orange

See also: orangé, Orange, and Orangë

English

Picture dictionary: color

orange

Several of the most common color words in English
Common initialisms/acronyms: RGB, RYB, CMYK, ROYGBIV

Alternative forms

aurange, oreche, orenche, orendge, oreng, oringe, orrendge, orrenge, orring, orringe, orryge, orrynge, urring (all obsolete)

Etymology

Etymology tree

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Italian melaranciacalq.

Old French Orengeinflu.

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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 colour) 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”),^[1] 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)). Doublet of aranzada.

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 colour in 1510.^[1] In the colour sense, largely displaced ġeolurēad, whence yellow-red.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) enPR: ŏrʹĭnj, ŏrʹənj; IPA^(key): /ˈɒɹɪnd͡ʒ/, /ˈ-ənd͡ʒ/, /-ɪnʒ/, /-ənʒ/
(Standard Southern British) enPR: ŏrʹĭnj, ŏrʹənj; IPA^(key): /ˈɔɹɪnd͡ʒ/, /ˈ-ənd͡ʒ/, /-ɪnʒ/, /-ənʒ/
- Audio (Standard Southern British); /ˈɔɹɪnd͡ʒ/: (file)
(General American, Canada) enPR: ôrʹənj; IPA^(key): /ˈoɹənd͡ʒ/, [ˈoɹn̩d͡ʒ], /oɹnd͡ʒ/
- Audio (Northwestern US); /ˈoɹənd͡ʒ/: (file)
(US, East Coast) enPR: ärʹĭnj, ŏrʹĭnj; IPA^(key): /ˈɑɹənd͡ʒ/, /-əŋʒ/
- Audio (New York City): (file)
(Australia) IPA^(key): /ˈɔɹɪnd͡ʒ/
(New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈɒɹənd͡ʒ/, [ˈɔ̟ɹənd͡ʒ] ~ [ˈɞ̠ɹ-]
(Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈɔɾɪnd͡ʒ/
(Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɒɾɪnd͡ʒ/
(Philippines) enPR: ˈoɹeɪnd͡ʒ
Homophone: Orange
Rhymes: -ɒɹɪndʒ, -ɒɹəndʒ (see notes)
Hyphenation: or‧ange

Noun

orange (countable and uncountable, plural oranges)

(countable) An evergreen tree of the genus Citrus such as Citrus sinensis which yields oranges (the fruit).
(countable) Any round citrus fruit with a yellow-red colour when ripe and a sour-sweet taste; the fruit of the orange tree.
1. (countable) Specifically, a sweet orange or Citrus sinensis.
(uncountable) The colour of a ripe fruit of an orange tree, midway between red and yellow.
orange:

Synonym: yellow-red
(uncountable) Various drinks:
- 2015 March 31, Debbie McGowan, Two By Two, Beaten Track Publishing, →ISBN, page 81:
  “What you drinking?” “Orange and soda will go down nicely, thanks.” “Pint?” “Sure.” Andy headed for the bar, stopping along the way to kiss Shaunna and check she and Kris were OK for a drink. “Everything all right?” Sean asked.
- 2015 May 7, Tosh Lavery, Tosh: An Amazing True Story Of Life, Death, Danger And Drama In The Garda Sub-Aqua Unit, Penguin UK, →ISBN:
  I ran out into the street and around the block, searching everywhere, and finally burst into O'Dowd's pub around the corner to see Thomas sitting at the bar drinking orange and eating a bag of crisps with two old men.
- 2018 May 25, Michael Nilsen, Beyond the Cave, Troubador Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 82:
  It transpired this lad was drinking orange and faculties were keen. There were one or two verbal exchanges, then I followed him into the car park. He said to the doorman, 'I won't be long.' He easily knocked me to the ground.
- 2021 June 10, Anna McPartlin, Waiting for the Miracle: Warm your heart this winter with this uplifting novel from the bestselling author of THE LAST DAYS OF RABBIT HAYES, Bonnier Zaffre Ltd., →ISBN:
  When the fast songs played, like the Beatles' 'Help' or The Rolling Stones' 'Satisfaction', Justin and I sat on two wooden chairs, drinking orange and holding hands. When the nuns weren't watching, I rested my head on his shoulder.
1. An orange-coloured and orange-flavoured cordial.
2. An orange-coloured and orange-flavoured soft drink.
3. (uncommon) Orange juice.
(heraldry) A rarely-used nontraditional tincture found in Catalan, South African, and French municipal heraldry.
(heraldry) An orange-coloured roundel.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:orange.
An orange dye or pigment.
A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of orange pigment.
Something, or a part of a thing, which is orange.

Usage notes

It is commonly stated that orange has no rhymes. While there are no commonly used English dictionary words that rhyme exactly with orange (door hinge comes close in US pronunciation), see Rhymes:English/ɒɹɪndʒ for some possibilities. See also the Wikipedia article about rhymes for the word orange.
In most dialects, orange is pronounced with two syllables. But in certain dialects of North American English, the vowel of the second syllable is deleted and the word is pronounced as one syllable.^[2] In such dialects, the two forms are generally allophonic.

Hypernyms

fruit
- citrus

Derived terms

Descendants

⇒ Dhivehi: އޮރެންޖުކުލަ (oren̊jukula)
→ Esperanto: oranĝo
→ Hawaiian: ʻalani
→ Japanese: オレンジ (orenji)
→ Kashubian: orendż (Canada, United States)
→ Korean: 오렌지 (orenji)
→ Makah: ʔo·linčas
→ Malay: oren, oyen
→ Marshallese: oran
→ Tamil: ஆரஞ்சு (ārañcu)
→ Unami: òlënch

Translations

tree

Afrikaans: lemoenboom
Antillean Creole: oranjé m, owanjé m pyé zoranj
Arabic: شَجَرَةْ اَلْبُرْتُقَال f (šajarat al-burtuqāl), بُرْتُقَالَة (ar) f (burtuqāla), نَارَنْج (nāranj)
Tunisian Arabic: بُرْقْدَانَة (borgdēnə), بُرْتْقَانَة (bortgēnə)
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܝܼܠܵܢܵܐ ܕܦܘܼܪܬܩܵܠܵܐ (īlānā d-purtqālā)
Armenian: նարինջ (hy) (narinǰ)
Asturian: naranxal (ast) m or f, ñaranxal (ast) m or f
Azerbaijani: portağal (az)
Basque: laranjondo (eu)
Belarusian: апэльсі́навае дрэ́ва n (apelʹsínavaje dréva)
Breton: gwezenn-orañjez (br) f
Bulgarian: портокал (bg) m (portokal)
Burmese: လိမ္မော် (my) (limmau), ကမ္ဗလာ (my) (kamba.la)
Catalan: taronger m
Chechen: апельсин (apelʲsin)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 橙樹 / 橙树 (caang^4-2 syu⁶)

