tangerine

See also: Tangerine

Contents

English

Etymology

From French Tanger +‎ -ine, after Tangier, Morocco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtæn.dʒəˌɹin/, /ˈtæn.dʒɜɹˌin/

Noun

tangerine (plural tangerines)

1. Any of several varieties of mandarin oranges.
2. A deep yellowish-orange colour, like that of a tangerine fruit.

   tangerine colour:  

3. A tree that produces tangerines.

Synonyms

• (tree): Citrus tangerina

Hypernyms

• (tree): mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata)

Derived terms

• tangelo

Translations

fruit

• Afrikaans: nartjie (af), mandaryn (af)
• Basque: mandarina (eu)
• Belarusian: мандары́н m (mandarýn)
• Bulgarian: мандари́на (bg) f (mandarína)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 橘子 (zh) (júzi), 甌柑 (zh), 瓯柑 (zh) (ōugān)

• Cornish: tanjerin m
• Danish: mandarin (da) c
• Dutch: mandarijn (nl) n
• Estonian: tangeriin
• Faroese: mandarin f
• Finnish: tangeriini (fi)
• French: tangerine (fr) f, mandarine (fr) f
• German: Mandarine (de) f
• Greek: μανταρίνι (el) n (mantaríni)
• Hungarian: mandarin (hu)
• Italian: mandarino (it) m
• Japanese: タンジェリン (tanjerin), みかん (ja) (mikan), ミカン (ja) (mikan), 蜜柑 (ja) (みかん, mikan)
• Korean: 귤 (ko) (gyul)
• Latin: citrus tangerina f

• Latvian: mandarīns m
• Low German: Mandarien f
• Macedonian: мандарина f (mandarina)
• Maori: manarini
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tangerin m

• Persian: نارنگی‎‎ (fa) (nârengi)
• Portuguese: tangerina (pt) f
• Romanian: tangerină f
• Russian: мандари́н (ru) m (mandarín)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тангерина f, мандарина f

  Roman: tangerina (sh) f, mandarina (sh) f

• Spanish: mandarina (es) f
• Swahili: chenza (sw)
• Swedish: tangerin (sv) c
• Ukrainian: мандари́н m (mandarýn)
• Urdu: طنجہ کا باشندہ‎‎ (tunja ka bashinda)
• Vietnamese: quả quýt
• Welsh: tanjerîn m, f

colour

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 橘紅色, 橘红色 (júhóngsè)

• Finnish: tangeriinin oranssi
• French: mandarine (fr)
• Persian: نارنجی‎‎ (fa) (nârenji)

• Romanian: portocaliu (ro)
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: naranja (es) m
• Welsh: tanjerîn, melyngoch

tree

• Afrikaans: nartjieboom
• Basque: mandarinondo (eu)
• Bulgarian: мандари́на (bg) f (mandarína)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 橘子 (zh) (júzi), 甌柑 (zh), 瓯柑 (zh) (ōugān)

• Estonian: tangeriinipuu
• Finnish: tangeriinipuu
• French: tangerinier f, mandarinier (fr) m
• Italian: mandarino (it) m
• Latvian: mandarīns m

• Persian: نارنگی‎‎ (fa) (nârengi)
• Portuguese: tangerineira (pt) f
• Russian: мандари́н (ru) m (mandarín)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тангерина f, мандарина f

  Roman: tangerina (sh) f, mandarina (sh) f

• Swahili: mchenza
• Swedish: tangerinträd n
• Welsh: tanjerîn m, f

Adjective

tangerine

1. Of a deep yellowish-orange colour.

Translations

colour

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 橘紅色的, 橘红色的 (júhóngsè de)

• Finnish: tangeriinin oranssi, tangeriinin värinen (fi)
• French: mandarine (fr)

• Romanian: portocaliu (ro)
• Russian: мандари́новый (ru) (mandarínovyj)
• Spanish: anaranjado (es)
• Swedish: orangeröd

See also

• clementine
• mandarine
• minneola

• nartjie
• ortanique
• satsuma

• ugli/ugli fruit
• Van der Hum
• Appendix:Colors

References

• tangerine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Argentine, antigreen, argentine, intragene