orange

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English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English orenge, orange, from Old French pome orenge (“fruit orange”), influenced by the place name Orange (which is from Gaulish and unrelated to the word for the fruit and color) and by Old Occitan auranja and calqued from Old Italian melarancio, melarancia, compound of mela (“apple”) and un'arancia (“an orange”), from Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj), from Early Classical Persian نَارَنْگْ (nārang), from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga, “orange tree”), ultimately from Dravidian. Compare Tamil நாரங்காய் (nāraṅkāy), compound of நாரம் (nāram, “water”) and காய் (kāy, “fruit”); also Telugu నారంగము, నారింజ (nāraṅgamu, nāriñja), Malayalam നാരങ്ങ (nāraṅṅa), Kannada ನಾರಂಗಿ (nāraṅgi)).

Originally borrowed as the surname (derived from the place name) in the 13th century, before the sense of the fruit was imported in the late 14th century and the color in 1510. In the color sense, largely displaced ġeolurēad, whence yellow-red.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ŏrʹĭnj, ŏrʹənj; IPA^(key): /ˈɒɹɪnd͡ʒ/, /ˈɒɹənd͡ʒ/, /ˈɒɹɪnʒ/, /ˈɒɹənʒ/
• (General American, Canada) enPR: ôrʹĭnj; IPA^(key): /ˈɔɹənd͡ʒ/, /ˈɔɹnd͡ʒ/
• (US, East Coast) enPR: ärʹĭnj, ŏrʹĭnj; IPA^(key): /ˈɑɹənd͡ʒ/, /ˈɔɹəŋʒ/
• Homophone: Orange
• Rhymes: -ɒɹɪndʒ, -ɒɹəndʒ (see notes)
• Hyphenation: or‧ange

Noun

orange (countable and uncountable, plural oranges)

1. (countable) An evergreen tree of the genus Citrus such as Citrus sinensis which yields oranges (the fruit).
3. (countable) Any round citrus fruit with a yellow-red colour when ripe and a sour-sweet taste; the fruit of the orange tree.
   1. (countable) Specifically, a sweet orange or Citrus sinensis.
5. (uncountable) The colour of a ripe fruit of an orange tree, midway between red and yellow.

   Synonym: yellow-red

6. (uncountable) Various drinks:
   1. An orange-coloured and orange-flavoured cordial.
   2. An orange-coloured and orange-flavoured soft drink.
   3. (uncommon) Orange juice.
7. (heraldry) An orange-coloured roundel.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:orange.

Usage notes

• It is commonly stated that orange has no rhymes. While there are no commonly used English dictionary words that rhyme exactly with orange (door hinge comes close in US pronunciation), see Rhymes:English/ɒɹɪndʒ for some possibilities. See also the Wikipedia article about rhymes for the word orange
• In most dialects, orange is pronounced with two syllables. But in certain dialects of North American English, the vowel of the second syllable is deleted and the word is pronounced as one syllable. In such dialects, the two forms are generally allophonic.

Hypernyms

• fruit
  • citrus

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Esperanto: oranĝo
• → Japanese: オレンジ (orenji)
• → Kashubian: orendż (Canada, United States)
• → Korean: 오렌지 (orenji)
• → Makah: ʔo·linčas
• → Malay: oren
• → Marshallese: oran

Translations

Adjective

orange (comparative oranger or more orange, superlative orangest or most orange)

1. Having the colour of the fruit of an orange tree; yellowred; reddish-yellow.

   Antonym: nonorange

Derived terms

• nonorange
• orange man bad
• orangely
• orangeness
• orange dwarf
• yellow-orange

Translations

Verb

orange (third-person singular simple present oranges, present participle oranging, simple past and past participle oranged)

1. (transitive) To color orange.
2. (intransitive) To become orange.

See also

References

• orange on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• South Dravidian Etymology Sergei & George Starostin, 1998-2013.

Anagrams

• Gerona, Gorean, Ragone, groane, onager

Danish

Etymology 1

From French orange, ultimately from Dravidian. Compare Tamil நாரங்காய் (nāraṅkāy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [oˈʁɑŋɕə]

Noun

orange c (singular definite orangen, plural indefinite oranger)

1. orange (the taste of an orange)
2. (rare) orange (fruit)

   Synonym: appelsin

Declension

Derived terms

• orangeglaseret
• orangesmag
• orangesauce

Etymology 2

From the noun above.