Mandarin: 橙樹 / 橙树 (zh) (chéngshù)
Comorian:
Ngazidja Comorian: mrunɗa class 3/4
Czech: pomerančovník (cs) m
Danish: appelsintræ
Dhivehi: އޮރެންޖުގަސް sg (oren̊jugas), އޮރެންޖުގަސްތައް pl (oren̊jugastak̊)
Dutch: sinaasappelboom (nl) m, appelsienenboom (nl) m
Erzya: сырнемарь чувто (sïrnemaŕ čuvto)
Esperanto: oranĝarbo (eo), oranĝujo
Estonian: apelsinipuu (et)
Finnish: appelsiinipuu (fi)
French: oranger (fr) m
Gagauz: portokal
Galician: laranxeira (gl) f
Gallurese: aranzu
Georgian: ფორთოხალი (ka) (portoxali)
German: Apfelsinenbaum (de) m, Orangenbaum (de) m
Greek: πορτοκαλιά (el) f (portokaliá)
Pontic Greek: πορτοκαλέα (portokaléa)
Haitian Creole: zoranj
Hawaiian: ʻalani
Hebrew: תפוז (he) m (tapúz)
Hindi: नारंगी (hi) f (nāraṅgī), संतरा (hi) m (santrā)
Hungarian: narancsfa (hu)
Hunsrik: Ranschebaam m
Icelandic: appelsínutré n
Ido: oranjiero (io)
Indonesian: jeruk manis (id)
Irish: crann oráistí m
Italian: arancio (it) m
Japanese: 蜜柑 (ja) (みかん, mikan), 橙 (ja) (だいだい, daidai), オレンジ (ja) (orenji), 橘 (ja) (たちばな, tachibana)
Kashubian: apfelzyna (csb)
Korean: 오렌지나무 (orenji-namu)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: دار پرتەقاڵ (dar pirteqall)

Northern Kurdish: pirteqal (ku)
Laz: ფოტუკალი (pot͏̌uǩali)
Lithuanian: apelsinmedis m
Low German: Appelsien f, Orange f
Luxembourgish: Orangëbam m
Macedonian: портокал (mk) m (portokal)
Malay: pokok limau
Malayalam: മധുര നാരകം (madhura nārakaṁ), ഓറഞ്ച് മരം (ōṟañcŭ maraṁ)
Maltese: larinġa f
Nahuatl: lalaxcuahuitl
Navajo: chʼil łitsxooí
Norman: orangyi m (Jersey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: appelsintre n
Occitan:
Old Occitan: auranja
Persian:
Dari: مَالْتَه (mālta)

Iranian Persian: نارَنْج (nâranj), پُرْتِقال (porteġâl), پُرْتُقال (portoġâl)
Polish: pomarańcza (pl) f, drzewo pomarańczowe n
Portuguese: laranjeira (pt) f
Quechua: aruma, laranqa, willapi
Romanian: portocal (ro) m
Russian: апельси́новое де́рево n (apelʹsínovoje dérevo), апельси́н (ru) m (apelʹsín)
Sanskrit: नारङ्ग (sa) m (nāraṅga)
Sardinian: arbule de aranzu m
Campidanese: arangiu

Logudorese: arancio
Sassarese: aranzu
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: на̀ра̄нџа f, помо̀ра̄нџа f, на̀ра̄нча f, помо̀ра̄нча f

Latin: nàrāndža f, pomòrāndža f, nàrānča (sh) f, pomòrānča f
Sicilian: arancia f, aranciara f, àrburu di l'aranciu m, macchia di l'aranciu f
Sindhi: نارنگيءَ جو وَڻُ m (narangi’a ju vanu)
Sinhalese: දොඩම් (si) (doḍam)
Slovak: pomaranč (sk) m
Slovene: pomaranča (sl) f
Somali: liin (so)
Sotho: sefate sa lamunu
Southern Altai: апельсин (apelʹsin)
Spanish: naranjo (es) m
Swahili: mchungwa (sw)
Swedish: apelsinträd (sv) n
Telugu: నారింజచెట్టు (nāriñjaceṭṭu), నారంగము (te) (nāraṅgamu)
Thai: ต้นส้ม (dtôn-sôm)
Turkish: portakal (tr)
Turkmen: apelsin (tk), pyrtykal
Ukrainian: апельси́н (uk) m (apelʹsýn), помара́нча f (pomaránča)
Vietnamese: (cây) cam (vi)
Welsh: oren (cy)
Yucatec Maya: china

fruit

Afrikaans: lemoen (af)
Albanian: portokall (sq) m
American Sign Language: C@NearChin Squeeze
Antillean Creole: oranj f, owanj f
Arabic: ٌبُرْتُقَال (ar) m (unburtuqāl) (collective), بُرْتُقَالَة (ar) f (burtuqāla) (singulative)
Egyptian Arabic: برتقان (burtuʔān) (collective), برتقانة f (burtuʔāna) (singulative)

Gulf Arabic: برتقال m (burtaqāl)

Hijazi Arabic: بُرْتُقالة f (burtuqāla), (collective) بُرْتُقال m (burtuqāla, burtugāl)

Moroccan Arabic: ليمون m (līmūn, laymūn), لتشين m (lečīn) (Northern)

South Levantine Arabic: بردقان m (burdʔān) (collective), بردقانة m (burdʔāne) (singulative)

