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 Definitions of olive branch  [ˈɒl ɪv]  

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Definition of 'olive branch' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) olive branch
a branch of the olive tree as an emblem of peace.

2.  olive branch
any token of peace.

Etymology:  (1275–1325)

Definition of 'olive branch' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) peace offering, olive branch
something offered to an adversary in the hope of obtaining peace


Translation of 'olive branch' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a sign of a wish for peace
The government held out the olive branch to its opponents.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: olyftak Arabic flag Arabic: غُصْن الزَّيْتون Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: маслиново клонче
Brazilian flag Brazilian: ramo de oliveira Czech flag Czech: olivová ratolest German flag German: derÖlzweig
Danish flag Danish: olivengren Greek flag Greek: κλάδος ελαίας, πρόταση συ Spanish flag Spanish: rama de olivo
Estonian flag Estonian: oliivioks Farsi flag Farsi: پیشنهاد صلح Finnish flag Finnish: rauhantarjous
French flag French: rameau d'olivier Hebrew flag Hebrew: עֲנָף זַיִת Hindi flag Hindi: जैतून की टहनी
Croatian flag Croatian: grana masline Hungarian flag Hungarian: olajág Indonesian flag Indonesian: zaitun
Icelandic flag Icelandic: olífuviðargrein Italian flag Italian: ramoscello d'olivo/ulivo Japanese flag Japanese: 平和のしるし
Korean flag Korean: (평화, 화해의 표상으로서의) 올리브의 가지 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: alyvmedžio šakelė Latvian flag Latvian: olīvas zariņš
Malay flag Malay: tanda ingin berdamai Dutch flag Dutch: olijftak Norwegian flag Norwegian: oljegrein
Polish flag Polish: gałązka oliwna Persian flag Persian: پیشنهاد صلح Pashto flag Pashto: د سولى غوښتنليك
Portuguese flag Portuguese: ramo de oliveira Romanian flag Romanian: ramură de măslin Russian flag Russian: оливковая ветвь
Slovak flag Slovak: olivová ratolesť Slovenian flag Slovenian: oljčna vejica Serbian flag Serbian: maslinova grančica
Swedish flag Swedish: olivkvist, försonande ges Thai flag Thai: การผูกไมตรี Turkish flag Turkish: zeytin dalı
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 橄欖枝 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: оливкова гілка Urdu flag Urdu: شاخ زيتون، امن کي علامت
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: cành ô liu Chinese flag Chinese: 橄榄枝

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