/ɔ.ʁɑ̃ʒ/
orange (fruit)
“Il pressa l’orange afin d’en extraire du jus.” — He squeezed the orange to extract juice from it.
Inherited from Middle French orange, from Old French orenge, short form of late pomme d'orenge or pomme d'orange, which was calqued after Old Italian melarancia (mela + arancia). The o came into the word under influence of the place name Orange. See English orange.
orange (colour)
Related: oranger, Orangina
Inherited from Middle French orange, from Old French orenge, short form of late pomme d'orenge or pomme d'orange, which was calqued after Old Italian melarancia (mela + arancia). The o came into the word under influence of the place name Orange. See English orange.
orange (orange-coloured)
“Les premiers TGV atlantiques étaient orange.” — The first Atlantic TGV trains were orange.
Related: agent orange, feu orange, hoplostèthe orange, jus d'orange, orange sanguine
Inherited from Middle French orange, from Old French orenge, short form of late pomme d'orenge or pomme d'orange, which was calqued after Old Italian melarancia (mela + arancia). The o came into the word under influence of the place name Orange. See English orange.