orange

See also: Orange and orangé

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Doric Greek μῆλον (mêlon)bor.?

Latin mālum

Italian mela

Proto-Mon-Khmer *lŋaamder.?

Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga)bor.

Persian bor.

Italian arancio

Italian arancia

Old Italian melaranciacalq.

Old French Orengeinflu.

Classical Persian (nārang)bor.

Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj)bor.

Old Occitan auranjainflu.

Old French pomme d'orenge

Old French orenge

Middle French orangebor.

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 (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.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) enPR: ŏrʹĭnj, ŏrʹənj; IPA^(key): /ˈɒɹɪnd͡ʒ/, /ˈɒɹənd͡ʒ/, /ˈɒɹɪnʒ/, /ˈɒɹənʒ/
- Audio (UK); [ˈɒɹɪnd͡ʒ]: (file)
(General American, Canada) enPR: ôrʹĭnj; IPA^(key): /ˈɔɹənd͡ʒ/, /ˈɔɹnd͡ʒ/
- Audio (Northwestern US); [ˈɔɹənd͡ʒ]: (file)
- Audio (Canada); [ˈɔɹənd͡ʒ]: (file) Note: this pronuncation may be nonstandard or incorrect: strong humming noise in the background and a click in the end
(US, East Coast) enPR: ärʹĭnj, ŏrʹĭnj; IPA^(key): /ˈɑɹənd͡ʒ/, /ˈɔɹəŋʒ/
- Audio (New York City): (file)
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.
1. (countable) Specifically, a sweet orange or Citrus sinensis.
(uncountable) The colour of a ripe fruit of an orange tree, midway between red and yellow.
orange:

Synonym: yellow-red
(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.
(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.^[2] In such dialects, the two forms are generally allophonic.

Hypernyms

fruit
- citrus

Derived terms

Descendants

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

Translations

tree

Afrikaans: lemoenboom
Antillean Creole: oranjé m, owanjé m pyé zoranj
Arabic: شَجَرَةْ اَلْبُرْتُقَال f (šajarat al-burtuqāl), بُرْتُقَالَة (ar) f (burtuqāla), نَارَنْج (nāranj)
Armenian: նարինջ (hy) (narinǰ)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܝܼܠܵܢܵܐ ܕܦܘܼܪܬܩܵܠܵܐ (īlānā d-purtqālā)
Asturian: naranxal (ast) m or f, ñaranxal (ast) m or f
Azerbaijani: portağal (az)
Basque: laranjondo (eu)
Belarusian: апэльсі́навае дрэ́ва n (apelʹsínavaje dréva)
Breton: gwezenn-orañjez (br) f
Bulgarian: портокал (bg) m (portokal)
Burmese: ကမ္ဗလာ (my) (kamba.la)
Catalan: taronger m
Chechen: апельсин (apelʲsin)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 橙樹 / 橙树 (caang^4-2 syu⁶)

Mandarin: 橙樹 / 橙树 (zh) (chéngshù)
Czech: pomerančovník (cs) m
Danish: appelsintræ
Dhivehi: އޮރެންޖުގަސް sg (oren̊jugas), އޮރެންޖުގަސްތައް pl (oren̊jugastak̊)
Dutch: sinaasappelboom (nl) m, appelsienenboom (nl) m
Erzya: сырнемарь чувто (siŕńemaŕ čuvto)
Esperanto: oranĝarbo (eo), oranĝujo
Estonian: apelsinipuu (et)
Finnish: appelsiinipuu (fi)
French: oranger (fr) m
Gagauz: portokal
Galician: laranxeira (gl) f
Gallurese: aranzu
Georgian: ფორთოხალი (ka) (portoxali)
German: Apfelsinenbaum (de) m, Orangenbaum (de) m
Greek: πορτοκαλιά (el) f (portokaliá)
Haitian Creole: zoranj
Hawaiian: ʻalani
Hebrew: תפוז (he) m (tapúz)
Hindi: नारंगी (hi) f (nāraṅgī), संतरा (hi) m (santrā)
Hungarian: narancsfa (hu)
Hunsrik: Ranschebaam m
Icelandic: appelsínutré n
Ido: oranjiero (io)
Indonesian: jeruk manis (id)
Irish: crann oráistí m
Italian: arancio (it) m
Japanese: 蜜柑 (ja) (みかん, mikan), 橙 (ja) (だいだい, daidai), オレンジ (ja) (orenji), 橘 (ja) (たちばな, tachibana)
Kashubian: apfelzyna (csb)
Korean: 오렌지나무 (orenji-namu)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: دار پرتەقاڵ (dar pirteqall)

