What does Orange mean?
Definitions for Orange
ˈɔr ɪndʒ, ˈɒr-; Fr. ɔˈrɑ̃ʒ for 3,6or·ange
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Orange.
Princeton's WordNet
orangenoun
round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees
orange, orangenessnoun
orange color or pigment; any of a range of colors between red and yellow
orange, orange treenoun
any citrus tree bearing oranges
orangenoun
any pigment producing the orange color
Orange, Orange Riveradjective
a river in South Africa that flows generally westward to the Atlantic Ocean
orange, orangishadjective
of the color between red and yellow; similar to the color of a ripe orange
Wiktionary
orangenoun
An evergreen tree of the genus Citrus such as Citrus aurantium.
orangenoun
The fruit of an orange tree; a citrus fruit with a slightly sour flavour.
orangenoun
The colour of a ripe orange (the fruit); a color midway between red and yellow.
orangeverb
To color orange.
orangeverb
To become orange.
orangeadjective
Having the colour of the fruit of an orange tree; yellowred; reddish-yellow.
Orangeadjective
Relating to the Orange Order.
Orangenoun
A town in France.
Orangenoun
The name of the Dutch Royal House.
Orangenoun
Prince or Princess of Orange. Title of the first-born to the Dutch Royal House.
Etymology: French Orange, from Old French Orenge, from Medieval Latin Aurasica, from Latin Aurasiō, from Gaulish *arausi 'temple (head), cheek' (cf. Old Irish ara, arae 'temples', Irish placename Arai Chiach).
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Orangenoun
The leaves have two lobes or appendages at their base like ears, and cut in form of a heart; the fruit is round and depressed, and of a yellow colour when ripe, in which it differs from the citron and lemon. The species are eight. Philip Miller
Etymology: orange, Fr. aurentia, Latin.
I will discharge it in your straw-colour’d beard, your orange tawny beard. William Shakespeare, Mids. Night’s Dream.
The notary came aboard, holding in his hand a fruit like an orange, but of colour between orange tawny and scarlet, which cast a most excellent odour, and is used for a preservative against infection. Francis Bacon, New Atlantis.
Fine oranges, sauce for your veal,
Are charming when squeez’d in a pot of brown ale. Jonathan Swift.The ideas of orange colour and azure, produced in the mind by the same infusion of lignum nephriticum, are no less distinct ideas than those of the same colours taken from two different bodies. John Locke.
Freebase
Orange
The colour orange takes its name from the orange fruit. On the spectrum of light, and in the traditional colour wheel used by painters, it is located between red and yellow. In Europe and America, orange is commonly associated with amusement, the unconventional, extroverts, fire, activity, danger, taste and aroma, the autumn season, and Protestantism. In Asia, it is an important symbolic colour of Buddhism and Hinduism.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Orange
or′anj, n. a delightful gold-coloured fruit with a thick, rough skin, within which are usually from eight to ten juicy divisions: the tree on which it grows: a colour composed of red and yellow.—adj. pertaining to an orange: orange-coloured.—ns. Orangeāde′, a drink made with orange juice; Or′ange-bloss′om, the white blossom of the orange-tree, worn by brides.—adj. Or′ange-col′oured, having the colour of an orange.—ns. Or′ange-lil′y, a garden-plant with large orange flowers; Or′ange-peel, the rind of an orange separated from the pulp; Or′angery, a plantation of orange-trees: an orange-garden.—adj. Or′ange-taw′ny (Shak.), of a colour between orange and brown.—n. the colour itself.—n. Or′ange-wife (Shak.), a woman who sells oranges. [Fr.,—It. arancio—Pers. naranj, the n being dropped; it was thought to come from L. aurum, gold, hence Low L. aurantium.]
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
ORANGE
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Orange is ranked #7629 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Orange surname appeared 4,350 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Orange.
48.8% or 2,124 total occurrences were White.
43.5% or 1,893 total occurrences were Black.
2.8% or 123 total occurrences were of two or more races.
2.6% or 116 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.3% or 57 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
0.8% or 37 total occurrences were Asian.
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British National Corpus
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Orange' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2845
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Orange' in Nouns Frequency: #2125
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Orange' in Adjectives Frequency: #810
Anagrams for Orange »
groane
onager
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Orange in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Orange in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of Orange in a Sentence
Music can lift us out of depression or move us to tears - it is a remedy, a tonic, orange juice for the ear. But for many of my neurological patients, music is even more - it can provide access, even when no medication can, to movement, to speech, to life. For them, music is not a luxury, but a necessity.
I went in to do my usual shopping for my catering business, i saw these two orange lobsters from a distance and thought they were toys because that’s the only time I’ve seen them orange apart from when they’re cooked. I knew they wouldn’t have put cooked lobsters in there because you need to keep lobsters in a special tank with flowing water below seven degrees.
Stuart Would ya look at the size of that kid's head It's the size of a planetoid and it has it's own weather system Looks like an orange on a toothpick I'm not kidding, that boy's head is like Sputnik spherical but quite pointy at parts He'll be crying himself to sleep tonight, on his huge pillow.
I, on behalf of civil society, filed the petition to save 26 heritage sites from construction of the Orange Line Train Project.
I'm talking about these people who cry when their son is standing there in an orange suit. Where were you when he was two? where were you when he was 12? Where were you when he was 18, and how come you don't know he had a pistol? And where is his father, and why don't you know where he is? And why doesn't the father show up to talk to this boy?
