orange
UK /ˈɒɹɪnd͡ʒ/ · US /ˈɔɹənd͡ʒ/ noun, adjective, verb, proper noun
Also a form of Orangeman
Forms oranges oranger orangest oranging oranged aurange oreche orenche orendge oreng oringe orrendge orrenge orring
- noun (countable) An evergreen tree of the genus Citrus such as Citrus sinensis which yields oranges (the fruit).
- noun (countable) Any round citrus fruit with a yellow-red colour when ripe and a sour-sweet taste; the fruit of the orange tree.
- noun (countable) Specifically, a sweet orange or Citrus sinensis.
- noun (uncountable) The colour of a ripe fruit of an orange tree, midway between red and yellow.
- noun (uncountable) Various drinks:
- noun An orange-coloured and orange-flavoured cordial.
- noun An orange-coloured and orange-flavoured soft drink.
- noun (uncommon) Orange juice.
- adjective Having the colour of the fruit of an orange tree; yellowred; reddish-yellow.
- verb (transitive) To colour orange.
- verb (intransitive) To become orange.
- proper noun A city in Vaucluse department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
- proper noun (historical) A county of Burgundy around the French city.
- proper noun (historical) A principality in the Holy Roman Empire around the French city, now defunct but still used as a title by various claimants, particularly the heir apparent of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
- proper noun (historical) A principality in the Netherlands; named for the French title.
- proper noun A surname; chiefly from the French city and title.
- proper noun A city in New South Wales; named for William II of the Netherlands, prince of Orange from 1815–1840.
- proper noun A local government area in central New South Wales, Australia; in full, the City of Orange.
- proper noun A city in Orange County, California; named for the fruit.
- adjective Of or relating to the Orange Order.
Synonyms
yellow-red amber coral ginger gold golden brown topaz orangeness orange tree Orange River orangish
Antonyms
Etymology
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 (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. In the colour sense, largely displaced ġeolurēad, whence yellow-red.
Some senses from French Orange, from Old French Orenge (compare Occitan Aurenja), from Vulgar Latin *Aurinica, from Latin Arausio, from Gaulish *arausi (“temple of the head, cheek”). In British and Irish contexts, usually with particular reference to William III of England (Willem Hendrik van Oranje), the Dutch Protestant husband of Queen Mary II who ended Stuart rule in Britain and Ireland. Other senses from the common noun orange, ultimately from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga, “orange tree”).
Webster’s 1913
- noun The fruit of a tree of the genus Citrus (C. Aurantium). It is usually round, and consists of pulpy carpels, commonly ten in number, inclosed in a leathery rind, which is easily separable, and is reddish yellow when ripe.
- noun The tree that bears oranges; the orange tree.
- adjective Of or pertaining to an orange; of the color of an orange; reddish yellow; as, an orange ribbon.
Etymology [F.; cf. It. arancia, arancio, LL. arangia, Sp. naranjia, Pg. laranja; all fr. Ar. naranj, Per. naranj, narang; cf. Skr. naranga orange tree. The o- in F. orange is due to confusion with or gold, L. aurum, because the orange resembles gold in color.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “orange”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details