English Explanatory Dictionary

orange

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An evergreen tree of the genus Citrus such as Citrus sinensis which yields oranges (the fruit).
  2. Any round citrus fruit with a yellow-red colour when ripe and a sour-sweet taste; the fruit of the orange tree.
  3. Specifically, a sweet orange or Citrus sinensis.
  4. The colour of a ripe fruit of an orange tree, midway between red and yellow.
  5. Various drinks
  6. Various drinks:
  7. An orange-coloured and orange-flavoured cordial.
  8. An orange-coloured and orange-flavoured soft drink.
  9. Orange juice.
  10. An orange-coloured roundel.
adj
  1. Having the colour of the fruit of an orange tree; yellowred; reddish-yellow.
verb
  1. To colour orange.
  2. To become orange.
name
  1. A city in Vaucluse department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
  2. The Orange River (the longest river in South Africa).
  3. A city in New South Wales; named for William II of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange from 1815 to 1840.
  4. A local government area in central New South Wales, Australia; in full, the City of Orange.
  5. A number of places in the United States:
  6. A city in Orange County, California; named for the fruit.
  7. A town in New Haven County, Connecticut; named for William III of England.
  8. An unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Georgia.
  9. An unincorporated community in Clark County, Illinois.
  10. A township and unincorporated community in Fayette County, Indiana; named for its township, itself named for Orange County, North Carolina.
  11. A town in Franklin County, Massachusetts; named for William III of England.
  12. An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Missouri.
adj
  1. Relating to the Orange Order.

Pronunciation

ŏrʹĭnj ŏrʹənj /ˈɒɹ.ɪnd͡ʒ/ /ˈɒɹ.ənd͡ʒ/ /ˈɒɹɪnʒ/ /ˈɒɹənʒ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-ORANGE.wav ôrʹĭnj /ˈɔɹ.ənd͡ʒ/ /ˈɔɹ.n̩d͡ʒ/ /ɔɹnd͡ʒ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Aquild-orange.wav ärʹĭnj /ˈɑɹ.ənd͡ʒ/ /ˈɔɹ.əŋʒ/ En-NYC-orange.wav /ˈɔɹ.ɪnd͡ʒ/ ˈoɹeɪnd͡ʒ /ˈɒ.ɹɪnd͡ʒ/ ôrʹənj En-ca-orange.ogg En-uk-orange.ogg En-Orange.ogg

Word forms

orange oranges oranger more orange orangest most orange oranging oranged

Etymology

Etymology tree ▲ Italian melaranciacalq. Old French Orengeinflu. ▲ 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 colour) 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”), 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 colour in 1510. In the colour sense, largely displaced ġeolurēad, whence yellow-red.

Synonyms

amber coral ginger gold golden brown orange topaz yellow-red

Antonyms

nonorange

Related words

citrus fruit red yellow green blue violet white citrus clementine Cointreau curaçao mandarin marmalade murcott naartjie ortanique pomander satsuma satsuma mandarin satsuma tangerine secondary colour tangerine triple sec zest

Derived words

acridine orange African cherry orange Alpine grassland orange bergamot orange bitter orange blaze orange blood orange blorange bog orange box orange burnt orange cadmium orange calamondin orange cherry orange China orange chrome orange citrange clockwork orange coolie orange Cox's Orange Pippin direct orange East Orange emergency orange green orange hardy orange horned orange international orange Jaffa orange light orange Lombard Street to a China orange mandarin orange methyl orange Mexican orange mock orange mock-orange monkey orange naphthol orange Natal orange native orange navel orange orangeade orange-aise orange-American orange American orange badge orange ball buddleja orange-ball-tree orange-bellied parrot orange bird orange blister beetle orange blossom orange blossom water Orange Bowl orange box orange cestrum orange chicken orange chromide orange cowry orange-crowned warbler orange daisy