Tunisian Arabic: بُرْقْدَانْ (borgdēn), بُرْتْقَانْ (bortgēn)
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܦܘܼܪܬܩܵܠܵܐ m (purtqālā), ܐܸܛܪܘܼܓܵܐ m (iṭrūgā), ܐܸܛܪܘܼܓܵܐ ܚܸܠܝܵܐ m (iṭrūgā ḥilyā)
Armenian: նարինջ (hy) (narinǰ)
Assamese: কমলা (komola)
Asturian: naranxa (ast) f, ñaranxa (ast) f
Atong (India): komyla
Aukan: apeesina
Azerbaijani: portağal (az)
Bashkir: әфлисун (äflisun)
Basque: laranja (eu)
Belarusian: апэльсі́н m (apelʹsín), апельсі́н m (apjelʹsín)
Bengali: কমলা (bn) (komola)
Bhojpuri: संतरा (santᵊrā)
Bislama: aranis
Breton: orañjezenn (br) f, aouraval (br) m, aval-orañjez m
Bulgarian: портока́л (bg) m (portokál)
Burmese: လိမ္မော် (my) (limmau), ကမ္ဗလာ (my) (kamba.la)
Catalan: taronja (ca) f
Chamicuro: alansha
Chechen: апельсин (apelʲsin)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 橙 (caang^4-2)

Dungan: чынзы (čɨnzɨ)

Mandarin: 橙 (zh) (chéng), 橙子 (zh) (chéngzi), (technically "tangerine", but often used as "orange") 橘子 (zh) (júzi), (alternative form:) 桔子 (zh) (júzi)
Comorian:
Ngazidja Comorian: trunɗa class 5/6
Cornish: owraval m
Crimean Tatar: portaqal
Czech: pomeranč (cs) m
Danish: appelsin (da)
Dhivehi: އޮރެންޖު sg (oren̊ju), އޮރެންޖުތައް pl (oren̊jutak̊)
Dutch: sinaasappel (nl) m, appelsien (nl) f (Belgium, Limburg)
Dzongkha: ཚལ་ལུ (tshal lu)
Emilian: mlaranza f
Erzya: сырнемарь (sïrnemaŕ)
Esperanto: oranĝo (eo)
Estonian: apelsin (et)
Faroese: appilsin f
Fijian: moli dawa, moli taiti, moli unumi
Finnish: appelsiini (fi)
French: orange (fr) f
Frisian:
North Frisian: apelsiin f (Halligen, Karrharde, Northern Goesharde, Wiedingharde), aapelsiin f or n (Föhr-Amrum), Aapelsiin m or f (Sylt)

Saterland Frisian: Appelsiene f

West Frisian: sinesappel c
Gagauz: portokal
Galician: laranxa (gl) f
Gallurese: purtigàllu
Georgian: ფორთოხალი (ka) (portoxali)
German: Apfelsine (de) f, Orange (de) f
Greek: πορτοκάλι (el) n (portokáli)
Pontic Greek: πορτοκάλιν (portokálin)
Greenlandic: appelsiina
Guarani:
Mbya Guarani: narã

Paraguayan Guarani: ^{(please verify)} narã
Guianese Creole: zoranj
Gujarati: સંતરું n (santrũ) (most common), મોસંબી f (mosambī)
Haitian Creole: zoranj
Hawaiian: ʻalani
Hebrew: תַּפּוּז (he) m (tapúz), תַּפּוּחַ זָהָב (he) m (tapúaḥ zaháv)
Hindi: नारंगी (hi) f (nāraṅgī), संतरा (hi) m (santrā), मौसमी f (mausmī), माल्टा (hi) m (mālṭā), रंगतरा (hi) m (raṅgatrā), संगतरा (hi) m (saṅgatrā)
Hungarian: narancs (hu)
Hunsrik: Ransch f
Icelandic: appelsína (is) f
Ido: oranjo (io)
Indonesian: jeruk manis (id), limau (id), jeruk (id)
Irish: oráiste (ga) m
Italian: arancia (it) f, arancio (it) m
Japanese: 蜜柑 (ja) (みかん, mikan), 橙 (ja) (だいだい, daidai), オレンジ (ja) (orenji)
Javanese: jeruk (jv)
Kalmyk: зүрҗ (zürj)
Kannada: ಕಿತ್ತಳೆ (kn) (kittaḷe), ನಾರಂಗಿ (kn) (nāraṅgi) (archaic)
Kashubian: apfelzyna (csb) m
Kazakh: апельсин (apelʹsiyn), бартоқал (bartoqal)
Khmer: ក្រូចពោធិសាត់ (krooch pootʰi’sat)
Kikuyu: icungwa class 5
Kituba: dilala
Korean: 오렌지 (ko) (orenji)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: پرتەقاڵ (ckb) (pirteqall)

Northern Kurdish: pirteqal (ku)
Kyrgyz: апельсин (ky) (apelsin), нардан (ky) (nardan)
Ladino: portokal, narandja (bitter orange)
Haketia: lechina
Lao: ສົ້ມ (som)
Latin: mālum aurantium n
Latvian: apelsīns (lv) m
Laz: ფოტუკალი (pot͏̌uǩali)
Ligurian: çetrón m
Lingala: lilala, ndimo
Lithuanian: apelsinas (lt) m
Livonian: appõlsin
Lombard: naranz (lmo), narans
Louisiana Creole: zoranj
Low German: Appelsien f, Orange f
East Frisian Low German: appelsîin f, siinappel m (Borkum, Emden, Krummhörn)
Lun Bawang: buyo
Lutuv: byihlyi
Luxembourgish: Orange f
Macedonian: портокал (mk) m (portokal)
Makah: ʔo·linčas
Malagasy: menapina (mg), voasary (mg)
Malay: oren (ms), limau (ms)
Brunei Malay: limau
Malayalam: മധുര നാരങ്ങ (madhura nāraṅṅa), ഓറഞ്ച് (ml) (ōṟañcŭ)
Maltese: larinġa f
Manx: oranje f
Māori: ārani (mi)
Marathi: संत्रे n (santre), नारिंग n (nāriṅga)
Mauritian Creole: zoranz
Mongo: lilala
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: жүрж (mn) (žürž)
Nahuatl: lalaxtli (nah), naranjaxocotl (nah)
Navajo: chʼil łitsxooí
Neapolitan: purtuallo
Norwegian:
Bokmål: appelsin (no) m
Occitan: irange (oc)
Old Tupi: murukuîagûasu
Oromo: burtukaana
Ossetian: апельсин (apelʹsin)
Pannonian Rusyn: помаранче n (pomaranče)
Pashto: نارنج (ps) m (nārᶕnǰ), مالټه f (mālṭá), تورنج f (turánǰ) (a variety of orange)
Persian:
Dari: مَالْتَه (mālta)

