orange

CEFRA1

/ˈɒɹɪnd͡ʒ/

noun · adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A round citrus fruit with orange skin and juicy sections.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Having the color between red and yellow.

Examples

  • My mother bought two bottles of orange juice.

  • She peeled a juicy orange for her afternoon snack.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈɒɹɪnʒ/
  • /ˈɔɹn̩d͡ʒ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Any round citrus fruit with a yellow-red colour when ripe and a sour-sweet taste; the fruit of the orange tree.

  2. An evergreen tree of the genus Citrus such as Citrus sinensis which yields oranges (the fruit).

  3. Specifically, a sweet orange or Citrus sinensis.

More examples

In context

  • "Yes, orange juice please," says Mike.

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:orange.

  • “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.

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Origin

noun

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”), ultimately from Dravidian. Compare Tamil நாரங்காய் (nāraṅkāy), compound of நாரம் (nāram, “water”) and காய் (kāy, “fruit”); also Telugu నారంగము, నారింజ (nāraṅgamu, nāriñja), Malayalam നാരങ്ങ (nāra...