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orange

See also: Orange and orangé

EnglishEdit

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

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English orenge, orange, from Old French pome orenge (“fruit orange”), influenced 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 Persian نارنگ‎ (nârang), from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga, “orange tree”),[1] from Dravidian (compare Tamil நார்த்தங்காய் (nārttaṅkāy), compound of நரந்தம் (narantam, “fragrance”) and காய் (kāy, “fruit”); also Telugu నారంగము (nāraṅgamu), Malayalam നാരങ്ങ (nāraṅṅa), Kannada ನಾರಂಗಿ (nāraṅgi)).

Originally borrowed as the surname 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 replaced Old English ġeolurēad, English yellow-red (compare English blue-green).

For other similar cases of the incorrect division (or, elision/rebracketing) of the above Italian word, but in English, see Category:English rebracketings.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

orange (countable and uncountable, plural oranges)

  1. (countable) An evergreen tree of the genus Citrus such as Citrus sinensis.
  2. (countable) The fruit of the orange tree; a citrus fruit with a slightly sour flavour.
  3. The colour of a ripe fruit of an orange tree, midway between red and yellow.
    orange:  
    bright orange:  
    Synonym: yellow-red
  4. Various drinks:
    1. (uncountable) Orange juice.
    2. (uncountable) An orange-coloured and orange-flavoured cordial.
    3. (uncountable) An orange-coloured and orange-flavoured soft drink.

Usage notesEdit

  • 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.

HypernymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

  • → Esperanto: oranĝo
  • → Japanese: オレンジ (orenji)
  • → Korean: 오렌지 (orenji)
  • → Malay: oren
  • → Marshallese: oran

TranslationsEdit

AdjectiveEdit

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

Derived termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

VerbEdit

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, (Please provide the book title or journal name), 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.

See alsoEdit

Colors in English · colors, colours (layout · text)
     white      gray, grey      black
             red; crimson              orange; brown              yellow; cream
             lime, lime green              green              mint
             cyan; teal              azure, sky blue              blue
             violet; indigo              magenta; purple              pink

ReferencesEdit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “orange”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  2. ^ https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/what-rhymes-with-orange

AnagramsEdit

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

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, from where these fruits came to the north. See orange (English).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

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.

DescendantsEdit

NounEdit

orange m (plural oranges)

  1. orange (color)

Derived termsEdit

AdjectiveEdit

orange (invariable)

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

Usage notesEdit

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

Derived termsEdit

See alsoEdit

Colors in French · couleurs (layout · text)
     blanc      gris      noir
             rouge; cramoisi              orange; brun              jaune; crème
             vert citron              vert              menthe
             cyan; bleu canard              azur              bleu
             violet; indigo              magenta; pourpre              rose

Further readingEdit

AnagramsEdit

GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

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

AdjectiveEdit

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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

Usage notesEdit

  • 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.

DeclensionEdit

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 readingEdit

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

LuxembourgishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French orange.

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

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

  1. orange

DeclensionEdit

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

See alsoEdit

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

Middle EnglishEdit

NounEdit

orange

  1. Alternative form of orenge

NormanEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French.

PronunciationEdit

  • Audio (Jersey)(file)

AdjectiveEdit

orange m or f

  1. (Jersey, Guernsey) orange

SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French orange. See English orange.

PronunciationEdit

  • (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/
  • Audio(file)

AdjectiveEdit

orange

  1. orange
    Hon har långt, orange hår.
    She has long, orange hair.

DeclensionEdit

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

NounEdit

orange ?

  1. orange (color)
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