Iranian Persian: نارَنْج (nâranj), پُرْتِقال (porteġâl), پُرْتُقال (portoġâl)
Pitjantjatjara: aṟinytji
Plautdietsch: Aupelsien f
Polish: pomarańcza (pl) f, pomarańcz (pl) m
Portuguese: laranja (pt) f
Punjabi: ਸੰਤਰਾ (pa) (santrā)
Rapa Nui: 'ānani
Réunion Creole French: zoranz
Rohingya: córboti
Romanian: portocală (ro) f
Russian: апельси́н (ru) m (apelʹsín)
Sami:
Northern Sami: appelsiidna
Samoan: moli ʻaina, moli ʻaiga
Sanskrit: कमला (sa) f (kamalā), नारङ्ग (sa) (nāraṅga)
Sardinian: aranzu m
Campidanese: arangiu

Logudorese: aranzu
Sassarese: aranzu
Scottish Gaelic: òr-mheas m, oraindsear m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: на̀ра̄нџа f, помо̀ра̄нџа f

Latin: nàrāndža f, pomòrāndža f, nàrānča (sh) f, pomòrānča f
Sicilian: aranciu m, partugallu (scn) m
Silesian: apluzina f
Sindhi: نارنگِي (sd) f (narangi)
Sinhalese: දොඩම් (si) (doḍam)
Slovak: pomaranč (sk) m
Slovene: pomaranča (sl) f, oranža f
Somali: liin macaan
Sotho: lamunu
Southern Altai: апельсин (apelʹsin)
Spanish: naranja (es) f, china (es) f (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico)
Sranan Tongo: apresina
Swahili: chungwa (sw)
Swedish: apelsin (sv) n or c
Sylheti: please add this translation if you can
Tagalog: kahel (tl), dalandan, narangha
Tajik: афлесун (tg) (aflesun), норанҷ (noranj)
Tamil: ஆரஞ்சு (ta) (ārañcu), சர்க்கரை நாரத்தை (carkkarai nārattai), நாரத்தை (ta) (nārattai)
Tatar: әфлисун (tt) (äflisun)
Telugu: నారింజ (te) (nāriñja), కమలాఫలము (te) (kamalāphalamu)
Tetum: sabraka
Thai: ส้ม (th) (sôm)
Tibetan: ཚ་ལུ་མ (tsha lu ma)
Tigrinya: ኣራንሺ (ʾaranši)
Tongan: moli kai, moli inu
Tsonga: lamula
Turkish: portakal (tr)
Turkmen: narynç, apelsin (tk), pyrtykal
Ukrainian: апельси́н (uk) m (apelʹsýn), помара́нча f (pomaránča), помара́нч m (pomaránč)
Unami: òlënch, wisaòpëlìsh
Urdu: مالْٹا m (mālṭā), نارَن٘گی f (nāraṅgī), سَنْتَرا m (santarā)
Uyghur: ئاپېلسىن (apëlsin)
Uzbek: apelsin (uz), poʻrtaxol (uz)
Venetan: naransa (vec), narança
Vietnamese: cam (vi), quả cam, trái cam
Volapük: rojat (vo)
Vurës: m̄öl
Welsh: oren (cy), aurafal
Winnebago: wažązi
Wolof: soraans (wo)
Yiddish: מאַראַנץ m (marants)
Yoruba: ọsàn
Zhuang: makdoengj

colour

Afrikaans: oranje (af)
Altai:
Southern Altai: кыскылтым-сары (kïskïltïm-sarï), кызыл сары (kïzïl sarï)
American Sign Language: C@NearChin Squeeze
Antillean Creole: oranj, owanj
Arabic: بُرْتُقَالِيّ (burtuqāliyy)
Egyptian Arabic: برتقاني (burtuʔāni), برتقالي (burtuqālī)

South Levantine Arabic: برتقالي (burtuqālī), بردقاني (burdʔāni)

Tunisian Arabic: أُورُونْجِي (orõjē)
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܦܘܼܪܬܩܵܠܵܐ m (purtqālā), ܐ݇ܛܪܘܿܓ݂ܵܐ m (ṭrōḡā)
Armenian: նարնջագույն (hy) (narnǰaguyn), գազարագույն (gazaraguyn)
Asturian: naranxa (ast) m, ñaranxa (ast) m
Azerbaijani: narincı
Basque: laranja (eu)
Bengali: কমলা (bn) (komola)
Bislama: aramis
Blackfoot: otahko
Breton: ^{(please verify)} liv orañjez
Bulgarian: оранжев (bg) (oranžev)
Burmese: လိမ္မော်ရောင် (my) (limmauraung)
Buryat: шара улаан (šara ulaan)
Catalan: taronja (ca) m
Chechen: цӏеран бос (cʼeran bos)
Cherokee: ᎣᏂᏥ (onitsi)
Chickasaw: tako̱lo lakna'
Chinese:
Cantonese: 橙色 (caang^4-2 sik¹)

Hokkien: 柑仔色 (zh-min-nan) (kam-á-sek)

