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laranja

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laranja

Etymology

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From Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj), from Persian نارنگ (nârang), from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga, “orange tree”), itself of uncertain origin, possibly Dravidian.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /laɾanɟa/ [la.ɾãɲ.ɟa]
 
  • IPA(key): (Gipuzkoan) /laɾanxa/ [la.ɾaŋ.xa]
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /laɾand͡ʒa/ [la.ɾãnʲ.d͡ʒa]
  • IPA(key): (Navarrese) /laɾanja/ [la.ɾãɲ.ja]

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  • Rhymes: -anɟa
 

  • Hyphenation: la‧ran‧ja

Noun

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laranja inan

  1. orange (fruit)
  2. orange (color)

Declension

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Declension of laranja (inanimate, ending in -a)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive laranja laranja laranjak
ergative laranjak laranjak laranjek
dative laranjari laranjari laranjei
genitive laranjaren laranjaren laranjen
comitative laranjarekin laranjarekin laranjekin
causative laranjarengatik laranjarengatik laranjengatik
benefactive laranjarentzat laranjarentzat laranjentzat
instrumental laranjaz laranjaz laranjez
inessive laranjatan laranjan laranjetan
locative laranjatako laranjako laranjetako
allative laranjatara laranjara laranjetara
terminative laranjataraino laranjaraino laranjetaraino
directive laranjatarantz laranjarantz laranjetarantz
destinative laranjatarako laranjarako laranjetarako
ablative laranjatatik laranjatik laranjetatik
partitive laranjarik — —
prolative laranjatzat — —

Derived terms

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Adjective

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laranja (comparative laranjago, superlative laranjen, excessive laranjegi)

  1. having the colour of the fruit of an orange tree.

See also

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Colors in Basque · koloreak (layout · text)
     zuri      gris      beltz
             gorri              laranja; marroi              hori
                          berde             
                          oztin              urdin
             ubel              more              arrosa

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Portuguese

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laranja

Etymology

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From Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj), from Persian نارنگ (nârang), from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga, “orange tree”), itself of uncertain origin, possibly Dravidian. Compare Spanish naranja.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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laranja (invariable)

  1. orange (having orange as its color)

Noun

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laranja f (plural laranjas)

  1. orange (fruit)
    • 1563, João de Barros, chapter II, in Terceira decada da Aſia, volume 5, Lisbon, page 124:
      E querẽdo Eitor Anrriquez de Santarem como hómem de animo poer a lança na tȩſta de hum Elefaute, de dous que ali andauam pelejando: deſuiou o Elefante a lãça com a tromba, & apanhou ò com ella per antre as pȩrnas & lançou o pera o ár como ſe fora hũa laranja, & quis lhe Deos bem que jndo armado cayo em lugar & de maneira que o nã matou.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1693, Antonio Pereyra Rego, “Das Sobre-mãos, ou Formas, & Cravos” (chapter 63), in Inſtruçam da Cavallaria de Brida, Coimbra: Joam Antunes, page 304:
      As ſobre-mãos ſe manifeſtaõ de principio, como hũa fava; porèm depois vem a creçer, & a fazerſe algũas vezes, como meya laranja.
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    • 1707, Joam Curvo Semmedo, “Obſervaçam XLIII”, in Obſervações Medicas Doutrinaes, Lisbon: Antonio Pedrozo Galram, page 271:
      […] vim em conhecimento que o veneno, que o eſcravo tinha tomado, era ſolimaõ, & por iſſo lhe dei, primeiro que tudo, um vomitorio de dez onças de agua de flor de laranja, & logo quatro onças de oleo da ſemente dos nabos, & huma oitava de cristal bem preparado, miſturado tudo com outra oitava do meu Bezoartico Cordeal […]
      I came to know that the poison, that the slave had drank, was sulema and therefore I gave him, first of all, a vomitory of ten ounces of orange flowers, and four ounces of turnip seed oil right after, and one oitava of well-prepared crystal, mixing everything with another oitava of my Bezoartico Cordeal.
  2. orange (color)
    Synonym: cor de laranja

Derived terms

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Noun

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laranja m or f by sense (plural laranjas)

  1. (colloquial, Brazil) a front man (one who knowingly allows himself or herself to be used for another's profit, especially in political schemes), a straw man

Descendants

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  • Kadiwéu: lalaanja

See also

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Colors in Portuguese · cores (layout · text)
     branco, alvo, cândido      cinza, gris,
cinzento 		     preto, negro, atro
             vermelho,
encarnado, rubro,
salmão; carmim 		             laranja,
cor de laranja; castanho,
marrom 		             amarelo, lúteo; creme,
ocre
             verde-limão              verde              verde-água; verde-menta
             ciano,
turquesa; azul-petróleo 		             azul-celeste              azul, índigo, anil
             violeta,
lilás 		             magenta; roxo, púrpura              rosa,
cor-de-rosa, rosa-choque
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