes: -oljo
• Syllabification: o‧lio

olio m (plural olios)

1. alternative form of óleo

• “olio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

From olí- (“one who has”) +‎ ió (“money”).

IPA^(key): /ō.líó/

olíó

1. (Ekiti) alternative form of olówó (“rich person”)