orange

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable) An evergreen tree of the genus Citrus such as Citrus sinensis which yields oranges (the fruit).
2. (countable) Any round citrus fruit with a yellow-red colour when ripe and a sour-sweet taste; the fruit of the orange tree.
3. (countable) Any round citrus fruit with a yellow-red colour when ripe and a sour-sweet taste; the fruit of the orange tree.
4. (uncountable) The colour of a ripe fruit of an orange tree, midway between red and yellow.
5. (uncountable) Various drinks
6. (countable, uncountable) Various drinks:
7. (countable, uncountable) Various drinks:
8. (countable, uncommon, uncountable) Various drinks:
9. (countable, uncountable) An orange-coloured roundel.

Adj

Having the colour of the fruit of an orange tree; yellowred; reddish-yellow.

Verb

1. (transitive) To color orange.
2. (intransitive) To become orange.

Opposite of

nonorange

Synonyms

red

orange tree

yellow

orange-colored

sweet orange

orangish

citrus fruit

saffron

reddish yellow

orangeness

yellowish

citrus

flame

orange-coloured

tangerine

🍊

golden yellow

purple

ripe

waxen

bright red

China orange

cream-colored

light brown

sweet orange tree

flame scarlet

bright reddish

fruit

Genus Citrus

like fire

aurantium

cream-colored

cream-coloured

amber

daidai

aurora

blue

brown

cream

crimson

deep red

flesh-coloured

golden

grey

lemon

🍋

mandarin

🍊

navel orange

orange-tree

pale

pine cone

Translations

orange

🍊

naranja

🍊

Orange

🍊

arancione

🍊

laranja

🍊

taronja

🍊

orange

🍊

arancia

🍊

anaranjado

🍊

oranje

🍊

Apfelsine

🍊

arancio

🍊

sinaasappel

🍊

portakal

🍊

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɒɹ.ɨnd͡ʒ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: orenge

Cognate with Tamil: நாரங்காய்

Cognate with Telugu: నారంగము, నారింజ

Cognate with Malayalam: നാരങ്ങ

Cognate with Kannada: ನಾರಂಗಿ

In summary

Etymology tree
Doric Greek μῆλον (mêlon)bor.?
Latin mālum
Italian mela
Proto-Austroasiatic *ŋaːmder.?
Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga)bor.
Classical Persian نَارَنْگ (nārang)bor.
Italian arancio
Italian arancia
Italian melaranciacalq.
Old French Orengeinflu.
Classical Persian نَارَنْگ (nārang)bor.
Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj)bor.
Old Occitan auranjainflu.
Old French pomme d'orenge
Old French orenge
Middle French orangebor.
Middle English orenge
English orange
Inherited from Middle English orenge, orange, from Old French pome orenge (“fruit orange”), influenced by the place name Orange (which is from Gaulish and unrelated to the word for the fruit and color) and by Old Occitan auranja and calqued from Old Italian melarancio, melarancia, compound of mela (“apple”) and un'arancia (“an orange”), from Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj), from Early Classical Persian نَارَنْگْ (nārang), from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga, “orange tree”), ultimately from Dravidian. Compare Tamil நாரங்காய் (nāraṅkāy), compound of நாரம் (nāram, “water”) and காய் (kāy, “fruit”); also Telugu నారంగము, నారింజ (nāraṅgamu, nāriñja), Malayalam നാരങ്ങ (nāraṅṅa), Kannada ನಾರಂಗಿ (nāraṅgi)).
Originally borrowed as the surname (derived from the place name) in the 13th century, before the sense of the fruit was imported in the late 14th century and the color in 1510. In the color sense, largely displaced ġeolurēad, whence yellow-red.