Mandarin: 橙色 (zh) (chéngsè), 橙黃色 / 橙黄色 (zh) (chénghuángsè), 橘黃色 / 橘黄色 (zh) (júhuángsè), 橘色 (zh) (júsè)
Chinook Jargon: samən-ulali-tʼwax̣ (Grand Ronde)
Choctaw: tulhakoba
Circassian:
East Circassian: гъуатӏэ (kbd) (ğʷatʼɛ)
Cornish: rudhvelyn
Cree:
Montagnais: kaishkuteushit
Czech: oranžový (cs)
Danish: orange (da)
Dhivehi: އޮރެންޖުކުލަ (oren̊jukula)
Dutch: oranje (nl) n
Erzya: тюжа-якстере (ťuža-jakstere)
Esperanto: oranĝokoloro
Estonian: oranž (et)
Faroese: brandgulur, appilsingulur
Fijian: senikavika
Finnish: oranssi (fi)
French: orange (fr) m
Galician: laranxa (gl) f
Georgian: სტაფილოსფერი (sṭapilosperi), ნარინჯისფერი (narinǯisperi), ფორთოხლისფერი (portoxlisperi)
German: Orange (de) f
Greek: πορτοκαλί (el) n (portokalí)
Ancient Greek: σανδαράκινος m (sandarákinos)
Hausa: mai ruwan lemo, lemo
Hawaiian: ʻalani
Hebrew: כָּתֹם (he) m (katóm)
Hindi: नारंगी (hi) (nāraṅgī)
Hungarian: narancssárga (hu), narancsszín (hu), narancs (hu)
Icelandic: appelsínugulur (is)
Ido: oranjea (io)
Igbo: orenji
Indonesian: jingga (id), oranye (id)
Irish: dath oráiste m, oráiste (ga), flannbhuí (ga)
Italian: arancione (it) m
Japanese: 橙色 (ja) (daidai-iro), オレンジ色 (ja) (orenji-iro), 蜜柑色 (みかんいろ, mikan-iro)
Kaitag: жужу (žužu)
Kannada: ಕಿತ್ತಳೆ (kn) (kittaḷe)
Kapampangan: kuliauan, magingkuliauan
Kashubian: apfelzynowi
Kazakh: қызғылт сары (qızğılt sarı)
Khmer: លឿងទុំ (lɨəŋ tum)
Khoekhoe: oranje
Kongo: ya malala
Korean: 주황색 (ko) (juhwangsaek), 오렌지색 (ko) (orenjisaek)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: pirteqalî (ku)
Kyrgyz: токсары (toksarı)
Ladino: oranj, portokal
Latin: aurantius (la)
Latvian: oranžs (lv)
Laz: არანძა (aranża)
Lingala: ya malála
Lithuanian: oranžinė spalva f, apelsininė spalva f, oranžinė
Louisiana Creole: zoranj
Low German: Orange n
Luxembourgish: Orange f
Macedonian: портокалова m (portokalova)
Malagasy: laoranjy (mg), volom-boasary
Malay: jingga (ms), oren (ms)
Malayalam: ഓറഞ്ച് (ml) (ōṟañcŭ)
Maltese: oranġjo (mt)
Māori: karaka (mi)
Marathi: नारिंगी n (nāriṅgī)
Mauritian Creole: oranz
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: улбар шар (ulbar šar)
Navajo: łichxíʼí
Nepali: सुन्तला रगको (suntalā ragko)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: oransje (no) m
Occitan: irange (oc)
Old English: geoluread, æppelfealu
Ossetian: оранжевӕ (oranževæ)
Pashto: نارنجي (ps) (nārënji)
Persian:
Iranian Persian: نارَنْجی (nâranji)
Polish: pomarańczowy (pl), pomarańcz (pl) m inan
Portuguese: alaranjado (pt) m, cor-de-laranja (pt) f, laranja (pt) m
Quechua: killmu, willapi
Réunion Creole French: oranj m
Romanian: portocaliu (ro) n, oranj (ro) n
Russian: ора́нжевый цвет m (oránževyj cvet), ора́нжевый (ru) m (oránževyj)
Sami:
Northern Sami: oránša
Samoan: lanumoli
Sardinian: colore de aranzu, ruggiu, ruiu, arrubiu
Scottish Gaelic: orainds
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: наранџаста f, наранчаста f

Latin: narandžasta f, narančasta (sh) f
Shona: ranjisi
Sicilian: aranciuni m
Sindhi: نارنگِي (sd) (narangi)
Sinhalese: තැඹිලි (si) (tæᵐbili)
Slovak: oranžový
Slovene: oranžna f, oranžna
Somali: jaalle (so)
Spanish: naranja (es) m, anaranjado (es) m
Swahili: rangi ya machungwa
Swedish: orange (sv), brandgul (sv)
Tagalog: pulaw, kulay-kahel, kahel (tl)
Tahitian: puātou
Tajik: норанҷӣ (tg) (noranji)
Tamil: செம்மஞ்சள் (ta) (cemmañcaḷ)
Tatar: кызгылт сары (qızğılt sarı)
Telugu: నారింజ (te) (nāriñja)
Thai: สีส้ม (th) (sǐi-sôm)
Tongan: lanu moli
Tsonga: xilamula
Turkish: turuncu (tr), portakal rengi (tr)
Turkmen: narynç, mämişi (tk)
Tuvan: кызыл-сарыг (kızıl-sarıg)
Ukrainian: жовтогаря́чий (uk) (žovtoharjáčyj), помара́нчевий (uk) (pomaránčevyj), ора́нжевий (uk) (oránževyj)
Urdu: نارَن٘گی (nāraṅgī), نارَنْجی (nāranjī)
Uzbek: sabzi rang, toʻq sariq
Venetan: narança, color de narança, narançon, arancion
Vietnamese: màu da cam, màu cam
Volapük: please add this translation if you can
Welsh: oren (cy), melyngoch
Winnebago: wažązi
Wolof: suraas
Yiddish: מאַראַנץ (marants)
Zulu: orenji

Adjective

orange (comparative oranger or more orange, superlative orangest or most orange)

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

Derived terms

Translations

having the colour of the fruit of an orange tree

Akan: ɔrenge
American Sign Language: C@NearChin Squeeze
Arabic: بُرْتُقَالِيّ (burtuqāliyy)
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܦܘܼܪܬܩܵܠܵܐ m (purtqālā), ܐ݇ܛܪܘܿܓ݂ܵܐ m (ṭrōḡā)
Armenian: նարնջագույն (hy) (narnǰaguyn), գազարագույն (gazaraguyn)
Asturian: naranxa (ast), ñaranxa (ast)
Basque: laranja (eu)
Belarusian: ара́нжавы (be) (aránžavy)
Bengali: কমলা (bn) (komola)
Breton: orañjez (br)
Bulgarian: портока́лов (portokálov), ора́нжев (bg) (oránžev)
Catalan: ataronjat (ca), carabassa (ca), taronja (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 橙色 (caang^4-2 sik¹)

Hokkien: 柑仔色 (zh-min-nan) (kam-á-sek)

