orange

== English == === Alternative forms === aurange, oreche, orenche, orendge, oreng, oringe, orrendge, orrenge, orring, orringe, orryge, orrynge, urring (all obsolete) === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ŏrʹĭnj, ŏrʹənj; IPA(key): /ˈɒɹɪnd͡ʒ/, /ˈɒɹənd͡ʒ/, /ˈɒɹɪnʒ/, /ˈɒɹənʒ/ (General American, Canada) enPR: ôrʹĭnj; IPA(key): /ˈɔɹənd͡ʒ/, /ˈɔɹn̩d͡ʒ/, /ɔɹnd͡ʒ/ (US, East Coast) enPR: ärʹĭnj, ŏrʹĭnj; IPA(key): /ˈɑɹənd͡ʒ/, /ˈɑɹəŋʒ/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈɔɹɪnd͡ʒ/ (Philippines) enPR: ˈoɹeɪnd͡ʒ Homophone: Orange Rhymes: -ɒɹɪndʒ, -ɒɹəndʒ (see notes) Hyphenation: or‧ange === Noun === orange (countable and uncountable, plural oranges) (countable) An evergreen tree of the genus Citrus such as Citrus sinensis which yields oranges (the fruit). (countable) Any round citrus fruit with a yellow-red colour when ripe and a sour-sweet taste; the fruit of the orange tree. (countable) Specifically, a sweet orange or Citrus sinensis. (uncountable) The colour of a ripe fruit of an orange tree, midway between red and yellow. Synonym: yellow-red (uncountable) Various drinks: An orange-coloured and orange-flavoured cordial. An orange-coloured and orange-flavoured soft drink. (uncommon) Orange juice. (heraldry) A rarely-used nontraditional tincture found in Catalan, South African, and French municipal heraldry. (heraldry) An orange-coloured roundel. For quotations using this term, see Citations:orange. ==== Usage notes ==== 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. In such dialects, the two forms are generally allophonic. ==== Hypernyms ==== fruit citrus ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Esperanto: oranĝo → Hawaiian: ʻalani → Japanese: オレンジ (orenji) → Kashubian: orendż (Canada, United States) → Korean: 오렌지 (orenji) → Makah: ʔo·linčas → Malay: oren, oyen → Marshallese: oran → Tamil: ஆரஞ்சு (ārañcu) → Unami: òlënch ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === orange (comparative oranger or more orange, superlative orangest or most orange) Having the colour of the fruit of an orange tree; yellowred; reddish-yellow. Antonym: nonorange ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === orange (third-person singular simple present oranges, present participle oranging, simple past and past participle oranged) (transitive) To colour orange. (intransitive) To become orange. === See also === === References === orange on Wikipedia.Wikipedia South Dravidian Etymology Sergei & George Starostin, 1998-2013. === Anagrams === Gerona, Gorean, Ragone, groane, onager == Danish == === Etymology === From French orange, ultimately from Dravidian. Compare Tamil நாரங்காய் (nāraṅkāy). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [oˈʁɑŋɕə] === Noun === orange c (singular definite orangen, plural indefinite oranger) orange (the taste of an orange) (rare) orange (fruit) Synonym: appelsin === Declension === === Derived terms === orangeglaseret orangesmag orangesauce === Adjective === orange (uninflectable) orange (orange-coloured) (nominalized) orange (color) === Derived terms === gulorange rødorange === See also === === References === “orange” in Den Danske Ordbog == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French orange, from Old French orenge, short form of late pomme d'orenge or pomme d'orange, which was calqued after Old Italian melarancia (mela + arancia). The o came into the word under influence of the place name Orange. See English orange. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔ.