taronja

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تُرُنْج (turunj, “citron”). Compare Sicilian taroccu, Spanish toronja (“grapefruit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [təˈɾo̞ɲ.ʒə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [təˈɾɔɲ.ʒə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [taˈɾɔɲ.d͡ʒa]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [taˈɾɔɲ.ʒa]
• (Eastern, colloquial) IPA^(key): [ˈtɾɔɲ.ʒə]

• Audio (Valencia):

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Noun

taronja f (plural taronges)

1. orange (fruit of an orange tree)

Noun

taronja m (plural taronges)

1. orange (colour of a ripe orange fruit)

Derived terms

• ataronjat
• pell de taronja
• taronger
• tarongina
• taronja de sang
• taronjada
• taronjaire

See also

Colors in Catalan · colors (layout · text)

blanc	gris	negre
roig, vermell; carmesí	taronja; marró	groc; crema
verd llima	verd
cian; xarxet	atzur	blau
violat; indi	magenta; lila, porpra	rosa

Further reading

• “taronja”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “taronja”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “taronja” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “taronja”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)