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Complete Definition of "orange"

see|Orange
Image:Ambersweet oranges.jpg|thumb|Oranges (fruit).
Image:Citrus sinensis JPG01.jpg|thumb|An orange tree.
English

Etymology
From OF. term|orenge, from It. term|arancia, from term|narancia, from Sp. term|naranja, from Arab. term|scARchar|نارنج|trnāranj, from Pers. term|scFAchar|نارنگ|trnārang, from Skr. term||sc=unicode|nāraṅgaḥ|orange tree, of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation
a|UK IPA|/ˈɒrɪndʒ/, SAMPA|/"QrIndZ?/
a|US enPR|ôrʹənj, IPA|/ˈɔrəndʒ/, SAMPA|/"Or@ndZ/
audio|En-ca-orange.ogg|Audio (CA)
rhymes|ɒrɪndʒ

Noun
en-noun

  1. An evergreen tree of the genus Citrus such as Citrus aurantium.
  2. The fruit of an orange tree; a citrus fruit with a slightly sour flavour.
  3. colour The colour of a ripe orange (the fruit); a reddish-yellow.

#: Orange colour: <span style="background:orange">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>

Translations
trans-top|tree
Arabic: ARchar|شجرة البرتقال unicode|(šájarat al-burtuqál) f
Belarusian: апэльсінавае дрэва (apel’sínavaje dréva)
Bosnian: t-|bs|narandža|f, t-|bs|pomorandža|f
Breton: orañjezenn f, orañjezenned p, orañjez collective noun
Catalan: taronger m
Chinese: 橙树 (chéngshù)
Danish: appelsintræ
Dutch: t-|nl|sinaasappelboom|m, t-|nl|appelsienenboom|m
Esperanto: t-|eo|oranĝarbo|xsEsperanto, t-|eo|oranĝujo|xsEsperanto
Finnish: t+|fi|appelsiinipuu
French: t-|fr|oranger|m
Galician: laranxeira f
German: t-|de|Apfelsinenbaum|m, t-|de|Orangenbaum|m
Greek, Modern: πορτοκαλιά (portokaliá) f
Hebrew: תפוז (tapúz)
Hungarian: t-|hu|narancsfa
Ido: oranja
Indonesian: t+|id|jeruk|xs=Indonesian
Irish: crann oráistí m
Italian: t+|it|arancio|m
Japanese: t-|ja|オレンジ|trorenji|scJpan
Korean: 오렌지나무 (orenji-namu)
trans-mid
Kurdish: pirteqal (:ku:pirteqal|^), KUchar|دار پرته‌قاڵ
Lithuanian: apelsinmedis m
Lojban: najnimre
Malayalam: നാരങ്ങ (naːraŋːa)
Maltese: t-|mt|larinġa|f|xs=Maltese
Norwegian: t-|no|appelsintre|n
Novial: oranjiere
Polish: t+|pl|pomarańcza|f, t-|pl|drzewo pomarańczowe|n
Portuguese: t-|pt|laranjeira|f
Romanian: t-|ro|portocal|m
Russian: t-|ru|апельсиновое дерево|n|trapelsínovoje dérevo|scCyrl
Sardinian: arbule de aranzu m
Serbian

Sindhi: SDchar|نارنگيءَ جو وَڻُ (narangi’a ju vanu) m
Slovene: oranževec m
Spanish: t+|es|naranjo|m
Swedish: t-|sv|apelsinträd|n
Turkish: t-|tr|portakal, t-|tr|portakal ağacı
Vietnamese: cây cam
Welsh: t+|cy|oren|xs=Welsh
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trans-top|fruit
Afrikaans: lemoen
Arabic: Arab|برتقالة unicode|(burtuqāla) f, Arab|برتقال unicode|(burtuqāl) m (collective)
Belarusian: апэльсін (apel’sín) m
Bosnian: t-|bs|narandža|f, t-|bs|pomorandža|f
Breton: orañjezenn f
Catalan: taronja f
Chinese: 橙, 橙子 (chéngzi), 柑橘 (gānjú), 橘子 (júzi)
Czech: t+|cs|pomeranč|m
Danish: t+|da|appelsin
Dutch: sinaasappel f, (in Flanders) appelsien f
Esperanto: t-|eo|oranĝo|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t+|fi|appelsiini
French: t+|fr|orange|f
Galician: laranxa f
German: t-|de|Apfelsine|f, t+|de|Orange|f
Greek, Modern: πορτοκάλι (portokáli) n
Hebrew: תפוז (tapúz) m
Hindi: नारंगी (nāraṅgī)
Hungarian: t-|hu|narancs
Indonesian: t+|id|jeruk|xsIndonesian, t+|id|limau|xsIndonesian
Irish: t-|ga|oráiste|m|xs=Irish
Italian: t+|it|arancia|f
Japanese: t-|ja|オレンジ|trorenji|scJpan
Korean: 오렌지 (orenji)
Kurdish: pirteqal (:ku:pirteqal|^), KUchar|پرته‌قاڵ
trans-mid
Latvian: apelsīns m
Lojban: najnimre
Lithuanian: apelsinas m
Maltese: t-|mt|larinġa|f|xs=Maltese
Northern Sami: appelsiidna
Norwegian: t+|no|appelsin|m
Novial: oranje
Polish: t+|pl|pomarańcza|f
Portuguese: t+|pt|laranja|f
Romanian: t+|ro|portocală|f
Russian: апельсин (apel’sín) m
Sardinian: aranzu m
Scottish Gaelic: òr-mheas m
Serbian