Translations

Afrikaans: lemoenboom Afrikaans: lemoen Afrikaans: oranje Antillean Creole: oranjé Antillean Creole: owanjé m pyé zoranj Antillean Creole: oranj Antillean Creole: owanj Arabic: شَجَرَةْ اَلْبُرْتُقَال Arabic: بُرْتُقَالَة Arabic: نَارَنْج Arabic: بُرْتُقَال Arabic: برتقان Arabic: برتقانة Arabic: برتقال Arabic: بُرْتُقالة Arabic: بُرْتُقال Arabic: ليمون Arabic: لتشين Arabic: بردقان Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܝܼܠܵܢܵܐ ܕܦܘܼܪܬܩܵܠܵܐ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܦܘܼܪܬܩܵܠܵܐ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܸܛܪܘܼܓܵܐ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܸܛܪܘܼܓܵܐ ܚܸܠܝܵܐ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐ݇ܛܪܘܿܓ݂ܵܐ Armenian: նարինջ Armenian: նարնջագույն Armenian: գազարագույն Asturian: naranxal Asturian: ñaranxal Asturian: naranxa Asturian: ñaranxa Azerbaijani: portağal Azerbaijani: narincı Basque: laranjondo Basque: laranja Belarusian: апэльсі́навае дрэ́ва Belarusian: апэльсі́н Belarusian: апельсі́н Breton: gwezenn-orañjez Breton: orañjezenn Breton: aouraval Breton: aval-orañjez Breton: liv orañjez Bulgarian: портокал Bulgarian: оранжев Burmese: လိမ္မော် Burmese: ကမ္ဗလာ Burmese: လိမ္မော်ရောင် Catalan: taronger Catalan: taronja Chechen: апельсин Chechen: цӏеран бос Chinese Cantonese: 橙樹 /橙树 Chinese Cantonese: 橙 Chinese Cantonese: 橙色 Chinese Mandarin: 橙樹 /橙树 Chinese Mandarin: 橙 Chinese Mandarin: 橙子 Chinese Mandarin: 橘子 Chinese Mandarin: 桔子 Chinese Mandarin: 橙色 Chinese Mandarin: 橙黃色 /橙黄色 Chinese Mandarin: 橘黃色 /橘黄色 Chinese Mandarin: 橘色 Ngazidja Comorian: mrunɗa Ngazidja Comorian: trunɗa Czech: pomerančovník Czech: pomeranč Czech: oranžový Danish: appelsintræ Danish: appelsin Danish: orange Dhivehi: އޮރެންޖުގަސް Dhivehi: އޮރެންޖުގަސްތައް Dhivehi: އޮރެންޖު Dhivehi: އޮރެންޖުތައް Dhivehi: އޮރެންޖުކުލަ Dutch: sinaasappelboom Dutch: appelsienenboom Dutch: sinaasappel Dutch: appelsien Dutch: oranje Erzya: сырнемарь чувто Erzya: сырнемарь Erzya: тюжа-якстере Esperanto: oranĝarbo Esperanto: oranĝujo Esperanto: oranĝo Esperanto: oranĝokoloro Estonian: apelsinipuu Estonian: apelsin Estonian: oranž Finnish: appelsiinipuu Finnish: appelsiini Finnish: oranssi French: oranger French: orange Gagauz: portokal Galician: laranxeira Galician: laranxa Gallurese: aranzu Gallurese: purtigàllu Georgian: ფორთოხალი Georgian: სტაფილოსფერი Georgian: ნარინჯისფერი Georgian: ფორთოხლისფერი German: Apfelsinenbaum German: Orangenbaum German: Apfelsine German: Orange Greek: πορτοκαλιά Greek: πορτοκάλι Greek: πορτοκαλί Pontic Greek: πορτοκαλέα Pontic Greek: πορτοκάλιν Haitian Creole: zoranj Hawaiian: ʻalani Hebrew: תפוז Hebrew: תַּפּוּז Hebrew: תַּפּוּחַ זָהָב Hebrew: כָּתֹם Hindi: नारंगी Hindi: संतरा Hindi: मौसमी Hindi: माल्टा Hindi: रंगतरा Hindi: संगतरा Hungarian: narancsfa Hungarian: narancs Hungarian: narancssárga Hungarian: narancsszín Hunsrik: Ranschebaam Hunsrik: Ransch Icelandic: appelsínutré Icelandic: appelsína Icelandic: appelsínugulur
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