Northern Kurdish: pirteqal (ku)
Laz: ფოტუკალი (poťuǩali)
Lithuanian: apelsinmedis m
Low German: Appelsien f, Orange f
Luxembourgish: Orangëbam m
Macedonian: портокал (mk) m (portokal)
Malay: pokok limau
Malayalam: മധുര നാരകം (madhura nārakaṁ), ഓറഞ്ച് മരം (ōṟañcŭ maraṁ)
Maltese: larinġa f
Nahuatl: lalaxcuahuitl
Navajo: chʼil łitsxooí
Ngazidja Comorian: mrunɗa class 3/4
Norman: orangyi m (Jersey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: appelsintre n
Old Occitan: auranja
Persian:
Dari: مَالْتَه (mālta)

Iranian Persian: نارَنْج (fa) (nâranj), پُرْتِقال (fa) (porteğâl), پُرْتُقال (fa) (portoğâl)
Polish: pomarańcza (pl) f, drzewo pomarańczowe n
Pontic Greek: πορτοκαλέα (portokaléa)
Portuguese: laranjeira (pt) f
Quechua: aruma, laranqa, willapi
Romanian: portocal (ro) m
Russian: апельси́новое де́рево n (apelʹsínovoje dérevo), апельси́н (ru) m (apelʹsín)
Sanskrit: नारङ्ग (sa) m (nāraṅga)
Sardinian: arbule de aranzu m
Campidanese: arangiu

Logudorese: arancio
Sassarese: aranzu
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: на̀ра̄нџа f, помо̀ра̄нџа f, на̀ра̄нча f, помо̀ра̄нча f

Roman: nàrāndža f, pomòrāndža f, nàrānča (sh) f, pomòrānča f
Sicilian: arancia f, aranciara f, àrburu di l'aranciu m, macchia di l'aranciu f
Sindhi: نارنگيءَ جو وَڻُ m (narangi’a ju vanu)
Sinhalese: දොඩම් (si) (doḍam)
Slovak: pomaranč (sk) m
Slovene: pomaranča (sl) f
Somali: liin (so)
Sotho: sefate sa lamunu
Spanish: naranjo (es) m
Swahili: mchungwa
Swedish: apelsinträd (sv) n
Telugu: నారింజచెట్టు (nāriñjaceṭṭu), నారంగము (te) (nāraṅgamu)
Thai: ต้นส้ม (dtôn-sôm)
Turkish: portakal (tr)
Turkmen: apelsin (tk)
Ukrainian: апельси́н (uk) m (apelʹsýn), помара́нча f (pomaránča)
Vietnamese: (cây) cam (vi)
Welsh: oren (cy)
Yucatec Maya: china

fruit

Afrikaans: lemoen (af)
Albanian: portokall (sq) m
American Sign Language: C@NearChin Squeeze
Antillean Creole: oranj f, owanj f
Arabic: بُرْتُقَال (ar) m (burtuqāl) (collective), بُرْتُقَالَة (ar) f (burtuqāla) (singulative)
Egyptian Arabic: برتقان (burtuʔān) (collective), برتقانة f (burtuʔāna) (singulative)

Gulf Arabic: برتقال m (burtaqāl)

Hijazi Arabic: بُرْتُقالة f (burtuqāla), (collective) بُرْتُقال m (burtuqāla, burtugāl)

