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orange

See also: Orange, and orangé

English

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Various shades of orange.
 
Some oranges (the fruits).
 
An orange tree.

Etymology

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    Etymology tree
    Proto-Mon-Khmer *lŋaamder.?
    Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga)bor.
    Classical Persian نَارَنْگ (nārang)bor.
    Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj)bor.
    Old Occitan auranjabor.
    Old French orengebor.
    Middle English orenge
    English orange

    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 color) 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”),[1] 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)).

    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 color in 1510.[1] In the color sense, largely displaced ġeolurēad, whence yellow-red.

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    Noun

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    orange (countable and uncountable, plural oranges)

    1. (countable) An evergreen tree of the genus Citrus such as Citrus sinensis which yields oranges (the fruit).
    3. (countable) Any round citrus fruit with a yellow-red colour when ripe and a sour-sweet taste; the fruit of the orange tree.
      1. (countable) Specifically, a sweet orange or Citrus sinensis.
    4. (uncountable) The colour of a ripe fruit of an orange tree, midway between red and yellow.
      orange:  
      Synonym: yellow-red
    5. (uncountable) Various drinks:
      • 2015 March 31, Debbie McGowan, Two By Two, Beaten Track Publishing, →ISBN, page 81:
        “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.
      • 2015 May 7, Tosh Lavery, Tosh: An Amazing True Story Of Life, Death, Danger And Drama In The Garda Sub-Aqua Unit, Penguin UK, →ISBN:
        I ran out into the street and around the block, searching everywhere, and finally burst into O'Dowd's pub around the corner to see Thomas sitting at the bar drinking orange and eating a bag of crisps with two old men.
      • 2018 May 25, Michael Nilsen, Beyond the Cave, Troubador Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 82:
        It transpired this lad was drinking orange and faculties were keen. There were one or two verbal exchanges, then I followed him into the car park. He said to the doorman, 'I won't be long.' He easily knocked me to the ground.
      • 2021 June 10, Anna McPartlin, Waiting for the Miracle: Warm your heart this winter with this uplifting novel from the bestselling author of THE LAST DAYS OF RABBIT HAYES, Bonnier Zaffre Ltd., →ISBN:
        When the fast songs played, like the Beatles' 'Help' or The Rolling Stones' 'Satisfaction', Justin and I sat on two wooden chairs, drinking orange and holding hands. When the nuns weren't watching, I rested my head on his shoulder.
      1. An orange-coloured and orange-flavoured cordial.
      2. An orange-coloured and orange-flavoured soft drink.
      3. (uncommon) Orange juice.
    6. (heraldry) An orange-coloured roundel.

    Usage notes

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    • It is commonly stated that orange has no rhymes. While there are no commonly used English dictionary words that rhyme exactly with orange (door hinge comes close in US pronunciation), see Rhymes:English/ɒɹɪndʒ for some possibilities. See also the Wikipedia article about rhymes for the word orange
    • In most dialects, orange is pronounced with two syllables. But in certain dialects of North American English, the vowel of the second syllable is deleted and the word is pronounced as one syllable.[2] In such dialects, the two forms are generally allophonic.

    Hypernyms

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    Descendants

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    • → Esperanto: oranĝo
    • → Japanese: オレンジ (orenji)
    • → Kashubian: orendż (Canada, United States)
    • → Korean: 오렌지 (orenji)
    • → Makah: ʔo·linčas
    • → Malay: oren
    • → Marshallese: oran

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    Adjective

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    orange (comparative oranger or more orange, superlative orangest or most orange)

    1. Having the colour of the fruit of an orange tree; yellowred; reddish-yellow.
      Antonym: nonorange

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    Verb

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    orange (third-person singular simple present oranges, present participle oranging, simple past and past participle oranged)

    1. (transitive) To color orange.
      • 1986, Gilles Deleuze, Cinema: The movement-image, page 118:
        It is this composition which reaches a colourist perfection in Le Bonheur with the complementarity of violet, purple and oranged gold
      • 1987, Harold Keith, Rifles for Watie, page 256:
        Jeff winked his eyes sleepily open and looked out into the cool flush of early morning. The east was oranged over with daybreak.
      • 2009, Suzanne Crowley, The Very Ordered Existence of Merilee Marvelous, page 117:
        I looked at him through my binoculars, his little lips oranged with Cheeto dust.
    2. (intransitive) To become orange.
      • 2007, Terézia Mora, Day in day out, page 296:
        Cranes in the distance against the background of the slowly oranging sky
      • 2008, Wanda Coleman, Jazz & twelve o'clock tales: new stories, page 14:
        It will be followed by a disappearance of the cash I had hidden in a sealed envelope behind the oranging Modigliani print over the living room couch.
      • 2010, Justin Cronin, The Passage, page 330:
        "What about his eyes?" / "Nothing. No oranging at all, from what I could see.

