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orange¹
- /ˈɒɹɪnd͡ʒ/ UK
- /ˈ-ənd͡ʒ/ UK
- /-ɪnʒ/ UK
- /-ənʒ/ UK
- /ˈɔɹɪnd͡ʒ/ British, Southern, Standard
- /ˈ-ənd͡ʒ/ British, Southern, Standard
- /-ɪnʒ/ British, Southern, Standard
- /-ənʒ/ British, Southern, Standard
- /ˈoɹənd͡ʒ/ Canada, US
- [ˈoɹn̩d͡ʒ] Canada, US
- /oɹnd͡ʒ/ Canada, US
- /ˈɑɹənd͡ʒ/ East Coast, US
- /-əŋʒ/ East Coast, US
- /ˈɔɹɪnd͡ʒ/ Australia
- /ˈɒɹənd͡ʒ/ New Zealand
- [ˈɔ̟ɹənd͡ʒ] ~ [ˈɞ̠ɹ-] New Zealand
- /ˈɔɾɪnd͡ʒ/ Scotland
- /ˈɒɾɪnd͡ʒ/ Wales
Sounds like Orange · Rhymes with -ɒɹɪndʒ, -ɒɹəndʒ (see notes)
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English orenge, orange, from Old French pome orenge (“fruit orange”), influenced by the place name Orange (which is from Gaulish and unrelated to the word for the fruit and colour) and by Old Occitan auranja and calqued from Old Italian melarancio, melarancia, compound of mela (“apple”) and un'arancia (“an orange”), from Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj), from Early Classical Persian نَارَنْگْ (nārang), from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga, “orange tree”), ultimately from Dravidian. Compare Tamil நாரங்காய் (nāraṅkāy), compound of நாரம் (nāram, “water”) and காய் (kāy, “fruit”); also Telugu నారంగము, నారింజ (nāraṅgamu, nāriñja), Malayalam നാരങ്ങ (nāraṅṅa), Kannada ನಾರಂಗಿ (nāraṅgi)). Doublet of aranzada.
Originally borrowed as the surname (derived from the place name) in the 13th century, before the sense of the fruit was imported in the late 14th century and the colour in 1510. In the colour sense, largely displaced ġeolurēad, whence yellow-red.
noun oranges · aurange · oreche · orenche · orendge · oreng
- An evergreen tree of the genus Citrus such as Citrus sinensis which yields oranges (the fruit).
- Any round citrus fruit with a yellow-red colour when ripe and a sour-sweet taste; the fruit of the orange tree.
- Specifically, a sweet orange or Citrus sinensis.
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The colour of a ripe fruit of an orange tree, midway between red and yellow.
Similar: yellow-red
- Various drinks “What you drinking?” “Orange and soda will go down nicely, thanks.” “Pint?” “Sure.” Andy headed for the bar, stopping along the way to kiss Shaunna and check she and Kris were OK for a drink. “Everything all right?” Sean asked.
- An orange-coloured and orange-flavoured cordial.
- An orange-coloured and orange-flavoured soft drink.
- Orange juice.
- A rarely-used nontraditional tincture found in Catalan, South African, and French municipal heraldry.
- An orange-coloured roundel. For quotations using this term, see Citations:orange.
- An orange dye or pigment.
- A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of orange pigment.
- Something, or a part of a thing, which is orange.
Similar: amber, coral, ginger, gold, golden brown, orange, topaz
adjective oranger · more orange · orangest · most orange · aurange · oreche
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Having the colour of the fruit of an orange tree; yellowred; reddish-yellow.
Opposite: nonorange
verb oranges · oranging · oranged · aurange · oreche
- To colour orange. It is this composition which reaches a colourist perfection in Le Bonheur with the complementarity of violet, purple and oranged gold
- To become orange. Cranes in the distance against the background of the slowly oranging sky
Orange²
- /ˈɒ.ɹɪnd͡ʒ/ UK
- /ˈɔɹ.ənd͡ʒ/ US
- /ˈɑɹ.ənd͡ʒ/ US
Sounds like orange · Rhymes with -ɒɹɪndʒ
Where it comes from
Some senses from French Orange, from Old French Orenge (compare Occitan Aurenja), from Vulgar Latin *Aurinica, from Latin Arausio, from Gaulish *arausi (“temple of the head, cheek”). In British and Irish contexts, usually with particular reference to William III of England (Willem Hendrik van Oranje), the Dutch Protestant husband of Queen Mary II who ended Stuart rule in Britain and Ireland. Other senses from the common noun orange, ultimately from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga, “orange tree”).
proper noun
- A city in Vaucluse department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
- A county of Burgundy around the French city.
- A principality in the Holy Roman Empire around the French city, now defunct but still used as a title by various claimants, particularly the heir apparent of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
- A principality in the Netherlands; named for the French title.
- Short for Orange-Nassau, the ruling house of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
- A surname; chiefly from the French city and title.
- Short for Orange River, the longest river in South Africa; named for William V, prince of Orange from 1751–1806.
- A city in New South Wales; named for William II of the Netherlands, prince of Orange from 1815–1840.
- A local government area in central New South Wales, Australia; in full, the City of Orange.
