tangerine

See also Tangerine

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtæn.dʒə.ˌɹin/
• Schoolbook Phonetics: (tănʹju̇rēnʺ)
• Last Resort Phonetics: TAN-juh-reen

Etymology

From French Tanger, after Tangier, Morocco.

Noun

tangerine (plural tangerines)

1. Any of several varieties of mandarin oranges.
2. A deep yellowish-orange colour, like that of a tangerine fruit.

   tangerine colour:

3. A tree that produces tangerines.

Derived terms

• tangelo

Translations

fruit

Basque: mandarina (eu) Bosnian: tangerina (bs) f., mandarina (bs) f. Bulgarian: мандарина (bg) f. Estonian: mandariin Finnish: mandariini (fi) French: tangerine (fr) f., mandarine (fr) f. German: Mandarine (de) f. Greek: μανταρίνι (el) (mantarίni) n. Italian: mandarino (it) m.

Korean: 귤 (ko) (gyul) Persian: نارنگی (fa) (nârengi) Portuguese: tangerina (pt) f. Russian: мандарин (ru) (mandarín) m. Serbian: Cyrillic: тангерина (sr) f., мандарина (sr) f. Roman: tangerina f., mandarina f. Spanish: mandarina (es) f. Swedish: tangerin (sv) c.

colour

French: mandarine (fr) Persian: نارنجی (fa) (nârenji)

Spanish: naranja (es) m.

tree

Basque: mandarinondo (eu) Bosnian: tangerina (bs) f., mandarina (bs) f. Bulgarian: мандарина (bg) f. Estonian: mandariinipuu Finnish: mandariinipuu French: tangerinier (fr) f., mandarinier (fr)

Italian: mandarino (it) m. Persian: نارنگی (fa) (nârengi) Russian: мандарин (ru) (mandarín) m. Serbian: Cyrillic: тангерина (sr) f., мандарина (sr) f. Roman: tangerina f., mandarina f.

Adjective

tangerine

1. Of a deep yellowish-orange colour.

Translations

colour

French: mandarine (fr) Russian: мандариновый (ru) (mandarínovyj)

Spanish: anaranjado (es) m.

See also

clementine mandarine minneola

nartjie ortanique satsuma

ugli/ugli fruit Van der Hum Appendix:Colors

Anagrams

• antigreen
• argentine, Argentine