/ˈɒr.ɪndʒ/
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.
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Here "orange" is the round fruit of that colour.
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