Sindhi: SDchar|نارنگِي (narangi) f
Slovene: t+|sl|pomaranča|f
Spanish: t+|es|naranja|f, qualifier|Dominican Republic|Puerto Rico t+|es|china|f
Swedish: t+|sv|apelsin|c
Tetum: sabraka
Telugu: t|te|కమలాఫలము|sc=Telu
Turkish: t-|tr|portakal
Vietnamese: (quả) cam
Welsh: t+|cy|oren|xs=Welsh
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trans-top|colour
Afrikaans: oranje
Bosnian: narandžasta f
Breton: liv orañjez
Catalan: taronja f
Chinese: 橙色 (chéngsè), 橙黄色 (chéng huángsè)
Danish: t-|da|orange
Dutch: t+|nl|oranje|n
Finnish: t+|fi|oranssi
French: t+|fr|orange|m
Galician: laranxa f
German: t+|de|Orange|f
Greek, Modern: πορτοκαλί (portokalí) n
Hebrew: כתום (katóm)
Icelandic: t+|is|appelsínugulur
Indonesian: t-|id|jingga|xsIndonesian, t+|id|oranye|xsIndonesian
Irish: dath oráiste m
Italian: t+|it|arancione|m
Japanese: オレンジ色 (orenjiiro)
Kurdish: pirteqalî (:ku:pirteqal|^)
trans-mid
Latvian: oranžs
Lithuanian: oranžinė spalva f, apelsininė spalva f
Maltese: t-|mt|oranġjo|xs=Maltese
Northern Sami: oránša
Norwegian: t-|no|oransje|m
Polish: t+|pl|pomarańczowy|m
Portuguese: t-|pt|alaranjado|m, t-|pt|cor-de-laranja|f, t+|pt|laranja|m
Romanian: t-|ro|portocaliu|m
Russian: t-|ru|оранжевый|troránževyj|scCyrl
Sardinian: colore de aranzu, ruggiu, ruiu, arrubiu
Serbian

Sindhi: SDchar|نارنگِي (narangi)
Slovene: oranžna f
Spanish: t-|es|anaranjado|m, t+|es|naranja|m
Swedish: t+|sv|orange, t+|sv|brandgul
Turkish: t+|tr|turuncu
Vietnamese: màu (da) cam
Welsh: oren, melyngoch
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Korean: 오렌지 (orenji)
ttbc|Occitan: irange

Derived terms
orangequat
orange blossom

Adjective
en-adj

  1. colour Having the colour of the fruit of an orange tree; reddish-yellow.