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    Colors/Colours in English (layout · text)
                 red          orange              yellow              green              blue (incl.      indigo;
                 cyan, teal, turquoise)     		             purple / violet
             pink (including
             magenta)     		         brown      white              gray/grey      black

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    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “orange”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
    2. ^ https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/what-rhymes-with-orange

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    French

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    Etymology

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    Short form of late Old French pume orenge or pomme d'orenge, which was calqued after Old Italian melarancia (mela + arancia). The o came into the word under influence of the place name Orange. See orange (English).

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    orange f (plural oranges)

    1. orange (fruit)
      Il pressa l’orange afin d’en extraire du jus.
      He squeezed the orange to extract juice from it.

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    Noun

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    orange m (plural oranges)

    1. orange (color)

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    Adjective

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    orange (invariable)

    1. orange
      Les premiers TGV atlantiques étaient orange.
      The first Atlantic TGV trains were orange.

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    While theoretically the adjective orange is invariable, being (originally) a colour name derived from a noun, the nonstandard plural oranges is in use.

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    Colors in French · couleurs (layout · text)
         blanc      gris      noir
                 rouge; cramoisi, carmin              orange; brun, marron              jaune; crème
                 lime              vert              menthe
                 cyan, turquoise; bleu canard              azur, bleu ciel              bleu
                 violet, lilas; indigo              magenta; pourpre              rose

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    German

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    Etymology

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    From the noun Orange (“orange fruit”), from French orange.

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    • (predicative only) IPA(key): /oˈʁãːʃ/, /oˈʁaŋʃ/, /oˈʁɔ̃ːʃ/, /oˈʁɔŋʃ/
    • (non-predicative feminine and plural forms) IPA(key): /oˈʁãːʒə/, /oˈʁaŋʒə/, /oˈʁɔ̃ːʒə/, /oˈʁɔŋʒə/
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    Adjective

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    orange (strong nominative masculine singular (standard) oranger or (colloquial) orangener, comparative (standard) oranger or (colloquial) orangener, superlative (standard) am orangesten or (colloquial) am orangensten)

    1. orange

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    • The adjective has two sets of forms. In the formal standard language, endings are added directly to the stem (orang-). In less formal style and in the vernacular, another set of forms is used in free variation, in which an -n- is infixed before the endings.
    • It is also officially correct to leave the adjective entirely undeclined. This usage is rare, however, and seems dated.

    Declension

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    Positive forms of orange
    number & gender singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter
    predicative er ist orange sie ist orange es ist orange sie sind orange
    strong declension
    (without article)     		nominative oranger1
    orangener2     		orange1
    orangene2     		oranges1
    orangenes2     		orange1
    orangene2
    genitive orangen1
    orangenen2     		oranger1
    orangener2     		orangen1
    orangenen2     		oranger1
    orangener2
    dative orangem1
    orangenem2     		oranger1
    orangener2     		orangem1
    orangenem2     		orangen1
    orangenen2
    accusative orangen1
    orangenen2     		orange1
    orangene2     		oranges1
    orangenes2     		orange1
    orangene2
    weak declension
    (with definite article)     		nominative der orange1
    der orangene2     		die orange1
    die orangene2     		das orange1
    das orangene2     		die orangen1
    die orangenen2
    genitive des orangen1
    des orangenen2     		der orangen1
    der orangenen2     		des orangen1
    des orangenen2     		der orangen1
    der orangenen2
    dative dem orangen1
    dem orangenen2     		der orangen1
    der orangenen2     		dem orangen1
    dem orangenen2     		den orangen1
    den orangenen2
    accusative den orangen1
    den orangenen2     		die orange1
    die orangene2     		das orange1
    das orangene2     		die orangen1
    die orangenen2
    mixed declension
    (with indefinite article)     		nominative ein oranger1
    ein orangener2     		eine orange1
    eine orangene2     		ein oranges1
    ein orangenes2     		(keine) orangen1
    (keine) orangenen2
    genitive eines orangen1
    eines orangenen2     		einer orangen1
    einer orangenen2     		eines orangen1
    eines orangenen2     		(keiner) orangen1
    (keiner) orangenen2
    dative einem orangen1
    einem orangenen2     		einer orangen1
    einer orangenen2     		einem orangen1
    einem orangenen2     		(keinen) orangen1
    (keinen) orangenen2
    accusative einen orangen1
    einen orangenen2     		eine orange1
    eine orangene2     		ein oranges1
    ein orangenes2     		(keine) orangen1
    (keine) orangenen2

