Kilo Lingo

orange

/ˈɒr.ɪndʒ/

Line drawing of orange
Coloured illustration of orange
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Translation

A colour between red and yellow. It is also a round fruit of this colour.

Word origin

From Old French orenge, taken from Arabic naranj, the name of the fruit. The colour was named after it.

Origin
Old French
Root
orenge

Examples

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"Orange" tells us the colour of the coat.

sunset.

Here "orange" describes the colour of the sun.

sweet .

Here "orange" is the round fruit of that colour.

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This word is part of lesson 13.