Definitions for orange
ˈɔr ɪndʒ, ˈɒr-; Fr. ɔˈrɑ̃ʒ for 3,6or·ange

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. orangenoun

   round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees

2. orange, orangenessnoun

   orange color or pigment; any of a range of colors between red and yellow

3. orange, orange treenoun

   any citrus tree bearing oranges

4. orangenoun

   any pigment producing the orange color

5. Orange, Orange Riveradjective

   a river in South Africa that flows generally westward to the Atlantic Ocean

6. orange, orangishadjective

   of the color between red and yellow; similar to the color of a ripe orange

Wiktionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. orangenoun

   An evergreen tree of the genus Citrus such as Citrus aurantium.

2. orangenoun

   The fruit of an orange tree; a citrus fruit with a slightly sour flavour.

3. orangenoun

   The colour of a ripe orange (the fruit); a color midway between red and yellow.

4. orangeverb

   To color orange.

5. orangeverb

   To become orange.

6. orangeadjective

   Having the colour of the fruit of an orange tree; yellowred; reddish-yellow.

7. Orangeadjective

   Relating to the Orange Order.

8. Orangenoun

   A town in France.

9. Orangenoun

   The name of the Dutch Royal House.

10. Orangenoun

    Prince or Princess of Orange. Title of the first-born to the Dutch Royal House.

11. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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.

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1. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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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1. orange

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Matched Categories

1. • Chromatic Color
   • Citrus
   • Citrus Fruit
   • Pigment

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'orange' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2845

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'orange' in Nouns Frequency: #2125

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'orange' in Adjectives Frequency: #810

Anagrams for orange »

1. groane

2. onager

How to pronounce orange?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of orange in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of orange in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of orange in a Sentence

1. Elaine Higgleton:

   It's probably that transgender figures have had a much higher profile in the media -- you only have to think of people like Caitlyn Jenner and Laverne Cox and programs like 'Orange is the New Black', i think there's been a lot more awareness of gender issues which has led people to use these terms more.

2. Johann von Goethe:

   Know'st thou the land where the lemon-trees bloom, Where the gold orange glows in the deep thicket's gloom, Where a wind ever soft from the blue heaven blows, And the groves are of laurel and myrtle and rose

3. Gastonia Police Chief Robert Helton:

   But we need to know if you saw our blond-hair with the orange shirt.

4. Courtnay Tartt Elias:

   Some new Halloween décor has had a vintage feel to it, so it seems natural that people are seeking the ‘real deal’ — actual vintage items now, mercury glass pumpkins, textural gourds in colors other than orange, velvet pumpkins, and items decoupaged with vintage Halloween artwork are examples of newer seasonal décor with a vintage feel.

5. Pascal Soriot:

   The manufacturing of vaccines is extremely complicated, it's not like doing an orange juice, it's extremely complicated and the teams that are manufacturing those products have to be trained and they have to master the process.

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