Moroccan Arabic: ليمون m (līmūn, laymūn), لتشين m (lečīn)

South Levantine Arabic: بردقان m (burdʔān) (collective), بردقانة m (burdʔāne) (singulative)
Armenian: նարինջ (hy) (narinǰ)
Assamese: কমলা (komola)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܦܘܼܪܬܩܵܠܵܐ m (purtqālā), ܐܸܛܪܘܼܓܵܐ m (iṭruggā), ܐܸܛܪܘܼܓܵܐ ܚܸܠܝܵܐ m (iṭruggā ḥilyā)
Asturian: naranxa (ast) f, ñaranxa (ast) f
Atong (India): komyla
Aukan: apeesina
Azerbaijani: portağal (az)
Bashkir: әфлисун (əflisun)
Basque: laranja (eu)
Belarusian: апэльсі́н m (apelʹsín), апельсі́н m (apjelʹsín)
Bengali: কমলা (bn) (komola)
Bhojpuri: संतरा (santᵊrā)
Bislama: aranis
Breton: orañjezenn (br) f, aouraval (br) m, aval-orañjez m
Brunei Malay: limau
Bulgarian: портока́л (bg) m (portokál)
Burmese: ကမ္ဗလာသီး (kamba.lasi:), ကမ္ဗလာ (my) (kamba.la)
Catalan: taronja (ca) f
Chamicuro: alansha
Chechen: апельсин (apelʲsin)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 橙 (caang^4-2)

Dungan: чынзы (čɨnzɨ)

Mandarin: 橙 (zh) (chéng), 橙子 (zh) (chéngzi), (technically "tangerine", but often used as "orange") 橘子 (zh) (júzi), (alternative form:) 桔子 (zh) (júzi)
Cornish: owraval m
Crimean Tatar: portaqal
Czech: pomeranč (cs) m
Danish: appelsin (da)
Dhivehi: އޮރެންޖު sg (oren̊ju), އޮރެންޖުތައް pl (oren̊jutak̊)
Dutch: sinaasappel (nl) m, appelsien (nl) f (Belgium, Limburg)
Dzongkha: ཚལ་ལུ (tshal lu)
Emilian: mlaranza f
Erzya: сырнемарь (siŕńemaŕ)
Esperanto: oranĝo (eo)
Estonian: apelsin (et)
Faroese: appilsin f
Fijian: moli dawa, moli taiti, moli unumi
Finnish: appelsiini (fi)
French: orange (fr) f
Gagauz: portokal
Galician: laranxa (gl) f
Gallurese: purtigàllu
Georgian: ფორთოხალი (ka) (portoxali)
German: Apfelsine (de) f, Orange (de) f
Greek: πορτοκάλι (el) n (portokáli)
Greenlandic: appelsiina
Guaraní: narã
Gujarati: નારંગી f (nāraṅgī), સંતરું n (santrũ), મચુંગો m (macuṅgo)
Haitian Creole: zoranj
Hawaiian: ʻalani
Hebrew: תַּפּוּז (he) m (tapúz)
Hindi: नारंगी (hi) f (nāraṅgī), संतरा (hi) m (santrā), मौसमी f (mausmī), माल्टा (hi) m (mālṭā), रंगतरा (hi) m (raṅgatrā), संगतरा (hi) m (saṅgatrā)
Hungarian: narancs (hu)
Hunsrik: Ransch f
Icelandic: appelsína (is) f
Ido: oranjo (io)
Indonesian: jeruk manis (id), limau (id), jeruk (id)
Irish: oráiste (ga) m
Italian: arancia (it) f, arancio (it) m
Japanese: 蜜柑 (ja) (みかん, mikan), 橙 (ja) (だいだい, daidai), オレンジ (ja) (orenji)
Javanese: jeruk (jv)
Kalmyk: зүрҗ (zürj)
Kannada: ಕಿತ್ತಳೆ (kn) (kittaḷe), ನಾರಂಗಿ (kn) (nāraṅgi) (archaic)
Kashubian: apfelzyna (csb) m
Kazakh: апельсин (apelsin), бартоқал (bartoqal)
Khmer: ក្រូចពោធិសាត់ (krooch pootʰi’sat)
Kikuyu: icungwa class 5
Kituba: dilala
Korean: 오렌지 (ko) (orenji)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: پرتەقاڵ (ckb) (pirteqall)

