noun

orange

O-rihnj

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.

"She squeezed a fresh orange for breakfast juice."

The reddish-yellow color of the ripe fruit, midway between red and yellow.

"The sunset painted the sky a deep orange."

adjective

Having the color orange.

"He wore bright orange sneakers to the game."

How to Use Orange

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishThe citrus fruit, or the color named after it.

Common pairings

orange juice burnt orange orange peel

Word Forms

oranger comparative, more orange comparative, oranged past tense, oranges plural, oranges singular, orangest superlative, most orange superlative

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Etymology

From Old French pome orenge, ultimately traced through Arabic naranj and Persian back to Sanskrit naranga, "orange tree." The color sense only developed in English around the 1500s, after the fruit's name was already in use.

Synonyms

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amber coral ginger gold golden brown topaz

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Rhymes for orange

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