English Explanatory Dictionary

tangerine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A slightly ovoid, orange-coloured citrus fruit with a rough peel and a sour-sweet taste which is larger than a clementine and sometimes classed as a variety of mandarin orange.
  2. A deep yellowish-orange colour, like that of a tangerine fruit.
  3. A tree that produces tangerines.
adj
  1. Of a deep yellowish-orange colour.
adj
  1. From, or pertaining to Tangier.
  2. Of or related to Blackpool Football Club.
noun
  1. A native or inhabitant of Tangier.

Pronunciation

/ˈtæn.d͡ʒəˌɹiːn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tangerine.wav /ˈteə̯n.d͡ʒəˌɹiːn/ /ˈtɛə̯n.d͡ʒəˌɹiːn/ /ˈtænd͡ʒəˌɹiːn/

Word forms

tangerine tangerines

Etymology

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

Synonyms

Citrus tangerina

Related words

clementine mandarine minneola nartjie ortanique satsuma ugli ugli fruit Van der Hum tangelo tangerine

Derived words

atomic tangerine honey tangerine tangelo tangemon

Translations

Afrikaans: nartjie Afrikaans: mandaryn Arabic: مَنْدَرِين Arabic: يُوسُفِيّ Arabic: أَفَنْدِيّ Arabic: مندرين Arabic: مندرينة Arabic: مندلينا Basque: mandarina Belarusian: мандары́н Bulgarian: мандари́на Catalan: mandarina Chinese Mandarin: 橘子 Chinese Mandarin: 甌柑 /瓯柑 Cornish: tanjerin Danish: mandarin Dutch: mandarijn Estonian: tangeriin Estonian: mandariin Faroese: mandarin Finnish: tangeriini French: tangerine French: mandarine German: Mandarine Greek: μανταρίνι Gujarati: નારંગી Hungarian: mandarin Icelandic: tangerína Italian: mandarino Japanese: タンジェリン Kazakh: мандарин Korean: 귤 Central Kurdish: لالەنگی Northern Kurdish: lalengî Kyrgyz: мандарин Latin: citrus tangerina Latvian: mandarīns Low German: Mandarien Macedonian: мандарина Maltese: mandolina Māori: manarini Norwegian Bokmål: tangerin Persian: نارنگی Polish: mandarynka Portuguese: tangerina Portuguese: mexerica Portuguese: bergamota Romanian: tangerină Russian: мандари́н Serbo-Croatian: тангерина Serbo-Croatian: мандарина Serbo-Croatian: tangerina Serbo-Croatian: mandarina Spanish: mandarina Spanish: naranja tangerina Spanish: tangerina Spanish: tanjarina
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