Northern Kurdish: pirteqal (ku)
Kyrgyz: апельсин (ky) (apelsin), нардан (ky) (nardan)
Ladino: portokal, narandja (bitter orange)
Lao: ສົ້ມ (som)
Latin: mālum aurantium n
Latvian: apelsīns (lv) m
Laz: ფოტუკალი (poťuǩali)
Ligurian: çetrón m
Lingala: lilala, ndimo
Lithuanian: apelsinas (lt) m
Livonian: appõlsin
Lombard: naranz (lmo), narans
Louisiana Creole French: zoranj
Low German: Appelsien f, Orange f
Lun Bawang: buyo
Luxembourgish: Orange f
Macedonian: портокал (mk) m (portokal)
Makah: ʔo·linčas
Malagasy: menapina (mg), voasary (mg)
Malay: oren (ms), limau (ms)
Malayalam: മധുര നാരങ്ങ (madhura nāraṅṅa), ഓറഞ്ച് (ml) (ōṟañcŭ)
Maltese: larinġa f
Manx: oranje f
Maori: ārani (mi)
Marathi: संत्रे n (santre), नारिंग n (nāriṅga)
Mbyá Guaraní: narã
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: жүрж (mn) (žürž)
Nahuatl: lalaxtli (nah), naranjaxocotl (nah)
Navajo: chʼil łitsxooí
Neapolitan: purtuallo
Ngazidja Comorian: trunɗa class 5/6
Northern Sami: appelsiidna
Norwegian:
Bokmål: appelsin (no) m
Occitan: irange (oc)
Old Tupi: murukuîagûasu
Oromo: burtukaana
Ossetian: апельсин (apelʹsin)
Pannonian Rusyn: помаранче n (pomaranče)
Pashto: نارنج (ps) m (nārᶕnǰ), مالټه f (mālṭá), تورنج f (turánǰ) (a variety of orange)
Persian:
Dari: مَالْتَه (mālta)

Iranian Persian: نارَنْج (fa) (nâranj), پُرْتِقال (fa) (porteğâl), پُرْتُقال (fa) (portoğâl)
Pitjantjatjara: aṟinytji
Plautdietsch: Aupelsien f
Polish: pomarańcza (pl) f
Pontic Greek: πορτοκάλιν (portokálin)
Portuguese: laranja (pt) f
Punjabi: ਸੰਤਰਾ (pa) (santrā)
Rohingya: córboti
Romanian: portocală (ro) f
Russian: апельси́н (ru) m (apelʹsín)
Réunion Creole French: oranj f
Samoan: moli ʻaina, moli ʻaiga
Sanskrit: कमला (sa) f (kamalā), नारङ्ग (sa) (nāraṅga)
Sardinian: aranzu m
Campidanese: arangiu

Logudorese: aranzu
Sassarese: aranzu
Scottish Gaelic: òr-mheas m, oraindsear m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: на̀ра̄нџа f, помо̀ра̄нџа f