Mandarin: 橙色 (zh) (chéngsè), 橙黃色 / 橙黄色 (zh) (chénghuángsè), 橘黃色 / 橘黄色 (zh) (júhuángsè)
Cornish: rudhvelyn, melynrudh
Czech: oranžový (cs)
Danish: orange (da)
Dutch: oranje (nl), brandgeel, geelrood (nl)
Esperanto: oranĝa (eo), oranĝokolora (eo), oranĝkolora (eo)
Estonian: oranž (et)
Finnish: oranssi (fi)
French: orange (fr)
Galician: laranxa (gl)
German: orange (de)
Greek: πορτοκαλής (el) n (portokalís)
Ancient Greek: κιρρός (kirrhós)
Hebrew: כתום (he) (katóm)
Hindi: नारंगी (hi) (nāraṅgī)
Hungarian: narancssárga (hu), narancsszínű (hu)
Hunsrik: ranschegelleb
Icelandic: appelsínugulur (is) m
Ido: oranjea (io)
Indonesian: jingga (id), oranye (id)
Irish: oráiste (ga), flannbhuí (ga)
Italian: arancione (it), arancio (it)
Japanese: オレンジ色の (ja) (orenji-iro no), 橙色の (ja) (だいだいいろの, daidai-iro-no)
Khmer: ពណ៌លឿង (poa lɨəng)
Korean: 주황색(朱黃色)의 (juhwangsaeg-ui)
Latin: aurantius (la)
Latvian: oranžs (lv)
Lithuanian: oranžinis
Louisiana Creole: zoranj
Low German: orange
Macedonian: портокалов (portokalov)
Malay: jingga (ms)
Manx: oranje-vuigh
Māori: karaka (mi)
Marathi: नारंगी (mr) (nāraṅgī)
Mauritian Creole: oranz
Norman: orange (Jersey, Guernsey), oraunge (Cotentin)
Norwegian: oransje (no)
Pashto: نارنجي (ps) (nârënji)
Persian: نارنجی (fa) (nârenji)
Polish: pomarańczowy (pl)
Portuguese: laranja (pt), laranjado, alaranjado (pt), cor-de-laranja (pt)
Quechua: killmu
Romanian: portocaliu (ro), oranj (ro)
Russian: ора́нжевый (ru) (oránževyj)
Scottish Gaelic: orainds
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: на̀ра̄нџаст

Latin: nàrāndžast (sh)
Silesian: apluzinowy
Slovak: oranžový
Slovene: oranžen (sl)
Southern Altai: кызыл-сары (kïzïl-sarï), кыскылтым-сары (kïskïltïm-sarï)
Spanish: anaranjado (es), naranja (es), naranjado (Spain), naranjoso
Sranan Tongo: alanya
Swahili: machungwa (sw)
Swedish: orange (sv), brandgul (sv), apelsinfärgad (sv)
Thai: ส้ม (th) (sôm)
Turkish: turuncu (tr), portakal rengi (tr)
Ukrainian: жовтогаря́чий (uk) (žovtoharjáčyj), ора́нжевий (uk) (oránževyj), помара́нчевий (uk) (pomaránčevyj)
Unami: òlënchikte (inanimate)
Urdu: نارنگی (nāraṅgī)
Venetan: narança, narançon, orans, arancion
Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} màu cam
Volapük: rojanik (vo)
Welsh: oren (cy)
Yiddish: אָראַנזש (oranzh)
Yoruba: bí ọsán, bí òrombó

Verb

orange (third-person singular simple present oranges, present participle oranging, simple past and past participle oranged)

(transitive) To colour orange.
- 1986, Gilles Deleuze, Cinema: The movement-image, page 118:
  It is this composition which reaches a colourist perfection in Le Bonheur with the complementarity of violet, purple and oranged gold
- 1987, Harold Keith, Rifles for Watie, page 256:
  Jeff winked his eyes sleepily open and looked out into the cool flush of early morning. The east was oranged over with daybreak.
- 2009, Suzanne Crowley, The Very Ordered Existence of Merilee Marvelous, page 117:
  I looked at him through my binoculars, his little lips oranged with Cheeto dust.
(intransitive) To become orange.
- 2007, Terézia Mora, Day in day out, page 296:
  Cranes in the distance against the background of the slowly oranging sky
- 2008, Wanda Coleman, Jazz & twelve o'clock tales: new stories, page 14:
  It will be followed by a disappearance of the cash I had hidden in a sealed envelope behind the oranging Modigliani print over the living room couch.
- 2010, Justin Cronin, The Passage, page 330:
  "What about his eyes?" / "Nothing. No oranging at all, from what I could see.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “orange”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
^ https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/what-rhymes-with-orange

orange on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
South Dravidian Etymology Sergei & George Starostin, 1998-2013.

Anagrams

Gerona, Gorean, Ragone, groane, onager

Danish

Etymology

From French orange, ultimately from Dravidian. Compare Tamil நாரங்காய் (nāraṅkāy).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [oˈʁɑŋɕə]

Noun

orange c (singular definite orangen, plural indefinite oranger)

orange (the taste of an orange)
(rare) orange (fruit)
Synonym: appelsin

Declension

Declension of *orange*
common gender	singular		plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	orange	orangen	oranger	orangerne
genitive	oranges	orangens	orangers	orangernes

Derived terms

Adjective

orange (uninflectable)

orange (orange-coloured)
(nominalized) orange (color)

Derived terms

References

“orange” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French orange, from Old French orenge, short form of late pomme d'orenge or pomme d'orange, which was calqued after Old Italian melarancia (mela + arancia). The o came into the word under influence of the place name Orange. See English orange.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔ.ʁɑ̃ʒ/
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Rhymes: -ɑ̃ʒ
Homophones: orangent, oranges

Noun

orange f (plural oranges)

orange (fruit)
Il pressa l’orange afin d’en extraire du jus.
He squeezed the orange to extract juice from it.

Descendants

Inherited (from les oranges)

⇒ Guianese Creole: zoranj
⇒ Haitian Creole: zoranj
⇒ Louisiana Creole: zoranj
⇒ Mauritian Creole: zoranz
⇒ Réunion Creole French: zoranz
⇒ Seychellois Creole: zoranz

Borrowed

→ Breton: orañjez
→ Belarusian: ара́нжавы (aránžavy)
→ Bulgarian: ора́нжев (oránžev)
→ Danish: orange
→ German: Orange
- ⇒? Estonian: oranž
→ Hebrew: אוֹרַנְז׳
- → South Levantine Arabic: أورانج
→ Hunsrik: Ransch
→ Latvian: oranžs
→ Low German: Orange
→ Luxembourgish: Orange
→ Norwegian: oransje
→ Romanian: oranj
→ Russian: ора́нжевый (oránževyj)
→ Swedish: orange
- →? Estonian: oranž
- → Finnish: oranssi

Noun

orange m (plural oranges)

orange (colour)

Derived terms

Adjective

orange (invariable)

orange (orange-coloured)
Les premiers TGV atlantiques étaient orange.
The first Atlantic TGV trains were orange.

