orange

Meaning

Noun

orange (fruit)

Adj

orange

Concepts

orange

orange-coloured

sweet orange

orange-colored

orange tree

oranges

sweet oranges

citrus fruit

orangish

orangeness

marmalade

Orange

Orange River

fire opal

mandarin

oranger

lemon

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɔ.ʁɑ̃ʒ/

Etymology

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).