Different terminologies for Olive mill in the Mediterranean

Commonly in English, to refer to an olive oil mill, people use the terms olive mill, mill, olive oil mill, or olive press.

Below are different common terminologies used in the various countries in the Mediterranean Basin to reference this group of words.

(This article lists different references of the term “olive oil” in countries in the Mediterranean Basin)

Albania

Fabrike vaji (Albanian) – Olive mill

Algeria

مطحنة الزيت او معصرة  الزيت (Arabic) – Oil mill

Presse à huile (French) – Olive press

Maesarat alzayt (Algerian Arabic) – Olive mill

Moulin d’olive (French) – Olive mill

Moulin à huile d’olive (French) – Olive oil mill

Muthinat zayt alzaytun (Algerian Arabic) – Olive oil mill

معصرة زيت الزيتون (Arabic) – Olive oil mill

Greece

Μύλο / Milo (Greek) – Mill

Ελαιοτριβείο / Eleotrivio (Greek) – Olive mill

Morocco

مطحنة الزيت او معصرة  الزيت (Arabic) – Oil mill

Presse à huile (French) – Olive press

Maesarat alzayt (Moroccan Arabic) – Olive mill

Moulin d’olive (French) – Olive mill

Moulin à huile d’olive (French) – Olive oil mill

Muthinat zayt alzaytun (Moroccan Arabic) – Olive oil mill

معصرة زيت الزيتون (Arabic) – Olive oil mill

Spain

Almazara (Spanish) – Olive mill

Molino (Spanish) – Mill

Turkey

Zeytin değirmeni (Turkish) – Olive mill

(This is not a conclusive list and is being updated over time)

Last updated on January 22, 2022; Published on January 21, 2022