Usage notes

While prescriptively invariable as a colour name derived from a noun (compare argent (“silver”), chocolat), the nonstandard plural oranges does see use.

Derived terms

Anagrams

onagre, organe, rongea

German

Etymology

From the noun Orange (“orange fruit”), from French orange.

Pronunciation

(predicative only) IPA^(key): /oˈʁãːʃ/, /oˈʁaŋʃ/, /oˈʁɔ̃ːʃ/, /oˈʁɔŋʃ/
(non-predicative feminine and plural forms) IPA^(key): /oˈʁãːʒə/, /oˈʁaŋʒə/, /oˈʁɔ̃ːʒə/, /oˈʁɔŋʒə/
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Adjective

orange (strong nominative masculine singular (standard) oranger or (colloquial) orangener, comparative (standard) oranger or (colloquial) orangener, superlative (standard) am orangesten or (colloquial) am orangensten) or
orange (indeclinable)

orange

Usage notes

The adjective has two sets of forms. In the formal standard language, endings are added directly to the stem (orang-). In less formal style and in the vernacular, another set of forms is used in free variation, in which an -n- is infixed before the endings.
It is also officially correct to leave the adjective entirely undeclined. This usage is rare, however, and seems dated.

Declension

Positive forms of *orange*
number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
predicative		er ist orange	sie ist orange	es ist orange	sie sind orange
strong declension (without article)	nominative	oranger¹ orangener²	orange¹ orangene²	oranges¹ orangenes²	orange¹ orangene²
	genitive	orangen¹ orangenen²	oranger¹ orangener²	orangen¹ orangenen²	oranger¹ orangener²
	dative	orangem¹ orangenem²	oranger¹ orangener²	orangem¹ orangenem²	orangen¹ orangenen²
	accusative	orangen¹ orangenen²	orange¹ orangene²	oranges¹ orangenes²	orange¹ orangene²
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der orange¹ der orangene²	die orange¹ die orangene²	das orange¹ das orangene²	die orangen¹ die orangenen²
	genitive	des orangen¹ des orangenen²	der orangen¹ der orangenen²	des orangen¹ des orangenen²	der orangen¹ der orangenen²
	dative	dem orangen¹ dem orangenen²	der orangen¹ der orangenen²	dem orangen¹ dem orangenen²	den orangen¹ den orangenen²
	accusative	den orangen¹ den orangenen²	die orange¹ die orangene²	das orange¹ das orangene²	die orangen¹ die orangenen²
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein oranger¹ ein orangener²	eine orange¹ eine orangene²	ein oranges¹ ein orangenes²	(keine) orangen¹ (keine) orangenen²
	genitive	eines orangen¹ eines orangenen²	einer orangen¹ einer orangenen²	eines orangen¹ eines orangenen²	(keiner) orangen¹ (keiner) orangenen²
	dative	einem orangen¹ einem orangenen²	einer orangen¹ einer orangenen²	einem orangen¹ einem orangenen²	(keinen) orangen¹ (keinen) orangenen²
	accusative	einen orangen¹ einen orangenen²	eine orange¹ eine orangene²	ein oranges¹ ein orangenes²	(keine) orangen¹ (keine) orangenen²

¹Standard.
²Colloquial.

Comparative forms of *orange*
number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
predicative		er ist oranger¹ er ist orangener²	sie ist oranger¹ sie ist orangener²	es ist oranger¹ es ist orangener²	sie sind oranger¹ sie sind orangener²
strong declension (without article)	nominative	orangerer¹ orangenerer²	orangere¹ orangenere²	orangeres¹ orangeneres²	orangere¹ orangenere²
	genitive	orangeren¹ orangeneren²	orangerer¹ orangenerer²	orangeren¹ orangeneren²	orangerer¹ orangenerer²
	dative	orangerem¹ orangenerem²	orangerer¹ orangenerer²	orangerem¹ orangenerem²	orangeren¹ orangeneren²
	accusative	orangeren¹ orangeneren²	orangere¹ orangenere²	orangeres¹ orangeneres²	orangere¹ orangenere²
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der orangere¹ der orangenere²	die orangere¹ die orangenere²	das orangere¹ das orangenere²	die orangeren¹ die orangeneren²
	genitive	des orangeren¹ des orangeneren²	der orangeren¹ der orangeneren²	des orangeren¹ des orangeneren²	der orangeren¹ der orangeneren²
	dative	dem orangeren¹ dem orangeneren²	der orangeren¹ der orangeneren²	dem orangeren¹ dem orangeneren²	den orangeren¹ den orangeneren²
	accusative	den orangeren¹ den orangeneren²	die orangere¹ die orangenere²	das orangere¹ das orangenere²	die orangeren¹ die orangeneren²
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein orangerer¹ ein orangenerer²	eine orangere¹ eine orangenere²	ein orangeres¹ ein orangeneres²	(keine) orangeren¹ (keine) orangeneren²
	genitive	eines orangeren¹ eines orangeneren²	einer orangeren¹ einer orangeneren²	eines orangeren¹ eines orangeneren²	(keiner) orangeren¹ (keiner) orangeneren²
	dative	einem orangeren¹ einem orangeneren²	einer orangeren¹ einer orangeneren²	einem orangeren¹ einem orangeneren²	(keinen) orangeren¹ (keinen) orangeneren²
	accusative	einen orangeren¹ einen orangeneren²	eine orangere¹ eine orangenere²	ein orangeres¹ ein orangeneres²	(keine) orangeren¹ (keine) orangeneren²

¹Standard.
²Colloquial.

