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orange

See also: Orange and orangé

English

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

Etymology

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    Etymology tree
    Doric Greek μῆλον (mêlon)bor.?
    Latin mālum
    Italian mela
    Proto-Mon-Khmer *lŋaamder.?
    Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga)bor.
    Classical Persian نَارَنْگ (nārang)bor.
    Italian arancio
    Italian arancia
    Old Italian melaranciacalq.
    Old French Orengeinflu.
    Classical Persian نَارَنْگ (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 نَارَنْگْ (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.

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    Noun

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    orange (countable and uncountable, plural oranges)

    1. (countable) An evergreen tree of the genus Citrus such as Citrus sinensis which yields oranges (the fruit).
    3. (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.
    5. (uncountable) The colour of a ripe fruit of an orange tree, midway between red and yellow.
      orange:  
      Synonym: yellow-red
    6. (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.
    7. (heraldry) An orange-coloured roundel.

    Usage notes

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    • 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

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    Descendants

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

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    Adjective

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    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

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    Verb

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    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, 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.

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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

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    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “orange”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
    2. ^ https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/what-rhymes-with-orange

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    Danish

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    Etymology 1

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    From French orange, ultimately from Dravidian. Compare Tamil நாரங்காய் (nāraṅkāy).

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    orange c (singular definite orangen, plural indefinite oranger)

    1. orange (the taste of an orange)
    2. (rare) orange (fruit)
      Synonym: appelsin

    Declension

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    Declension of orange
    common
    gender     		singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative orange orangen oranger orangerne
    genitive oranges orangens orangers orangernes

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    Etymology 2

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    From the noun above.

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    orange (indeclinable)

    1. orange (orange-coloured)
    2. (as a noun) orange (color)

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    Inflection of orange
    positive comparative superlative
    indefinite common singular orange — —2
    indefinite neuter singular orange — —2
    plural orange — —2
    definite attributive1 orange — —

    1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
    the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
    2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

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    Colors in Danish · farver (layout · text)
         hvid      grå      sort
                 rød; højrød, mørkerød              orange; brun              gul; flødefarvet
                 lime, lysegrøn              grøn, mørkegrøn              mintgrøn
                 cyan; turkis, lyseblå              azurblå, himmelblå              blå, mørkeblå
                 violet; indigo              magenta; lilla              lyserød, rosa

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    French

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    Etymology

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      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.

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      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.

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      Noun

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      orange m (plural oranges)

      1. orange (color)

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      orange (invariable)

      1. orange (orange-coloured)
        Les premiers TGV atlantiques étaient orange.
        The first Atlantic TGV trains were orange.

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      • While prescriptively invariable as a colour name derived from a noun (compare argent (“silver”), chocolat), the nonstandard plural oranges does see use.

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      Colors in French · couleurs (layout · text)
           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

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      German

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      Etymology

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

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      • (predicative only) IPA(key): /oˈʁãːʃ/, /oˈʁaŋʃ/, /oˈʁɔ̃ːʃ/, /oˈʁɔŋʃ/
      • (non-predicative feminine and plural forms) IPA(key): /oˈʁãːʒə/, /oˈʁaŋʒə/, /oˈʁɔ̃ːʒə/, /oˈʁɔŋʒə/
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        A user suggests that this German entry be cleaned up, giving the reason: “"strong nominative masculine singular (standard) oranger or (colloquial) orangener" -- this lacks the form "orange".”
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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

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      • 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

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      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 reading

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

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      orange f

      1. Veldeke spelling of Orasch

      Luxembourgish

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      Etymology

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      Borrowed from French orange.

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

      1. orange

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      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

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      orange

      1. Alternative form of orenge

      Middle French

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      Alternative forms

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      Etymology

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        From Old French orenge, from pomme d'orenge.

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        orange f (plural oranges)

        1. orange (fruit of the orange tree)

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

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        Alternative forms

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        Etymology

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        From Old French orenge.

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        orange m or f

        1. (Jersey, Guernsey) orange

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        orange oblique singular, f (oblique plural oranges, nominative singular orange, nominative plural oranges)

        1. Alternative form of orenge

        Swedish

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        Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
        Wikipedia sv

        Etymology

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        Borrowed from French orange. See English orange.

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        • (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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        orange

        1. orange (orange-colored)
          Hon har långt, orange hår.
          She has long, orange hair.
          en orange apelsin
          an orange orange

        Declension

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        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.

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        orange ?

        1. orange (color)

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