Orange

Or·ange¹ (ôr

nj,

Princely family of Europe ruling continuously in the Netherlands since 1815. The name was first used for a former principality of southeast France that passed to the house of Nassau in 1530.

Or·ange² (ôr

nj,

A city of southern California north-northeast of Santa Ana. It is a manufacturing center in a citrus-growing area. Population: 131,000.

or·ange (ôr

nj,

a. Any of several southeast Asian evergreen trees of the genus Citrus, widely cultivated in warm regions and having fragrant white flowers and round fruit with a yellowish or reddish rind and a sectioned, pulpy interior, especially C. sinensis, the sweet orange, and C. aurantium, the Seville or sour orange.

b. The fruit of any of these trees, having a sweetish, acidic juice.

2. Any of several similar plants, such as the Osage orange and the mock orange.

3. The hue of that portion of the visible spectrum lying between red and yellow, evoked in the human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 590 to 630 nanometers; any of a group of colors between red and yellow in hue, of medium lightness and moderate saturation.

adj.

1. Of the color orange.

2. Made from oranges.

3. Tasting or smelling like oranges.

[Middle English, from Old French pume orenge, translation and alteration (influenced by Orenge, Orange, a town in France) of Old Italian melarancio : mela, fruit + arancio, orange tree (alteration of Arabic nranj, from Persian nrang, from Sanskrit nraga, possibly of Dravidian origin).]

orang·y, orang·ey (-

n-j

) adj.

Word History: Oranges imported to China from the United States reflect a journey come full circle, for the orange had worked its way westward for centuries, originating in China, then being introduced to India, and traveling on to the Middle East, into Europe, and finally to the New World. The history of the word orange keeps step with this journey only part of the way. The word is possibly ultimately from Dravidian, a family of languages spoken in southern India and northern Sri Lanka. The Dravidian word or words were adopted into the Indo-European language Sanskrit with the form nraga. As the fruit passed westward, so did the word, as evidenced by Persian nrang and Arabic nranj. Arabs brought the first oranges to Spain, and the fruit rapidly spread throughout Europe. The important word for the development of our term is Old Italian melarancio, derived from mela, "fruit," and arancio, "orange tree," from Arabic nranj. Old Italian melarancio was translated into Old French as pume orenge, the o replacing the a because of the influence of the name of the town of Orange, from which oranges reached the northern part of France. The final stage of the odyssey of the word was its borrowing into English from the Old French form orenge. Our word is first recorded in Middle English in a text probably composed around 1380, a time preceding the arrival of the orange in the New World.

orange

Noun

1. a round reddish-yellow juicy citrus fruit

2. the evergreen tree on which it grows

3. a colour between red and yellow; the colour of an orange

Adjective

of a colour between red and yellow [Arabic nāranj]

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	orange - round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees orange peel, orange rind - the rind of an orange citrous fruit, citrus, citrus fruit - any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions temple orange - large sweet easily-peeled Florida fruit with deep orange rind bitter orange, Seville orange, sour orange - highly acidic orange used especially in marmalade sweet orange - orange with sweet juicy pulp; often has a thin skin orange tree, orange - any citrus tree bearing oranges
	2.	orange - orange color or pigment; any of a range of colors between red and yellow orangeness chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour - a color that has hue reddish orange - an orange color closer to red than to yellow
	3.	orange - any citrus tree bearing oranges orange tree orange - round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees genus Citrus - orange; lemon; lime; etc. citrus tree, citrus - any of numerous tropical usually thorny evergreen trees of the genus Citrus having leathery evergreen leaves and widely cultivated for their juicy edible fruits having leathery aromatic rinds orangewood - fine-grained wood of an orange tree; used in fine woodwork bigarade, bitter orange, bitter orange tree, Citrus aurantium, marmalade orange, Seville orange, sour orange - any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit; used as grafting stock bergamot, bergamot orange, Citrus bergamia - small tree with pear-shaped fruit whose oil is used in perfumery; Italy Citrus sinensis, sweet orange tree, sweet orange - probably native to southern China; widely cultivated as source of table and juice oranges Citrus nobilis, king orange, tangor, temple orange, temple orange tree - large citrus tree having large sweet deep orange fruit that is easily peeled; widely cultivated in Florida
	4.	orange - any pigment producing the orange color pigment - dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.)
	5.	Orange - a river in South Africa that flows generally westward to the Atlantic Ocean Orange River Republic of South Africa, South Africa - a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers)
Adj.	1.	orange - of the color between red and yellow; similar to the color of a ripe orange orangish chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue

Translations

orange [ˈɔrɪndʒ] n (= fruit) → naranja

adj → (de color) naranja

orange [ˈɔrɪndʒ] n (= fruit) → orange f

adj → orange inv

orange [ˈɔrɪndʒ] n → Orange f, Apfelsine f

adj (colour) → orange

orange [ˈɔrɪndʒ] n (fruit) → arancia

adj → arancione

orange

n orange [ˈorindʒ]

1 a type of juicy citrus fruit with a thick reddish-yellow skin I'd like an orange; (also adjective ) an orange tree. lemoen بُرْتُقال портокал pomeranč(ový) appelsin; appelsin- die Orange, Orangen-... πορτοκάλι naranja apelsin پرتقال appelsiini (d')orange תָּפּוּז नारंगी naranča narancs jeruk appelsína arancia; d'arancio オレンジ 오렌지 apelsinas apelsīns buah oren sinaasappel appelsin pomarańcza laranja (cu) portocală апельсин pomaranč; pomarančový pomaranča narandža apelsin ต้นส้ม portakal 柑，桔，橙子 апельсин, помаранч سنگترا، نارنگي quả cam 柑，桔，橙子

2 the colour of this fruit. oranje اللّون البُرْتُقالي оранжево oranžová barva orange das Orange το πορτοκαλί χρώμα naranja oranþ رنگ نارنجی oranssi orange כָּתוֹם नारंगी रंग narančast narancssárga jingga appelsínugulur arancione オレンジ色 오렌지색 oranžinė spalva oranža krāsa warna oren oranje oransje pomarańczowy cor de laranja portocaliu оранжевый цвет oranžová farba oranžna barva narandžasta boja orange สีส้ม portakal rengi 橙色 помаранчевий колір نارنگي رنگ màu da cam 橙色

adj

1 of the colour orange an orange dress. oranje, oranjekleurig بُرْتُقالي اللون оранжев oranžový orange orangen πορτοκαλής naranja oranþ نارنجی oranssi orange כָּתוֹם नारंगी narančast narancssárga jingga appelsínugulur arancione オレンジ色の 오렌지색의 oranžinis oranžs berwarna oren oranje oransjefarget pomarańczowy cor de laranja portocaliu оранжевый oranžový oranžen narandžast orange ที่มีสีส้ม portakal renkli 橙色的 помаранчевий نارنگي رنگ کا có màu da cam 橙色的

2 with the taste of orange juice an orange drink. lemoen, lemoengeurig بُرْتُقالي الطَّعْم портокалов pomerančový appelsin- Orangen-... με γεύση πορτοκαλιού de naranja apelsini- دارای طعم پرتقال appelsiini- à l'orange, d'orange בְּטָעַם תָּפּוּז नारंगी के मजे का narančin narancs- (ital stb.) rasa jeruk appelsínu- d'arancia オレンジの 오렌지의 apelsinų apelsīnu- perisa oren sinaasappel{#169} appelsin- o smaku pomarańczowym de laranja de portocale апельсиновый pomarančový pomarančen sa ukusom narandže apelsin- น้ำส้ม portakal tadında 有橙汁味的 апельсиновий نارنگي کے مزے گا mùi cam 有橙汁味的

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