oranje — meaning in English

English meaning

• amber noun A hard, translucent, yellow-to-brown fossilized tree resin, used in jewellery and sometimes containing preserved insects.
• orange noun A round citrus fruit with a sweet-tart taste and a thick, textured peel that turns yellow-orange when ripe; also the tree it grows on.

Senses

oranje is used for these senses in English:

• amber (British, AU) The intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights, which when illuminated indicates that drivers should stop when safe to do so. See also yellow light.
• orange Having the colour of the fruit of an orange tree; yellowred; reddish-yellow.
• orange (countable) Any round citrus fruit with a yellow-red colour when ripe and a sour-sweet taste; the fruit of the orange tree.

amber — full definition

1. noun A hard, translucent, yellow-to-brown fossilized tree resin, used in jewellery and sometimes containing preserved insects.
2. noun A yellowish-orange colour, like that of the resin.
3. noun The middle light of a traffic signal, signalling drivers to stop if it is safe to do so.
4. adj Of a brownish-yellow colour.

orange — full definition

1. noun A round citrus fruit with a sweet-tart taste and a thick, textured peel that turns yellow-orange when ripe; also the tree it grows on.
2. noun The reddish-yellow color of the ripe fruit, midway between red and yellow.
3. adjective Having the color orange.

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