orange

Signification

Noun

orange (fruit)

Adj

orange

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɔ.ʁɑ̃ʒ/

Étymologie

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).