oranger

English

Adjective

oranger

1. comparative form of orange: more orange

Anagrams

• groaner

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.ʁɑ̃.ʒe/

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Etymology 1

From orange +‎ -ier.

Noun

oranger m (plural orangers)

1. orange tree

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

From orange +‎ -er.

Verb

oranger

1. to make orange in color

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written orange- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Conjugation of oranger (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	oranger
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	orangeant /ɔ.ʁɑ̃.ʒɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		orangé /ɔ.ʁɑ̃.ʒe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	orange /ɔ.ʁɑ̃ʒ/	oranges /ɔ.ʁɑ̃ʒ/	orange /ɔ.ʁɑ̃ʒ/	orangeons /ɔ.ʁɑ̃.ʒɔ̃/	orangez /ɔ.ʁɑ̃.ʒe/	orangent /ɔ.ʁɑ̃ʒ/
	imperfect	orangeais /ɔ.ʁɑ̃.ʒɛ/	orangeais /ɔ.ʁɑ̃.ʒɛ/	orangeait /ɔ.ʁɑ̃.ʒɛ/	orangions /ɔ.ʁɑ̃.ʒjɔ̃/	orangiez /ɔ.ʁɑ̃.ʒje/	orangeaient /ɔ.ʁɑ̃.ʒɛ/
	past historic2	orangeai /ɔ.ʁɑ̃.ʒe/	orangeas /ɔ.ʁɑ̃.ʒa/	orangea /ɔ.ʁɑ̃.ʒa/	orangeâmes /ɔ.ʁɑ̃.ʒam/	orangeâtes /ɔ.ʁɑ̃.ʒat/	orangèrent /ɔ.ʁɑ̃.ʒɛʁ/
	future	orangerai /ɔ.ʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁe/	orangeras /ɔ.ʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁa/	orangera /ɔ.ʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁa/	orangerons /ɔ.ʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/	orangerez /ɔ.ʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁe/	orangeront /ɔ.ʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	orangerais /ɔ.ʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/	orangerais /ɔ.ʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/	orangerait /ɔ.ʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/	orangerions /ɔ.ʁɑ̃.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/	orangeriez /ɔ.ʁɑ̃.ʒə.ʁje/	orangeraient /ɔ.ʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	orange /ɔ.ʁɑ̃ʒ/	oranges /ɔ.ʁɑ̃ʒ/	orange /ɔ.ʁɑ̃ʒ/	orangions /ɔ.ʁɑ̃.ʒjɔ̃/	orangiez /ɔ.ʁɑ̃.ʒje/	orangent /ɔ.ʁɑ̃ʒ/
	imperfect2	orangeasse /ɔ.ʁɑ̃.ʒas/	orangeasses /ɔ.ʁɑ̃.ʒas/	orangeât /ɔ.ʁɑ̃.ʒa/	orangeassions /ɔ.ʁɑ̃.ʒa.sjɔ̃/	orangeassiez /ɔ.ʁɑ̃.ʒa.sje/	orangeassent /ɔ.ʁɑ̃.ʒas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	orange /ɔ.ʁɑ̃ʒ/	—	orangeons /ɔ.ʁɑ̃.ʒɔ̃/	orangez /ɔ.ʁɑ̃.ʒe/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Anagrams

• rognera, rongera

German

Adjective

oranger

1. comparative degree of orange

Adjective

oranger

1. inflection of orange:
   1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
   2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
   3. strong genitive plural