orange - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (2024)

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Contents English[edit] Etymology[edit] Pronunciation[edit] Noun[edit] Adjective[edit] Verb[edit] See also[edit] References[edit] Anagrams[edit] French[edit] Etymology[edit] Pronunciation[edit] Noun[edit] Noun[edit] Adjective[edit] See also[edit] Further reading[edit] Anagrams[edit] German[edit] Etymology[edit] Pronunciation[edit] Adjective[edit] Further reading[edit] Limburgish[edit] Noun[edit] Luxembourgish[edit] Etymology[edit] Pronunciation[edit] Adjective[edit] See also[edit] Middle English[edit] Noun[edit] Norman[edit] Alternative forms[edit] Etymology[edit] Pronunciation[edit] Adjective[edit] Swedish[edit] Etymology[edit] Pronunciation[edit] Adjective[edit] Noun[edit]

See also: Orange and orangé

Contents

  • 1 English
    • 1.1 Etymology
    • 1.2 Pronunciation
    • 1.3 Noun
      • 1.3.1 Usage notes
      • 1.3.2 Hypernyms
      • 1.3.3 Derived terms
      • 1.3.4 Descendants
      • 1.3.5 Translations
    • 1.4 Adjective
      • 1.4.1 Derived terms
      • 1.4.2 Translations
    • 1.5 Verb
    • 1.6 See also
    • 1.7 References
    • 1.8 Anagrams
  • 2 French
    • 2.1 Etymology
    • 2.2 Pronunciation
    • 2.3 Noun
      • 2.3.1 Descendants
    • 2.4 Noun
      • 2.4.1 Derived terms
    • 2.5 Adjective
      • 2.5.1 Usage notes
      • 2.5.2 Derived terms
    • 2.6 See also
    • 2.7 Further reading
    • 2.8 Anagrams
  • 3 German
    • 3.1 Etymology
    • 3.2 Pronunciation
    • 3.3 Adjective
      • 3.3.1 Usage notes
      • 3.3.2 Declension
    • 3.4 Further reading
  • 4 Limburgish
    • 4.1 Noun
  • 5 Luxembourgish
    • 5.1 Etymology
    • 5.2 Pronunciation
    • 5.3 Adjective
    • 5.4 See also
  • 6 Middle English
    • 6.1 Noun
  • 7 Norman
    • 7.1 Alternative forms
    • 7.2 Etymology
    • 7.3 Pronunciation
    • 7.4 Adjective
  • 8 Swedish
    • 8.1 Etymology
    • 8.2 Pronunciation
    • 8.3 Adjective
      • 8.3.1 Declension
    • 8.4 Noun

English[edit]

orange - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (1)
orange - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (2)
orange - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (3)

Etymology[edit]

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.

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

orange (countable and uncountable, plural oranges)

  1. (countable) An evergreen tree of the genus Citrus such as Citrus sinensis which yields oranges (the fruit).
  2. (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.
  3. (uncountable) The colour of a ripe fruit of an orange tree, midway between red and yellow.

    orange:

    Synonym: yellow-red
  4. (uncommon) 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. (uncountable) Orange juice.
    2. (uncountable) An orange-coloured and orange-flavoured cordial.
    3. (uncountable) An orange-coloured and orange-flavoured soft drink.
  5. (heraldry) An orange-coloured roundel.

Usage notes[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Translations[edit]

tree

See Also
How many syllables in its?What is a syllable?How many syllables in birds?How many syllables in rain?

fruit

colour

Adjective[edit]

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 terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

having the colour of the fruit of an orange tree

Verb[edit]

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.

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  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.

See also[edit]

Colors/Colours in English (layout · text)
red orange yellow green blue (incl. indigo;
cyan, teal, turquoise)		 purple / violet
pink (including
magenta)		 brown white grey/gray black

References[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

orangef (plural oranges)

  1. orange (fruit)

    Il pressa l’orange afin d’en extraire du jus.

    He squeezed the orange to extract juice from it.

Descendants[edit]

Noun[edit]

orangem (plural oranges)

  1. orange (color)

Derived terms[edit]

Adjective[edit]

orange (invariable)

  1. orange

    Les premiers TGV atlantiques étaient orange.