Adjective

orange (indeclinable)

1. orange (orange-coloured)
2. (as a noun) orange (color)

Declension

Derived terms

• gulorange
• rødorange

See also

Further reading

• “orange” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French orange, from Old French orenge, short form of late pomme d'orenge or pomme d'orange, which was calqued after Old Italian melarancia (mela + arancia). The o came into the word under influence of the place name Orange. See English orange.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.ʁɑ̃ʒ/
• Rhymes: -ɑ̃ʒ
• Homophones: orangent, oranges

Noun

orange f (plural oranges)

1. orange (fruit)

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: zoranj
• Louisiana Creole: zoranj
• → Breton: orañjez
• → Belarusian: ара́нжавы (aránžavy)
• → Bulgarian: ора́нжев (oránžev)
• → German: Orange
• → Hunsrik: Ransch
• → Latvian: oranžs
• → Low German: Orange
• → Luxembourgish: Orange
• → Norwegian: oransje
• → Romanian: oranj
• → Russian: ора́нжевый (oránževyj)
• → Swedish: orange
• → Danish: orange

Noun

orange m (plural oranges)

1. orange (color)

Derived terms

• oranger
• Orangina

Adjective

orange (invariable)

1. orange (orange-coloured)

Usage notes

• While prescriptively invariable as a colour name derived from a noun (compare argent (“silver”), chocolat), the nonstandard plural oranges does see use.

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

• “orange”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• onagre, organe, rongea

German

Etymology

From the noun Orange (“orange fruit”), from French orange.

Pronunciation

• (predicative only) IPA^(key): /oˈʁãːʃ/, /oˈʁaŋʃ/, /oˈʁɔ̃ːʃ/, /oˈʁɔŋʃ/
• (non-predicative feminine and plural forms) IPA^(key): /oˈʁãːʒə/, /oˈʁaŋʒə/, /oˈʁɔ̃ːʒə/, /oˈʁɔŋʒə/

Adjective

orange (strong nominative masculine singular (standard) oranger or (colloquial) orangener, comparative (standard) oranger or (colloquial) orangener, superlative (standard) am orangesten or (colloquial) am orangensten)

1. orange

Usage notes

• The adjective has two sets of forms. In the formal standard language, endings are added directly to the stem (orang-). In less formal style and in the vernacular, another set of forms is used in free variation, in which an -n- is infixed before the endings.
• It is also officially correct to leave the adjective entirely undeclined. This usage is rare, however, and seems dated.

Declension

Further reading

• “orange” in Duden online
• “orange” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Limburgish

Noun

orange f

1. Veldeke spelling of Orasch

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Borrowed from French orange.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoʁɑ̃ːʃ/

Adjective

orange (masculine orangen, neuter oranget, comparative méi orange, superlative am orangesten)

1. orange

See also

Middle English

Noun

orange

1. Alternative form of orenge

Middle French

Alternative forms

• orenge

Etymology

From Old French orenge, from pomme d'orenge.

Noun

orange f (plural oranges)

1. orange (fruit of the orange tree)

Descendants

• French: orange (see there for further descendants)
• → Middle English: orenge, arange, araunge, orange, orynge
  • English: orange
    • → Esperanto: oranĝo
    • → Japanese: オレンジ (orenji)
    • → Kashubian: orendż (Canada, United States)
    • → Korean: 오렌지 (orenji)
    • → Makah: ʔo·linčas
    • → Malay: oren
    • → Marshallese: oran
  • Scots: orange, oranger

References

• orange on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Norman

Alternative forms

• oraunge (Cotentin)

Etymology

From Old French orenge.

Pronunciation

Adjective

orange m or f

1. (Jersey, Guernsey) orange

Old French

Noun

orange oblique singular, f (oblique plural oranges, nominative singular orange, nominative plural oranges)

1. Alternative form of orenge

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French orange. See English orange.

Pronunciation

• (indefinite common singular) IPA^(key): /ʊˈranɕ/, (southern) /ʊˈraŋɧ/
• (indefinite neuter singular) IPA^(key): /ʊˈranɕt/, (southern) /ʊˈraŋɧt/
• (definite masculine singular) IPA^(key): /ʊˈranɕɛ/, (southern) /ʊˈraŋɧɛ/
• (definite or plural) IPA^(key): /ʊˈranɕa/, (southern) /ʊˈraŋɧa/

Adjective

orange

1. orange (orange-colored)

Declension

Less common:

Noun

orange ?

1. orange (color)

References

• orange in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• orange in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• orange in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)