Origin of orange
adjective French Cookery.
Origin of à l'orange
Related Words for orangecantaloupe, bittersweet, titian, peach, apricot, coral, salmon, carrot, tangerine
Examples from the Web for orange
Contemporary Examples of orange
It took me 1,015 strokes to see this shade of green in a world of orange, and my jaw nearly dropped.Lost For Thousands of Strokes: 'Desert Golfing' Is 'Angry Birds' as Modern Art
January 2, 2015
He took a final mouthful of orange soda and glanced back at his girlfriend, Hutchins.Money, Murder, and Adoption: The Wild Trial of the Polo King
October 28, 2014
There, Orange Scott ran the interurban, a turn-of-the-century electric trolley line that connected the boomtown with its exurbs.
His youngest son, Orange Scott, was a rough-and-tumble trickster and a terrible tease.
Scarecrows have been posted atop the lake dressed in orange suits and green hard hats.Our Trip to The Climate War's Ground Zero
September 19, 2014
Historical Examples of orange
Mr. Milbrey glanced at the two shells of the orange which the butler was then removing.
"With just a dash of orange bitters in it," another might add.
How could they turn from me to orange frapp or salted almonds?The Bacillus of Beauty
The flash of orange, the blaze of red, the gleam of green, were what she needed.Her Father's Daughter
It was like slipping on a bit of orange peel in the dark and breaking your leg.The Secret Agent
- the fruit of any of these trees, having a yellowish-red bitter rind and segmented juicy fleshSee also navel orange
- (as modifier)orange peel
Word Origin for orange
c.1300, of the fruit, from Old French orange, orenge (12c., Modern French orange), from Medieval Latin pomum de orenge, from Italian arancia, originally narancia (Venetian naranza), alteration of Arabic naranj, from Persian narang, from Sanskrit naranga-s "orange tree," of uncertain origin. Not used as a color word until 1540s.
Loss of initial n- probably due to confusion with definite article (e.g. une narange, una narancia), but perhaps influenced by French or "gold." The name of the town of Orange in France (see Orangemen) perhaps was deformed by the name of the fruit. Orange juice is attested from 1723.
The tree's original range probably was northern India. The Persian orange, grown widely in southern Europe after its introduction in Italy 11c., was bitter; sweet oranges were brought to Europe 15c. from India by Portuguese traders and quickly displaced the bitter variety, but only Modern Greek still seems to distinguish the bitter (nerantzi) from the sweet (portokali "Portuguese") orange. Portuguese, Spanish, Arab, and Dutch sailors planted citrus trees along trade routes to prevent scurvy. On his second voyage in 1493, Christopher Columbus brought the seeds of oranges, lemons and citrons to Haiti and the Caribbean. Introduced in Florida (along with lemons) in 1513 by Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon. Introduced to Hawaii 1792.