    1Standard.
    2Colloquial.

    Comparative forms of orange
    number & gender singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter
    predicative er ist oranger1
    er ist orangener2     		sie ist oranger1
    sie ist orangener2     		es ist oranger1
    es ist orangener2     		sie sind oranger1
    sie sind orangener2
    strong declension
    (without article)     		nominative orangerer1
    orangenerer2     		orangere1
    orangenere2     		orangeres1
    orangeneres2     		orangere1
    orangenere2
    genitive orangeren1
    orangeneren2     		orangerer1
    orangenerer2     		orangeren1
    orangeneren2     		orangerer1
    orangenerer2
    dative orangerem1
    orangenerem2     		orangerer1
    orangenerer2     		orangerem1
    orangenerem2     		orangeren1
    orangeneren2
    accusative orangeren1
    orangeneren2     		orangere1
    orangenere2     		orangeres1
    orangeneres2     		orangere1
    orangenere2
    weak declension
    (with definite article)     		nominative der orangere1
    der orangenere2     		die orangere1
    die orangenere2     		das orangere1
    das orangenere2     		die orangeren1
    die orangeneren2
    genitive des orangeren1
    des orangeneren2     		der orangeren1
    der orangeneren2     		des orangeren1
    des orangeneren2     		der orangeren1
    der orangeneren2
    dative dem orangeren1
    dem orangeneren2     		der orangeren1
    der orangeneren2     		dem orangeren1
    dem orangeneren2     		den orangeren1
    den orangeneren2
    accusative den orangeren1
    den orangeneren2     		die orangere1
    die orangenere2     		das orangere1
    das orangenere2     		die orangeren1
    die orangeneren2
    mixed declension
    (with indefinite article)     		nominative ein orangerer1
    ein orangenerer2     		eine orangere1
    eine orangenere2     		ein orangeres1
    ein orangeneres2     		(keine) orangeren1
    (keine) orangeneren2
    genitive eines orangeren1
    eines orangeneren2     		einer orangeren1
    einer orangeneren2     		eines orangeren1
    eines orangeneren2     		(keiner) orangeren1
    (keiner) orangeneren2
    dative einem orangeren1
    einem orangeneren2     		einer orangeren1
    einer orangeneren2     		einem orangeren1
    einem orangeneren2     		(keinen) orangeren1
    (keinen) orangeneren2
    accusative einen orangeren1
    einen orangeneren2     		eine orangere1
    eine orangenere2     		ein orangeres1
    ein orangeneres2     		(keine) orangeren1
    (keine) orangeneren2

    1Standard.
    2Colloquial.