    The first Atlantic TGV trains were orange.

Usage notes[edit]

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[edit]

See also[edit]

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

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

orange - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (5)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".”
Please see the discussion on Requests for cleanup(+) or the talk page for more information and remove this template after the problem has been dealt with.

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 notes[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Positive forms of orange

number & gendersingularplural
masculinefeminineneuter
predicativeer ist orangesie ist orangees ist orangesie sind orange
strong declension
(without article)		nominativeoranger1
orangener2		orange1
orangene2		oranges1
orangenes2		orange1
orangene2
genitiveorangen1
orangenen2		oranger1
orangener2		orangen1
orangenen2		oranger1
orangener2
dativeorangem1
orangenem2		oranger1
orangener2		orangem1
orangenem2		orangen1
orangenen2
accusativeorangen1
orangenen2		orange1
orangene2		oranges1
orangenes2		orange1
orangene2
weak declension
(with definite article)		nominativeder orange1
der orangene2		die orange1
die orangene2		das orange1
das orangene2		die orangen1
die orangenen2
genitivedes orangen1
des orangenen2		der orangen1
der orangenen2		des orangen1
des orangenen2		der orangen1
der orangenen2
dativedem orangen1
dem orangenen2		der orangen1
der orangenen2		dem orangen1
dem orangenen2		den orangen1
den orangenen2
accusativeden orangen1
den orangenen2		die orange1
die orangene2		das orange1
das orangene2		die orangen1
die orangenen2
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		nominativeein oranger1
ein orangener2		eine orange1
eine orangene2		ein oranges1
ein orangenes2		(keine) orangen1
(keine) orangenen2
genitiveeines orangen1
eines orangenen2		einer orangen1
einer orangenen2		eines orangen1
eines orangenen2		(keiner) orangen1
(keiner) orangenen2
dativeeinem orangen1
einem orangenen2		einer orangen1
einer orangenen2		einem orangen1
einem orangenen2		(keinen) orangen1
(keinen) orangenen2
accusativeeinen orangen1
einen orangenen2		eine orange1
eine orangene2		ein oranges1
ein orangenes2		(keine) orangen1
(keine) orangenen2

1Standard.
2Colloquial.

Comparative forms of orange

number & gendersingularplural
masculinefeminineneuter
predicativeer 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)		nominativeorangerer1
orangenerer2		orangere1
orangenere2		orangeres1
orangeneres2		orangere1
orangenere2
genitiveorangeren1
orangeneren2		orangerer1
orangenerer2		orangeren1
orangeneren2		orangerer1
orangenerer2
dativeorangerem1
orangenerem2		orangerer1
orangenerer2		orangerem1
orangenerem2		orangeren1
orangeneren2
accusativeorangeren1
orangeneren2		orangere1
orangenere2		orangeres1
orangeneres2		orangere1
orangenere2
weak declension
(with definite article)		nominativeder orangere1
der orangenere2		die orangere1
die orangenere2		das orangere1
das orangenere2		die orangeren1
die orangeneren2
genitivedes orangeren1
des orangeneren2		der orangeren1
der orangeneren2		des orangeren1
des orangeneren2		der orangeren1
der orangeneren2
dativedem orangeren1
dem orangeneren2		der orangeren1
der orangeneren2		dem orangeren1
dem orangeneren2		den orangeren1
den orangeneren2
accusativeden orangeren1
den orangeneren2		die orangere1
die orangenere2		das orangere1
das orangenere2		die orangeren1
die orangeneren2
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		nominativeein orangerer1
ein orangenerer2		eine orangere1
eine orangenere2		ein orangeres1
ein orangeneres2		(keine) orangeren1
(keine) orangeneren2
genitiveeines orangeren1
eines orangeneren2		einer orangeren1
einer orangeneren2		eines orangeren1
eines orangeneren2		(keiner) orangeren1
(keiner) orangeneren2
dativeeinem orangeren1
einem orangeneren2		einer orangeren1
einer orangeneren2		einem orangeren1
einem orangeneren2		(keinen) orangeren1
(keinen) orangeneren2
accusativeeinen orangeren1
einen orangeneren2		eine orangere1
eine orangenere2		ein orangeres1
ein orangeneres2		(keine) orangeren1
(keine) orangeneren2

1Standard.
2Colloquial.

