orange

Significat

Noun

orange (fruit)

Adj

orange

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ɔ.ʁɑ̃ʒ/

Etimologia

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).