ʁɑ̃ʒ/ Rhymes: -ɑ̃ʒ Homophones: orangent, oranges === Noun === orange f (plural oranges) orange (fruit) ==== Descendants ==== Haitian Creole: zoranj Louisiana Creole: zoranj → Breton: orañjez → Belarusian: ара́нжавы (aránžavy) → Bulgarian: ора́нжев (oránžev) → Danish: orange → German: Orange → Hunsrik: Ransch → Latvian: oranžs → Low German: Orange → Luxembourgish: Orange → Norwegian: oransje → Romanian: oranj → Russian: ора́нжевый (oránževyj) → Swedish: orange === Noun === orange m (plural oranges) orange (colour) ==== Derived terms ==== oranger Orangina === Adjective === orange (invariable) orange (orange-coloured) ==== Usage notes ==== While prescriptively invariable as a colour name derived from a noun (compare argent (“silver”), chocolat), the nonstandard plural oranges does see use. ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === === Further reading === “orange”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === onagre, organe, rongea == German == === Etymology === From the noun Orange (“orange fruit”), from French orange. === Pronunciation === (predicative only) IPA(key): /oˈʁãːʃ/, /oˈʁaŋʃ/, /oˈʁɔ̃ːʃ/, /oˈʁɔŋʃ/ (non-predicative feminine and plural forms) IPA(key): /oˈʁãːʒə/, /oˈʁaŋʒə/, /oˈʁɔ̃ːʒə/, /oˈʁɔŋʒə/ === Adjective === orange (strong nominative masculine singular (standard) oranger or (colloquial) orangener, comparative (standard) oranger or (colloquial) orangener, superlative (standard) am orangesten or (colloquial) am orangensten) or orange (indeclinable) orange ==== Usage notes ==== 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 ==== === Further reading === “orange” in Duden online “orange”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) == Limburgish == === Noun === orange f Veldeke spelling of Orasch == Luxembourgish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French orange. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈoʁɑ̃ːʃ/ Hyphenation: o‧range Homophone: Orange === Adjective === orange (masculine orangen, neuter oranget, comparative méi orange, superlative am orangesten) orange === See also === === Further reading === "orange" in LOD == Middle English == === Noun === orange alternative form of orenge == Middle French == === Alternative forms === orenge === Etymology === Inherited from Old French orenge. === Noun === orange f (plural oranges) orange (fruit of the orange tree) ==== Descendants ==== French: orangeHaitian Creole: zoranjLouisiana Creole: zoranj→ Breton: orañjez→ Belarusian: ара́нжавы (aránžavy)→ Bulgarian: ора́нжев (oránžev)→ Danish: orange→ German: Orange→ Hunsrik: Ransch→ Latvian: oranžs→ Low German: Orange→ Luxembourgish: Orange→ Norwegian: oransje→ Romanian: oranj→ Russian: ора́нжевый (oránževyj)→ Swedish: orange → Middle English: orenge, arange, araunge, orange, oryngeEnglish: orange, aurange, oreche, orenche, orendge, oreng, oringe, orrendge, orrenge, orring, orringe, orryge, orrynge, urring (all obsolete)→ Esperanto: oranĝo→ Hawaiian: ʻalani→ Japanese: オレンジ (orenji)→ Kashubian: orendż (Canada, United States)→ Korean: 오렌지 (orenji)→ Makah: ʔo·linčas→ Malay: oren, oyen→ Marshallese: oran→ Tamil: ஆரஞ்சு (ārañcu)→ Unami: òlënchScots: orange, oranger === References === orange on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French) == Norman == === Alternative forms === oraunge (Cotentin) === Etymology === From Old French orenge. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === orange m or f (Jersey, Guernsey) orange == Old French == === Noun === orange oblique singular, f (oblique plural oranges, nominative singular orange, nominative plural oranges) alternative form of orenge == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French orange. See English orange. === Pronunciation === (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/ === Adjective === orange orange (orange-coloured) Near-synonym: (now uncommon) brandgul ==== Usage notes ==== The fruit is an apelsin. ==== Declension ==== Less common: === Noun === orange ? orange (colour) === See also === === References === “orange”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “orange”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “orange”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)