Orange
Meaning
orange (fruit)
Frequency
Hyphenated as
Oran‧ge
Pronounced as (IPA)
/oˈrãːʒə/
Etymology
Borrowed from French orange, short for pomme d’orange, from Spanish naranja, from Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj), from Persian نارنگ (nârang), ultimately from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga, “orange tree”). Cognate with German Pomeranze.
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