    Superlative forms of orange
    number & gender singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter
    predicative er ist am orangesten1
    er ist am orangensten2     		sie ist am orangesten1
    sie ist am orangensten2     		es ist am orangesten1
    es ist am orangensten2     		sie sind am orangesten1
    sie sind am orangensten2
    strong declension
    (without article)     		nominative orangester1
    orangenster2     		orangeste1
    orangenste2     		orangestes1
    orangenstes2     		orangeste1
    orangenste2
    genitive orangesten1
    orangensten2     		orangester1
    orangenster2     		orangesten1
    orangensten2     		orangester1
    orangenster2
    dative orangestem1
    orangenstem2     		orangester1
    orangenster2     		orangestem1
    orangenstem2     		orangesten1
    orangensten2
    accusative orangesten1
    orangensten2     		orangeste1
    orangenste2     		orangestes1
    orangenstes2     		orangeste1
    orangenste2
    weak declension
    (with definite article)     		nominative der orangeste1
    der orangenste2     		die orangeste1
    die orangenste2     		das orangeste1
    das orangenste2     		die orangesten1
    die orangensten2
    genitive des orangesten1
    des orangensten2     		der orangesten1
    der orangensten2     		des orangesten1
    des orangensten2     		der orangesten1
    der orangensten2
    dative dem orangesten1
    dem orangensten2     		der orangesten1
    der orangensten2     		dem orangesten1
    dem orangensten2     		den orangesten1
    den orangensten2
    accusative den orangesten1
    den orangensten2     		die orangeste1
    die orangenste2     		das orangeste1
    das orangenste2     		die orangesten1
    die orangensten2
    mixed declension
    (with indefinite article)     		nominative ein orangester1
    ein orangenster2     		eine orangeste1
    eine orangenste2     		ein orangestes1
    ein orangenstes2     		(keine) orangesten1
    (keine) orangensten2
    genitive eines orangesten1
    eines orangensten2     		einer orangesten1
    einer orangensten2     		eines orangesten1
    eines orangensten2     		(keiner) orangesten1
    (keiner) orangensten2
    dative einem orangesten1
    einem orangensten2     		einer orangesten1
    einer orangensten2     		einem orangesten1
    einem orangensten2     		(keinen) orangesten1
    (keinen) orangensten2
    accusative einen orangesten1
    einen orangensten2     		eine orangeste1
    eine orangenste2     		ein orangestes1
    ein orangenstes2     		(keine) orangesten1
    (keine) orangensten2

    1Standard.
    2Colloquial.

    Further reading

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    • “orange” in Duden online
    • “orange” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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    orange f

    1. Veldeke spelling of Orasch

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from French orange.

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    orange (masculine orangen, neuter oranget, comparative méi orange, superlative am orangesten)

    1. orange

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    Colors in Luxembourgish · Faarwen (layout · text)
         wäiss      gro      schwaarz
                 rout              orange; brong              giel
                              gréng             
                 turquoise              blo (hellblo, himmelblo)              blo (donkelblo)
                 violett; indigo              magenta; mof              rosa; pink

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    orange

    1. Alternative form of orenge

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    Etymology

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    From Old French orenge.

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    orange m or f

    1. (Jersey, Guernsey) orange

    Swedish

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    Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia sv

    Etymology

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    Borrowed from French orange. See English orange.

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    • (indefinite common singular) IPA(key): /ʊˈranɕ/, (southern) /ʊˈraŋɧ/
    • (indefinite neuter singular) IPA(key): /ʊˈranɕt/, (southern) /ʊˈraŋɧt/
    • (definite masculine singular) IPA(key): /ʊˈranɕɛ/, (southern) /ʊˈraŋɧɛ/
    • (definite or plural) IPA(key): /ʊˈranɕa/, (southern) /ʊˈraŋɧa/
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    orange

    1. orange (orange-colored)
      Hon har långt, orange hår.
      She has long, orange hair.
      en orange apelsin
      an orange orange

    Declension

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    Inflection of orange
    Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
    Common singular orange orangeare orangeaste
    Neuter singular orange orangeare orangeaste
    Plural orange orangeare orangeaste
    Masculine plural3 orange orangeare orangeaste
    Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
    Masculine singular1 orange orangeare orangeaste
    All orange orangeare orangeaste
    1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
    2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
    3) Dated or archaic
    Less common:
    Inflection of orange
    Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
    Common singular orange orangeare orangeaste
    Neuter singular oranget orangeare orangeaste
    Plural orangea orangeare orangeaste
    Masculine plural3 orangea orangeare orangeaste
    Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
    Masculine singular1 orange orangeare orangeaste
    All orangea orangeare orangeaste
    1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
    2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
    3) Dated or archaic
    Inflection of orange
    Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
    Common singular orange orangare orangast
    Neuter singular orangt orangare orangast
    Plural oranga orangare orangast
    Masculine plural3 orange orangare orangast
    Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
    Masculine singular1 orange orangare orangaste
    All oranga orangare orangaste
    1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
    2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
    3) Dated or archaic

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    orange ?

    1. orange (color)

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