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Translations for Orange
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- lemoenboom, lemoen, oranjeAfrikaans
- ɔrengeAkan
- برتقال, برتقالة, شجرة البرتقال, برتقالي, البرتقاليArabic
- portağal, narincıAzerbaijani
- әфлисунBashkir
- апэльсі́навае дрэ́ва, апэльсі́н, ара́нжавыBelarusian
- портока́л, оранжев, портока́лов, ора́нжевBulgarian
- aranis, aramisBislama
- কমলাBengali
- orañjezenn, orañjezBreton
- taronger, taronja, ataronjat, carabassaCatalan, Valencian
- апельсин, цlеран босChechen
- pomerančovník, pomeranč, oranžovýCzech
- oren, melyngochWelsh
- appelsintræ, appelsin, orangeDanish
- Orange, Apfelsine, Apfelsinenbaum, OrangenbaumGerman
- πορτοκάλι, πορτοκαλιά, πορτοκαλήςGreek
- oranĝarbo, oranĝujo, oranĝo, oranĝokoloraEsperanto
- naranja, naranjo, china, anaranjadoSpanish
- apelsinipuu, apelsin, oranžEstonian
- laranja, laranjondoBasque
- پرتقال, نارنجی, نارنجPersian
- appelsiini, oranssi, appelsiinipuuFinnish
- senikavikaFijian
- appilsinFaroese
- oranger, orangeFrench
- oráiste, flannbhuí, dath oráiste, crann oráistíIrish
- òr-mheas, oraindsear, oraindsScottish Gaelic
- laranxa, laranxeiraGalician
- સંતરુ, નારંગીGujarati
- oranje, oranje-vuighManx
- mai ruwan lemo, lemoHausa
- תפוז, כתוםHebrew
- नारंगी, संतराHindi
- narancssárga, narancs szín, narancs, narancsfa, narancsszínűHungarian
- նարինջ, գազարագույն, նարնջագույնArmenian
- jeruk manis, limau, jingga, oranyeIndonesian
- oranja, oranjeaIdo
- appelsínugulur, appelsínaIcelandic
- arancione, arancio, aranciaItalian
- כָּתוֹםHebrew
- 橙色, オレンジ, みかん, オレンジ色Japanese
- jerukJavanese
- სტაფილოსფერი, ფორთოხალიGeorgian
- ya malalaKongo
- қызғылт сарыKazakh
- លឿងទុំ, ក្រូចពោធិសាត់, ពណ៌លឿងKhmer
- ಕಿತ್ತಳೆ, ಕಿತ್ತಳೆ ಬಣ್ಣದಲ್ಲಿರುತ್ತದೆKannada
- 주황색, 오렌지나무, 오렌지Korean
- pirteqal, پرتهقاڵ, دار پرتهقاڵ, pirteqalîKurdish
- owraval, rudhvelynCornish
- токсарыKyrgyz
- aurantium, aurantia, arantium, aurantius, arantiusLatin
- Orangëbam, OrangeLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ya malálaLingala
- ສົ້ມLao
- apelsinas, apelsinmedis, oranžinė spalva, apelsininė spalva, oranžinė, oranžinisLithuanian
- apelsīns, oranžsLatvian
- laoranjy, volom-boasary, menapina, voasaryMalagasy
- āraniMāori
- портокалова, портокал, портокаловMacedonian
- നാരങ്ങMalayalam
- жүрж, улбар шарMongolian
- नारिंगी, संत्रे, नारिंगMarathi
- limau, jingga, pokok limau, orenMalay
- larinġa, oranġjoMaltese
- ကမ္ဗလာ, ကမ္ဗလာသီးBurmese
- oranje, sinaasappelboom, sinaasappel, appelsien, appelsienenboom, geelrood, brandgeelDutch
- appelsintre, appelsin, oransjeNorwegian
- chʼil łitsxooí, łichxíʼíNavajo, Navaho
- irangeOccitan
- апельсинOssetian, Ossetic
- pomarańczowy, pomarańcz, drzewo pomarańczowe, pomarańczaPolish
- laranja, laranjeira, alaranjado, cor-de-laranjaPortuguese
- portocală, portocaliu, portocal, oranj, portocaleRomanian
- ора́нжевый цвет, апельси́н, ора́нжевый, апельси́новое де́рево, оранRussian
- aranzu, colore de aranzu, ruggiu, ruiu, arbule de aranzu, arrubiuSardinian
- نارنگيءَ جو وَڻُ, نارنگِيSindhi
- appelsiidna, oránšaNorthern Sami
- narančasta, pomòrānča, помо̀ра̄нџа, на̀ра̄нџа, nàrāndža, pomòrāndža, narandžasta, nàrānča, наранџаста, наранчаста, narandžast, наранџастSerbo-Croatian
- දොඩම්Sinhala, Sinhalese
- pomaranč, oranžovýSlovak
- pomaranča, oranžna, oranženSlovene
- lanumoliSamoan
- ranjisiShona
- jaalleSomali
- portokallAlbanian
- sefate sa lamunu, lamunuSouthern Sotho
- apelsin, apelsinträd, orange, brandgul, apelsinfärgadSwedish
- rangi ya machungwa, chungwa, mchungwa, machungwaSwahili
- ஆரஞ்சு, சர்க்கரை நாரத்தை, செம்மஞ்சள்Tamil
- నారింజ, కమలాఫలముTelugu
- норанҷ, афлесунTajik
- ส้มThai
- narynç, mämişiTurkmen
- dalandan, narangha, kahelTagalog
- lanu moliTonga (Tonga Islands)
- portakal, turuncuTurkish
- әфлисунTatar
- puātouTahitian
- апельси́н, оранжевий, ора́нжевий, помара́нчевий, помаранчевийUkrainian
- نارَنْگی, نارنگی, سنترا, سنتریUrdu
- poʻrtaholUzbek
- cây cam, camVietnamese
- rojat, rojanikVolapük
- suraasWolof
- מאַראַנץYiddish
- bí òrombó, bí ọsánYoruba
- 橙Chinese
- orenjiZulu
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