Superlative forms of orange

number & gendersingularplural
masculinefeminineneuter
predicativeer 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)		nominativeorangester1
orangenster2		orangeste1
orangenste2		orangestes1
orangenstes2		orangeste1
orangenste2
genitiveorangesten1
orangensten2		orangester1
orangenster2		orangesten1
orangensten2		orangester1
orangenster2
dativeorangestem1
orangenstem2		orangester1
orangenster2		orangestem1
orangenstem2		orangesten1
orangensten2
accusativeorangesten1
orangensten2		orangeste1
orangenste2		orangestes1
orangenstes2		orangeste1
orangenste2
weak declension
(with definite article)		nominativeder orangeste1
der orangenste2		die orangeste1
die orangenste2		das orangeste1
das orangenste2		die orangesten1
die orangensten2
genitivedes orangesten1
des orangensten2		der orangesten1
der orangensten2		des orangesten1
des orangensten2		der orangesten1
der orangensten2
dativedem orangesten1
dem orangensten2		der orangesten1
der orangensten2		dem orangesten1
dem orangensten2		den orangesten1
den orangensten2
accusativeden orangesten1
den orangensten2		die orangeste1
die orangenste2		das orangeste1
das orangenste2		die orangesten1
die orangensten2
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		nominativeein orangester1
ein orangenster2		eine orangeste1
eine orangenste2		ein orangestes1
ein orangenstes2		(keine) orangesten1
(keine) orangensten2
genitiveeines orangesten1
eines orangensten2		einer orangesten1
einer orangensten2		eines orangesten1
eines orangensten2		(keiner) orangesten1
(keiner) orangensten2
dativeeinem orangesten1
einem orangensten2		einer orangesten1
einer orangensten2		einem orangesten1
einem orangensten2		(keinen) orangesten1
(keinen) orangensten2
accusativeeinen orangesten1
einen orangensten2		eine orangeste1
eine orangenste2		ein orangestes1
ein orangenstes2		(keine) orangesten1
(keine) orangensten2

1Standard.
2Colloquial.

Further reading[edit]

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

Limburgish[edit]

Noun[edit]

orangef

  1. Veldeke spelling spelling of Orasch

Luxembourgish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French orange.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

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

  1. orange

See also[edit]

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 English[edit]

Noun[edit]

orange

  1. Alternative form of orenge

Norman[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio (Jersey)(file)

Adjective[edit]

orangem or f

  1. (Jersey, Guernsey) orange

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French orange. See English orange.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (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)

Adjective[edit]

orange

  1. orange

    Hon har långt, orange hår.

    She has long, orange hair.

Declension[edit]

Inflection of orange
IndefinitePositiveComparativeSuperlative2
Common singularorangeorangeareorangeaste
Neuter singularorangeorangeareorangeaste
Pluralorangeorangeareorangeaste
Masculine plural3orangeorangeareorangeaste
DefinitePositiveComparativeSuperlative
Masculine singular1orangeorangeareorangeaste
Allorangeorangeareorangeaste
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
IndefinitePositiveComparativeSuperlative2
Common singularorangeorangeareorangeaste
Neuter singularorangetorangeareorangeaste
Pluralorangeaorangeareorangeaste
Masculine plural3orangeaorangeareorangeaste
DefinitePositiveComparativeSuperlative
Masculine singular1orangeorangeareorangeaste
Allorangeaorangeareorangeaste
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
IndefinitePositiveComparativeSuperlative2
Common singularorangeorangareorangast
Neuter singularorangtorangareorangast
Pluralorangaorangareorangast
Masculine plural3orangeorangareorangast
DefinitePositiveComparativeSuperlative
Masculine singular1orangeorangareorangaste
Allorangaorangareorangaste
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

Noun[edit]

orange?

  1. orange (color)
orange - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (2024)
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