Orange

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Meaning

orange (fruit)

Frequency

C1
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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