Roman: nàrāndža f, pomòrāndža f, nàrānča (sh) f, pomòrānča f
Sicilian: aranciu m, partugallu (scn) m
Silesian: apluzina f
Sindhi: نارنگِي (sd) f (narangi)
Sinhalese: දොඩම් (si) (doḍam)
Slovak: pomaranč (sk) m
Slovene: pomaranča (sl) f, oranža f
Somali: liin macaan
Sotho: lamunu
Spanish: naranja (es) f, china (es) f (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico)
Sranan Tongo: apresina
Swahili: chungwa (sw)
Swedish: apelsin (sv) n or c
Sylheti: please add this translation if you can
Tagalog: kahel (tl), dalandan, narangha
Tajik: афлесун (tg) (aflesun), норанҷ (noranj)
Tamil: ஆரஞ்சு (ta) (ārañcu), சர்க்கரை நாரத்தை (carkkarai nārattai)
Tatar: әфлисун (tt) (äflisun)
Telugu: నారింజ (te) (nāriñja), కమలాఫలము (te) (kamalāphalamu)
Tetum: sabraka
Thai: ส้ม (th) (sôm)
Tibetan: ཚ་ལུ་མ (tsha lu ma)
Tigrinya: ኣራንሺ (ʾaranši)
Tongan: moli kai, moli inu
Tsonga: lamula
Turkish: portakal (tr)
Turkmen: narynç
Ukrainian: апельси́н (uk) m (apelʹsýn), помара́нча f (pomaránča), помара́нч m (pomaránč)
Urdu: مالْٹا m (mālṭā), نارَن٘گی f (nāraṅgī), سَنْتَرا m (santarā)
Uyghur: ئاپېلسىن (apëlsin)
Uzbek: poʻrtahol, apelsin (uz), poʻrtaxol (uz)
Vietnamese: cam (vi), quả cam, trái cam
Volapük: rojat (vo)
Vurës: m̄öl
Welsh: oren (cy), aurafal
Wolof: soraans (wo)
Yiddish: מאַראַנץ m (marants)
Yoruba: ọsàn
Zhuang: makdoengj

colour

Afrikaans: oranje (af)
American Sign Language: C@NearChin Squeeze
Antillean Creole: oranj, owanj
Arabic:
Egyptian Arabic: برتقاني (burtuʔāni), برتقالي (burtuqālī)

South Levantine Arabic: برتقالي (burtuqālī), بردقاني (burdʔāni)
Armenian: նարնջագույն (hy) (narnǰaguyn), գազարագույն (gazaraguyn)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܦܘܼܪܬܩܵܠܵܐ m (purtqālā), ܐ݇ܛܪܘܿܓ݂ܵܐ m (ṭrōḡā)
Asturian: naranxa (ast) m, ñaranxa (ast) m
Azerbaijani: narincı
Basque: laranja (eu)
Bengali: কমলা (bn) (komola)
Bislama: aramis
Breton: ^{(please verify)} liv orañjez
Bulgarian: оранжев (bg) (oranžev)
Burmese: လိိမ်မော်ရောင်
Buryat: шара улаан (šara ulaan)
Catalan: taronja (ca) m
Chechen: цӏеран бос (cʼeran bos)
Cherokee: ᎣᏂᏥ (onitsi)
Chickasaw: tako̱lo lakna'
Chinese:
Cantonese: 橙色 (caang^4-2 sik¹)

Hokkien: 柑仔色 (zh-min-nan) (kam-á-sek)

