oranje

See also: Oranje

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch oranje, from Middle Dutch arance, orange, from Old French orenge, arange, from Italian arancia, from Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj), from Classical Persian نارنگ (nārang), from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga), from Dravidian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈrɑɲə/

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Adjective

oranje (attributive oranje, comparative oranjier, superlative oranjeste)

1. orange

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch arance, orange, from Old French orenge, arange, from Italian arancia, from Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj), from Classical Persian نارنگ (nārang), from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga), from Dravidian.

The spelling was subsequently influenced by Middle French orange.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌoːˈrɑn.jə/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: oran‧je
• Rhymes: -ɑnjə
• Homophone: Oranje

Adjective

oranje (comparative oranjer, superlative meest oranje or oranjest)

1. orange

   De hemel is oranje tijdens zonsondergang. ― The sky is orange during sunset.

   Ik heb een oranje tas. ― I have an orange bag.

   Het nationale team draagt oranje shirts. ― The national team wears orange shirts.

Declension

Declension of oranje
uninflected	oranje
inflected	oranje
comparative	oranjer
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		oranje	oranjer	het oranjest het oranjeste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	oranje	oranjere	oranjeste
	n. sing.	oranje	oranjer	oranjeste
	plural	oranje	oranjere	oranjeste
definite		oranje	oranjere	oranjeste
partitive		oranjes	oranjers	—

Noun

oranje n (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. the color orange

Derived terms

• oranje springzaad
• oranje-uil
• oranjebuikparkiet

Descendants

• Afrikaans: oranje
• → Indonesian: oranye
• → Papiamentu: oraño
• → Sranan Tongo: alanya

See also

Colors in Dutch · kleuren (layout · text)

wit	grijs	zwart
rood; karmijnrood	oranje; bruin	geel; roomwit
groengeel/limoengroen	groen
blauwgroen/cyaan; groenblauw/petrolblauw	azuurblauw	blauw
violet; indigo	magenta; paars	roze

• Oranje

Manx

Noun

oranje f (genitive singular oranje, plural oranjeyn)

1. orange (fruit)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǒraːɲe/

Noun

òrānje n (Cyrillic spelling о̀ра̄ње)

1. verbal noun of òrati: ploughing

Further reading

• “oranje”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026