appelsína

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish appelsin, possibly derived from Dutch appelsien (“orange”, literally “Chinese apple”), a calque of French pomme de Sine (“apple from China”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈahpɛlˌsiːna/

Noun

appelsína f (genitive singular appelsínu, nominative plural appelsínur)

1. orange (fruit)

   Synonym: glóaldin

Declension

Declension of appelsína (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	appelsína	appelsínan	appelsínur	appelsínurnar
accusative	appelsínu	appelsínuna	appelsínur	appelsínurnar
dative	appelsínu	appelsínunni	appelsínum	appelsínunum
genitive	appelsínu	appelsínunnar	appelsína	appelsínanna

Derived terms

• appelsínugulur
• blóðappelsína

Related terms

• appelsín