Mandarin: 橙色 (zh) (chéngsè), 橙黃色 / 橙黄色 (zh) (chénghuángsè), 橘黃色 / 橘黄色 (zh) (júhuángsè), 橘色 (zh) (júsè)
Cornish: rudhvelyn
Czech: oranžový (cs)
Danish: orange (da)
Dhivehi: އޮރެންޖުކުލަ (oren̊jukula)
Dutch: oranje (nl) n
Erzya: тюжа-якстере (ťuža-jakśťeŕe)
Esperanto: oranĝokoloro
Estonian: oranž (et)
Faroese: brandgulur, appilsingulur
Fijian: senikavika
Finnish: oranssi (fi)
French: orange (fr) m
Galician: laranxa (gl) f
Georgian: სტაფილოსფერი (sṭapilosperi), ნარინჯისფერი (narinǯisperi), ფორთოხლისფერი (portoxlisperi)
German: Orange (de) f
Greek: πορτοκαλί (el) n (portokalí)
Ancient: σανδαράκινος m (sandarákinos)
Hausa: mai ruwan lemo, lemo
Hawaiian: ʻalani
Hebrew: כתום \ כָּתֹם (he) m (kathóm)
Hindi: नारंगी (hi) (nāraṅgī)
Hungarian: narancssárga (hu), narancsszín (hu), narancs (hu)
Icelandic: appelsínugulur (is)
Ido: oranjea (io)
Igbo: orenji
Indonesian: jingga (id), oranye (id)
Irish: dath oráiste m, oráiste (ga), flannbhuí (ga)
Italian: arancione (it) m
Japanese: 橙色 (ja) (daidai-iro), オレンジ色 (ja) (orenji-iro), 蜜柑色 (みかんいろ, mikan-iro)
Kannada: ಕಿತ್ತಳೆ (kn) (kittaḷe)
Kapampangan: kuliauan, magingkuliauan
Kashubian: apfelzynowi
Kazakh: қызғылт сары (qyzğylt sary)
Khmer: លឿងទុំ (lɨəŋ tum)
Kongo: ya malala
Korean: 주황색 (ko) (juhwangsaek), 오렌지색 (ko) (orenjisaek)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: pirteqalî (ku)
Kyrgyz: токсары (toksarı)
Ladino: oranj, portokal
Latin: aurantius (la)
Latvian: oranžs (lv)
Laz: არანძა (aranża)
Lingala: ya malála
Lithuanian: oranžinė spalva f, apelsininė spalva f, oranžinė
Louisiana Creole French: zoranj
Low German: Orange n
Luxembourgish: Orange f
Macedonian: портокалова m (portokalova)
Malagasy: laoranjy (mg), volom-boasary
Malay: jingga (ms)
Malayalam: ഓറഞ്ച് (ml) (ōṟañcŭ)
Maltese: oranġjo (mt)
Maori: karaka (mi)
Marathi: नारिंगी n (nāriṅgī)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: улбар шар (ulbar šar)
Montagnais: kaishkuteushit
Nama: oranje
Navajo: łichxíʼí
Nepali: सुन्तला रगको (suntalā ragko)
Northern Sami: oránša
Norwegian:
Bokmål: oransje (no) m
Occitan: irange (oc)
Old English: geoluread, æppelfealu
Pashto: نارنجي (ps) (nārënji)
Persian:
Iranian Persian: نارَنْجی (fa) (nâranji)
Polish: pomarańczowy (pl), pomarańcz (pl) m inan
Portuguese: alaranjado (pt) m, cor-de-laranja (pt) f, laranja (pt) m
Quechua: killmu, willapi
Romanian: portocaliu (ro) n, oranj (ro) n
Russian: ора́нжевый цвет m (oránževyj cvet), ора́нжевый (ru) m (oránževyj)
Réunion Creole French: oranj m
Samoan: lanumoli
Sardinian: colore de aranzu, ruggiu, ruiu, arrubiu
Scottish Gaelic: orainds
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: наранџаста f, наранчаста f

Roman: narandžasta f, narančasta (sh) f
Shona: ranjisi
Sicilian: aranciuni m
Sindhi: نارنگِي (sd) (narangi)
Sinhalese: තැඹිලි (si) (tæᵐbili)
Slovak: oranžový
Slovene: oranžna f, oranžna
Somali: jaalle (so)
Southern Altai: кыскылтым-сары (kïskïltïm-sarï)
Spanish: naranja (es) m, anaranjado (es) m
Swahili: rangi ya machungwa
Swedish: orange (sv), brandgul (sv)
Tagalog: pulaw, kulay-kahel, kahel (tl)
Tahitian: puātou
Tajik: норанҷӣ (tg) (noranji)
Tamil: செம்மஞ்சள் (ta) (cemmañcaḷ)
Tatar: кызгылт сары (qızgılt sarı)
Telugu: నారింజ (te) (nāriñja)
Thai: สีส้ม (th) (sǐi-sôm)
Tongan: lanu moli
Tsonga: xilamula
Turkish: turuncu (tr), portakal rengi (tr)
Turkmen: narynç, mämişi (tk)
Tuvan: кызыл-сарыг (kızıl-sarıg)
Ukrainian: жовтогаря́чий (uk) (žovtoharjáčyj), помара́нчевий (uk) (pomaránčevyj), ора́нжевий (uk) (oránževyj)
Urdu: نارَن٘گی (nāraṅgī), نارَنْجی (nāranjī)
Uzbek: sabzi rang, toʻq sariq
Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} màu (vi) da cam, ^{(please verify)} màu (vi) cam
Volapük: please add this translation if you can
Welsh: oren (cy), melyngoch
Winnebago: wažązi
Wolof: suraas
Yiddish: מאַראַנץ (marants)
Zulu: orenji

