Dictionary / Food

zit

زيت

/ZIT/

English

oil / olive oil

French

huile / huile d'olive

Part of Speech

noun

Register

standard

Gender

masculine

Cultural Note

Olive oil is central to Moroccan cuisine. Used for cooking, dipping bread, and even beauty treatments.

Examples

Hda l zit dyal zzitun

هدا الزيت ديال الزيتون

This is olive oil

C'est de l'huile d'olive