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Orange

Meaning

orange (fruit)

Frequency

C1
Dialects

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

bumeranze

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

bumeranze

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

orangsche

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

bùmmaranza

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/oˈrãːʒə/
Etymology

In summary

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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