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

having the colour of the fruit of an orange tree

Akan: ɔrenge
American Sign Language: C@NearChin Squeeze
Arabic: بُرْتُقَالِيّ (burtuqāliyy)
Armenian: նարնջագույն (hy) (narnǰaguyn), գազարագույն (gazaraguyn)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: {{t|1=aii|2=ܦܘܼܪܬܩܵܠܵܐ|3=m}}, {{t|1=aii|2=ܐ݇ܛܪܘܿܓ݂ܵܐ|3=m}}
Asturian: naranxa (ast), ñaranxa (ast)
Basque: laranja (eu)
Belarusian: ара́нжавы (be) (aránžavy)
Bengali: কমলা (bn) (komola)
Breton: orañjez (br)
Bulgarian: портока́лов (portokálov), ора́нжев (bg) (oránžev)
Catalan: ataronjat (ca), carabassa (ca), taronja (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 橙色 (caang^4-2 sik¹)

Hokkien: 柑仔色 (zh-min-nan) (kam-á-sek)

Mandarin: 橙色 (zh) (chéngsè), 橙黃色 / 橙黄色 (zh) (chénghuángsè), 橘黃色 / 橘黄色 (zh) (júhuángsè)
Cornish: rudhvelyn, melynrudh
Czech: oranžový (cs)
Danish: orange (da)
Dutch: oranje (nl), brandgeel, geelrood (nl)
Esperanto: oranĝa (eo), oranĝokolora (eo), oranĝkolora (eo)
Estonian: oranž (et)
Finnish: oranssi (fi)
French: orange (fr)
Galician: laranxa (gl)
German: orange (de)
Greek: πορτοκαλής (el) n (portokalís)
Ancient: κιρρός (kirrhós)
Hebrew: כתום (he) (katóm)
Hindi: नारंगी (hi) (nāraṅgī)
Hungarian: narancssárga (hu), narancsszínű (hu)
Hunsrik: ranschegelleb
Icelandic: appelsínugulur (is) m
Ido: oranjea (io)
Indonesian: jingga (id), oranye (id)
Irish: oráiste (ga), flannbhuí (ga)
Italian: arancione (it), arancio (it)
Japanese: オレンジ色の (ja) (orenji-iro no), 橙色の (ja) (だいだいいろの, daidai-iro-no)
Khmer: ពណ៌លឿង (poa lɨəng)
Korean: 주황색(朱黃色)의 (juhwangsaeg-ui)
Latin: aurantius (la)
Latvian: oranžs (lv)
Lithuanian: oranžinis
Louisiana Creole French: zoranj
Low German: orange
Macedonian: портокалов (portokalov)
Malay: jingga (ms)
Manx: oranje-vuigh
Maori: karaka (mi)
Norman: orange (Jersey, Guernsey), oraunge (Cotentin)
Norwegian: oransje (no)
Pashto: نارنجي (ps) (nârënji)
Persian: نارنجی (fa) (nârenji)
Polish: pomarańczowy (pl)
Portuguese: laranja (pt), laranjado, alaranjado (pt), cor-de-laranja (pt)
Quechua: killmu
Romanian: portocaliu (ro), oranj (ro)
Russian: ора́нжевый (ru) (oránževyj)
Scottish Gaelic: orainds
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: на̀ра̄нџаст