Superlative forms of *orange*
number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
predicative		er ist am orangesten¹ er ist am orangensten²	sie ist am orangesten¹ sie ist am orangensten²	es ist am orangesten¹ es ist am orangensten²	sie sind am orangesten¹ sie sind am orangensten²
strong declension (without article)	nominative	orangester¹ orangenster²	orangeste¹ orangenste²	orangestes¹ orangenstes²	orangeste¹ orangenste²
	genitive	orangesten¹ orangensten²	orangester¹ orangenster²	orangesten¹ orangensten²	orangester¹ orangenster²
	dative	orangestem¹ orangenstem²	orangester¹ orangenster²	orangestem¹ orangenstem²	orangesten¹ orangensten²
	accusative	orangesten¹ orangensten²	orangeste¹ orangenste²	orangestes¹ orangenstes²	orangeste¹ orangenste²
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der orangeste¹ der orangenste²	die orangeste¹ die orangenste²	das orangeste¹ das orangenste²	die orangesten¹ die orangensten²
	genitive	des orangesten¹ des orangensten²	der orangesten¹ der orangensten²	des orangesten¹ des orangensten²	der orangesten¹ der orangensten²
	dative	dem orangesten¹ dem orangensten²	der orangesten¹ der orangensten²	dem orangesten¹ dem orangensten²	den orangesten¹ den orangensten²
	accusative	den orangesten¹ den orangensten²	die orangeste¹ die orangenste²	das orangeste¹ das orangenste²	die orangesten¹ die orangensten²
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein orangester¹ ein orangenster²	eine orangeste¹ eine orangenste²	ein orangestes¹ ein orangenstes²	(keine) orangesten¹ (keine) orangensten²
	genitive	eines orangesten¹ eines orangensten²	einer orangesten¹ einer orangensten²	eines orangesten¹ eines orangensten²	(keiner) orangesten¹ (keiner) orangensten²
	dative	einem orangesten¹ einem orangensten²	einer orangesten¹ einer orangensten²	einem orangesten¹ einem orangensten²	(keinen) orangesten¹ (keinen) orangensten²
	accusative	einen orangesten¹ einen orangensten²	eine orangeste¹ eine orangenste²	ein orangestes¹ ein orangenstes²	(keine) orangesten¹ (keine) orangensten²

¹Standard.
²Colloquial.

Descendants

→? Estonian: oranž

Limburgish

Noun

orange f

Veldeke spelling of Orasch

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Borrowed from French orange.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈoʁɑ̃ːʃ/
Hyphenation: o‧range
Homophone: Orange

Adjective

orange (masculine orangen, neuter oranget, comparative méi orange, superlative am orangesten)

orange

Middle English

Noun

orange

alternative form of orenge

Middle French

Alternative forms

orenge

Etymology

Inherited from Old French orenge.

Noun

orange f (plural oranges)

orange (fruit of the orange tree)

Descendants

French: orange (see there for further descendants)
→ Middle English: orenge, arange, araunge, orange, orynge
- English: orange (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: orange, oranger

References

orange on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Norman

Alternative forms

oraunge (Cotentin)

Etymology

From Old French orenge.

Pronunciation

Audio (Jersey): (file)

Adjective

orange m or f

(Jersey, Guernsey) orange

Old French

Noun

orange oblique singular, f (oblique plural oranges, nominative singular orange, nominative plural oranges)

alternative form of orenge

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

orange

Wikipedia ^sv

Etymology

Borrowed from French orange. See English orange.

Pronunciation

(indefinite common singular) IPA^(key): /ʊˈranɕ/, (southern) /ʊˈraŋɧ/
(indefinite neuter singular) IPA^(key): /ʊˈranɕt/, (southern) /ʊˈraŋɧt/
(definite masculine singular) IPA^(key): /ʊˈranɕɛ/, (southern) /ʊˈraŋɧɛ/
(definite or plural) IPA^(key): /ʊˈranɕa/, (southern) /ʊˈraŋɧa/
Audio: (file)

Adjective

orange

orange (orange-coloured)
Near-synonym: (now uncommon) brandgul

Hon har långt, orange hår.
She has long, orange hair.

Usage notes

The fruit is an apelsin.

Declension

Inflection of **orange**
Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative¹
common singular	orange	orangeare	orangeaste
neuter singular	orange	orangeare	orangeaste
plural	orange	orangeare	orangeaste
masculine plural²	orange	orangeare	orangeaste

Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular³	orange	orangeare	orangeaste
all	orange	orangeare	orangeaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Less common:

Inflection of **orange**
Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative¹
common singular	orange	orangeare	orangeaste
neuter singular	oranget	orangeare	orangeaste
plural	orangea	orangeare	orangeaste
masculine plural²	orangea	orangeare	orangeaste

Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular³	orange	orangeare	orangeaste
all	orangea	orangeare	orangeaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Inflection of **orange**
Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative¹
common singular	orange	orangare	orangast
neuter singular	orangt	orangare	orangast
plural	oranga	orangare	orangast
masculine plural²	orange	orangare	orangast

Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular³	orange	orangare	orangaste
all	oranga	orangare	orangaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Descendants

→? Estonian: oranž
→ Finnish: oranssi

Noun

orange ?

orange (colour)

References

“orange”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
“orange”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
“orange”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

[OnlineED-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “orange”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

[2] ttps://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/what-rhymes-with-orange

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[2]

hvid	grå	sort
rød; højrød, mørkerød	orange; brun	gul; flødefarvet
lime, lysegrøn	grøn, mørkegrøn	mintgrøn
cyan; turkis, lyseblå	azurblå, himmelblå	blå, mørkeblå
violet; indigo	magenta; lilla	lyserød, rosa

blanc	gris	noir
rouge; cramoisi, carmin	orange; brun, marron	jaune; crème
lime	vert	menthe
cyan, turquoise; bleu canard	azur, bleu ciel	bleu
violet, lilas; indigo	magenta; pourpre	rose

wäiss	gro	schwaarz
rout	orange; brong	giel
	gréng
turquoise	blo (hellblo, himmelblo)	blo (donkelblo)
violett; indigo	magenta; mof	rosa; pink

vit	grå	svart
röd; karmosin, karmosinröd, blodröd	orange (common), brandgul (now uncommon); brun	gul; beige
limegrön	grön	mintgrön
turkos (common), cyan (rare); blågrön, teal	himmelsblå, azur	blå
lila, violett, gredelin (light lavender, now uncommon); indigo	magenta; purpur	rosa (common), skär (uncommon)

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