- A city in Orange County, California; named for the fruit. For diarrhea caused by a stomach virus or a meal that didn’t agree with you, try the BRAT diet, says James Lee, MD, gastroenterologist with St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, Calif.
- A town in New Haven County, Connecticut; named for William III of England, prince of Orange from 1650–1702.
- An unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Georgia.
- An unincorporated community in Clark County, Illinois.
- A township and unincorporated community in Fayette County, Indiana; named for its township, itself named for Orange County, North Carolina.
- A town in Franklin County, Massachusetts; named for William III of England.
- An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Missouri.
- A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire; named for the orange ochre found in the area.
- A city in Essex County, New Jersey; named for William III of England.
- A town in Schuyler County, New York.
- An unincorporated community in Coshocton County, Ohio.
- A village in Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Delaware County, Ohio.
- A city, the county seat of Orange County, Texas.
- A town in Orange County, Vermont.
- A town, the county seat of Orange County, Virginia.
- A town in Juneau County, Wisconsin.
- A number of other townships, listed under Orange Township.
noun Oranges
- Short for Orangeman, a member of the Orange Order or any advocate of continued British rule over Northern Ireland.
adjective
- Of or relating to the Orange Order.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: orangeness, orangish, colored, chromatic, orange tree, yellow, amber, xylenol, screwdriver, clock, satan, prothonotary, oranje, peach, cantaloupe, pumpkin
Translations
Every language
noun tree
| Español | naranjo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 오렌지나무 orenji-namu |
| 日本語 | 蜜柑 mikan, 橙 daidai, オレンジ orenji, 橘 tachibana |
| 中文 | 橙樹 /橙树 chéngshù |
| हिन्दी | नारंगी nāraṅgī, संतरा santrā |
| Kiswahili | mchungwa |
| Português | laranjeira |
| Français | oranger |
| Deutsch | Apfelsinenbaum, Orangenbaum |
| Italiano | arancio |
| Ελληνικά | πορτοκαλιά portokaliá |
| Română | portocal |
| Русский | апельси́новое де́рево apelʹsínovoje dérevo, апельси́н apelʹsín |
| Tiếng Việt | (cây) cam |
| العربية | شَجَرَةْ اَلْبُرْتُقَال šajarat al-burtuqāl, بُرْتُقَالَة burtuqāla, نَارَنْج nāranj |
| עברית | תפוז tapúz |
noun fruit
| Español | naranja, china |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 오렌지 orenji |
| 日本語 | 蜜柑 mikan, 橙 daidai, オレンジ orenji |
| 中文 | 橙 chéng, 橙子 chéngzi, 橘子 júzi, 桔子 júzi |
| हिन्दी | नारंगी nāraṅgī, संतरा santrā, मौसमी mausmī, माल्टा mālṭā, रंगतरा raṅgatrā, संगतरा saṅgatrā |
| Kiswahili | chungwa |
| Português | laranja |
| Français | orange |
| Deutsch | Apfelsine, Orange |
| Italiano | arancia, arancio |
| Ελληνικά | πορτοκάλι portokáli |
| Română | portocală |
| Русский | апельси́н apelʹsín |
| Tiếng Việt | cam, quả cam, trái cam |
| العربية | ٌبُرْتُقَال unburtuqāl, بُرْتُقَالَة burtuqāla |
| עברית | תַּפּוּז tapúz, תַּפּוּחַ זָהָב tapúaḥ zaháv |
noun colour
| Español | naranja, anaranjado |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 주황색 juhwangsaek, 오렌지색 orenjisaek |
| 日本語 | 橙色 daidai-iro, オレンジ色 orenji-iro, 蜜柑色 mikan-iro |
| 中文 | 橙色 chéngsè, 橙黃色 /橙黄色 chénghuángsè, 橘黃色 /橘黄色 júhuángsè, 橘色 júsè |
| हिन्दी | नारंगी nāraṅgī |
| Kiswahili | rangi ya machungwa |
| Português | alaranjado, cor-de-laranja, laranja |
| Français | orange |
| Deutsch | Orange |
| Italiano | arancione |
| Ελληνικά | πορτοκαλί portokalí |
| Română | portocaliu, oranj |
| Русский | ора́нжевый цвет oránževyj cvet, ора́нжевый oránževyj |
| Tiếng Việt | màu da cam, màu cam |
| العربية | بُرْتُقَالِيّ burtuqāliyy |
| עברית | כָּתֹם katóm |
adj having the colour of the fruit of an orange tree
| Español | anaranjado, naranja, naranjado, naranjoso |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 주황색(朱黃色)의 juhwangsaeg-ui |
| 日本語 | オレンジ色の orenji-iro no, 橙色の daidai-iro-no |
| 中文 | 橙色 chéngsè, 橙黃色 /橙黄色 chénghuángsè, 橘黃色 /橘黄色 júhuángsè |
| हिन्दी | नारंगी nāraṅgī |
| Kiswahili | machungwa |
| Português | laranja, laranjado, alaranjado, cor-de-laranja |
| Français | orange |
| Deutsch | orange |
| Italiano | arancione, arancio |
| Ελληνικά | πορτοκαλής portokalís |
| Română | portocaliu, oranj |
| Русский | ора́нжевый oránževyj |
| العربية | بُرْتُقَالِيّ burtuqāliyy |
| עברית | כתום katóm |
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