Roman: nàrāndžast (sh)
Silesian: apluzinowy
Slovak: oranžový
Slovene: oranžen (sl)
Spanish: anaranjado (es), naranja (es)
Sranan Tongo: alanya
Swahili: machungwa (sw)
Swedish: orange (sv), brandgul (sv), apelsinfärgad (sv)
Thai: ส้ม (th) (sôm)
Turkish: turuncu (tr), portakal rengi (tr)
Ukrainian: жовтогаря́чий (uk) (žovtoharjáčyj), ора́нжевий (uk) (oránževyj), помара́нчевий (uk) (pomaránčevyj)
Urdu: نارنگی (nāraṅgī)
Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} màu cam
Volapük: rojanik (vo)
Welsh: oren (cy)
Yiddish: אָראַנזש (oranzh)
Yoruba: bí ọsán, bí òrombó

Verb

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

(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.
(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.

References

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

orange on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
South Dravidian Etymology Sergei & George Starostin, 1998-2013.

Anagrams

Gerona, Gorean, Ragone, groane, onager

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/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ɑ̃ʒ
Homophones: orangent, oranges

Noun

orange f (plural oranges)

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

Descendants

Haitian Creole: zoranj
Louisiana Creole: zoranj
→ Breton: orañjez
→ Belarusian: ара́нжавы (aránžavy)
→ Bulgarian: ора́нжев (oránžev)
→ 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 (color)

Derived terms

Adjective

orange (invariable)

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

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

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/
Audio: (file)

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)

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

Positive forms of orange

number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
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
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
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
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
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.

Limburgish

Noun

orange f

Veldeke spelling of Orasch

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Borrowed from French orange.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈoʁɑ̃ːʃ/
Audio: (file)

Adjective

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

orange

Middle English

Noun

orange

Alternative form of orenge

Middle French

Alternative forms

orenge

Etymology

From Old French orenge, from pomme d'orenge.

Noun

orange f (plural oranges)

orange (fruit of the orange tree)

Descendants

French: orange (see there for further descendants)
→ Middle English: orenge, arange, araunge, orange, orynge
- English: orange
  - → Esperanto: oranĝo
  - → Japanese: オレンジ (orenji)
  - → Kashubian: orendż (Canada, United States)
  - → Korean: 오렌지 (orenji)
  - → Makah: ʔo·linčas
  - → Malay: oren
  - → Marshallese: oran
- Scots: orange, oranger

References

orange on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Norman

Alternative forms

oraunge (Cotentin)

Etymology

From Old French orenge.

Pronunciation

Audio (Jersey): (file)

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

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

orange

Wikipedia ^sv

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/
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Adjective

orange

orange (orange-colored)
Hon har långt, orange hår.
She has long, orange hair.

en orange apelsin
an orange orange

Declension

Inflection of **orange**
Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative¹
common singular	orange	orangeare	orangeaste
neuter singular	orange	orangeare	orangeaste
plural	orange	orangeare	orangeaste
masculine plural²	orange	orangeare	orangeaste

Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular³	orange	orangeare	orangeaste
all	orange	orangeare	orangeaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Less common:

Inflection of **orange**
Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative¹
common singular	orange	orangeare	orangeaste
neuter singular	oranget	orangeare	orangeaste
plural	orangea	orangeare	orangeaste
masculine plural²	orangea	orangeare	orangeaste

Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular³	orange	orangeare	orangeaste
all	orangea	orangeare	orangeaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Inflection of **orange**
Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative¹
common singular	orange	orangare	orangast
neuter singular	orangt	orangare	orangast
plural	oranga	orangare	orangast
masculine plural²	orange	orangare	orangast

Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular³	orange	orangare	orangaste
all	oranga	orangare	orangaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Noun

orange ?

orange (color)

References

[OnlineED-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “orange”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

[2] ttps://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/what-rhymes-with-orange

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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

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

wäiss	gro	schwaarz
rout	orange; brong	giel
	gréng
turquoise	blo (hellblo, himmelblo)	blo (donkelblo)
violett; indigo	magenta; mof	rosa; pink

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