orange

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[edit] English

Oranges (fruit).
An orange tree.

[edit] Etymology

From Old French orenge, from Italian arancia, from narancia, from Spanish naranja, from Arabic نارنج (nāranj), from Persian نارنگ (nārang), from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga), “‘orange tree’”).

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Singular
orange

Plural
oranges

orange (plural oranges)

  1. An evergreen tree of the genus Citrus such as Citrus aurantium.
  2. The fruit of an orange tree; a citrus fruit with a slightly sour flavour.
  3. (color/colour) The colour of a ripe orange (the fruit); a color midway between red and yellow.
    orange colour:    

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Derived terms

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tree
fruit
colour
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orange (comparative more orange, superlative most orange)

Positive
orange

Comparative
more orange

Superlative
most orange
  1. (color/colour) Having the colour of the fruit of an orange tree; reddish-yellow.

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colour

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[edit] Trivia

  • It is commonly believed that “orange” has no rhymes. While there might not be any English dictionary words that rhyme exactly with “orange” (“door-hinge” comes close in US pronunciation), the English surname “Gorringe” is a rhyme, at least in UK pronunciation. See the Wikipedia article about rhymes for the word “orange”

[edit] French

Short form of late Old French pume orenge or pomme d'orenge, which was calqued after Old Italian melarancia (mela + arancia). The o came into the word under influence of the place name Orange, from where these fruits came to the north. See orange (English).

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orange f. (plural oranges)

  1. orange (fruit)
    Il pressa l’orange afin d’en extraire du jus.
    He squeezed the orange to extract juice from it.

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orange (invariable)

  1. orange
    Les premiers TGV atlantiques étaient orange.
    The first Atlantic TGV trains were orange.

[edit] German

The colour orange is named after the fruit Orange.

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orange (not comparable)

  1. orange

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[edit] Etymology

From French orange. See orange (English).

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Inflections of orange
Comparation by mer and mest
Indefinite
singular		 Common orange
Neuter orange, oranget
Definite
singular		 Masc. orange
All orange
Plural orange, orangea

orange

  1. orange

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orange

  1. orange (colour)
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