Translations
trans-top|colour
Arabic: Arab|برتقالي unicode|(burtuqāli)
Breton: orañjez
Catalan: taronja, carabassa
Chinese: 橙 (chéng), 橘色的 (jú sè de)
Czech: t-|cs|oranžový|m
Danish: t-|da|orange
Dutch: t+|nl|oranje
Esperanto: t-|eo|oranĝkolora|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: t-|et|oranž
Finnish: t+|fi|oranssi
French: t+|fr|orange
Galician: t|gl|laranxa|xs=Galician
German: t+|de|orange
Greek: t-|el|πορτοκαλί|n|trportokalí|scGrek
Hebrew: כתום romanization of Hebrew|katóm m, כתומה romanization of Hebrew|ktumá f
Hungarian: t-|hu|narancsos
Indonesian: t-|id|jingga|xsIndonesian, t+|id|oranye|xsIndonesian
Italian: t+|it|arancione, t+|it|arancio
trans-mid
Japanese: オレンジ色 (orenjiiro), 橙色 (だいだいいろ, daidai-iro)
Korean: 주황색의 (朱黃色, juhwangsaek-ui)
Lojban: narju
Latvian: oranžs m, oranža f
Lithuanian: oranžinis m, oranžinė f
Norwegian: t-|no|oransje
Portuguese: t-|pt|alaranjado|m, t-|pt|cor-de-laranja, t+|pt|laranja
Polish: t+|pl|pomarańczowy|m, t-|pl|pomarańczowa|f, t-|pl|pomarańczowe|n
Romanian: t-|ro|portocaliu, t-|ro|oranj
Russian: t-|ru|оранжевый|troránževyj|scCyrl
Slovene: oranžen m, oranžna f, oranžno n
Spanish: t-|es|anaranjado, t+|es|naranja
Swedish: t+|sv|orange, t+|sv|brandgul, t+|sv|apelsin-färgard
Turkish: t+|tr|turuncu
Vietnamese: màu cam
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Derived terms
rel-top|terms derived from the noun orange
bergamot orange
bitter orange
blood orange
burnt orange
Cox's Orange Pippin
East Orange
Jaffa orange
methyl orange
mock orange
monkey orange
navel orange
<!--derived from "orange juice": *OJ-->
orangeade
orange badge
orange blossom
Orange Bowl
orange chromide
orange flower water
orange flowering jessamine
Orange Free State
orange hawkwood
orange jessamine
rel-mid
orange juice
Orange lodge
orange milkweed
Orange Order
orange pekoe
orange peel, orange-peel
<!--derived from "orange peel": *orange-peel fungus-->
Orange Revolution
Orange River
orangeroot
orangery
orange squash
orange stick
orange-tip
orangewood
orangish
Osage orange
Otaheite orange
satsuma orange
Seville orange
sour orange
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See also
citrus
clementine
Cointreau
curaçao
mandarin
marmalade
murcott
naartjie
ortanique
pomander
satsuma
satsuma mandarin
satsuma tangerine
secondary colour
tangerine
triple sec
zest
Wiktionary_Appendix:Colours|Appendix:Colours

Trivia
It is commonly believed that "orange" has no rhymes. While there might not be any English dictionary words that rhyme exactly with "orange" ("door-hinge" comes close in US pronunciation), the English surname "Gorringe" is a rhyme, at least in UK pronunciation. See w:Orange_(word)#Rhyme|the Wikipedia article about rhymes for the word "orange"

Category:1000 English basic words
Category:Colors of the Rainbow
Category:English nouns which have interacted with their indefinite article
Category:Fruits
Category:Oranges
Category:Trees


French

Noun
fr-noun|f

  1. #Noun|orange italbrac|the fruit

#: Il pressa l’orange afin d’en extraire du jus. &mdash; He squeezed the orange to extract juice from it.

Derived terms
oranger
w:Orangina|Orangina

Adjective
infl|fr|adjective|invariable

  1. #Adjective|orange

#: Les premiers TGV atlantiques étaient orange. &mdash; The first Atlantic TGV trains were orange.

Category:French adjectives
Category:French nouns
Category:fr:Colors
Category:fr:Fruits


German

Adjective
de-adj|-

  1. #English|orange

Swedish

Pronunciation
audio|Sv-orange.ogg|audio

Adjective
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|- style="background-color:#EEE9BF; "
| colspan=3|Inflections of orange <br />Comparation by mer#Swedish|mer and mest#Swedish|mest
|- style="background-color:#EEE9BF; "
|-
|rowspan2 style"background-color:#EEE9BF; "|Indefinite<br />singular ||style"background-color:#EEE9BF; "|Common||width65|orange
|-
|style="background-color:#EEE9BF; "|Neuter|| orange, oranget
|-
|rowspan2 style"background-color:#EEE9BF; "|Definite<br />singular ||style="background-color:#EEE9BF; "|Masc.||orange
|-
|style="background-color:#EEE9BF; "|All||orange
|-
|colspan2 style"background-color:#EEE9BF; " |Plural
| orange, orangea
|}
orange

  1. orange#Adjective|orange

Noun
orange

  1. orange#Noun|orange italbrac|the colour

Category:Swedish adjectives
Category:Swedish nouns
Category:sv:Colors

ar:orange
zh-min-nan:orange
cy:orange
de:orange
et:orange
el:orange
es:orange
fa:orange
fr:orange
gl:orange
ko:orange
hy:orange
hr:orange
io:orange
id:orange
it:orange
ku:orange
hu:orange
nl:orange
ja:orange
no:orange
pl:orange
pt:orange
ro:orange
ru:orange
simple:orange
fi:orange
sv:orange
ta:orange
te:orange
vi:orange
tr:orange
uk:orange
zh:orange

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