arancia

Italian

Etymology

Feminine form of arancio (“orange (tree)”), from Persian نارنگ (nârang), from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈran.t͡ʃa/

• Audio (un'arancia):

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• Rhymes: -antʃa
• Hyphenation: a‧ràn‧cia

Noun

arancia f (plural arance, diminutive arancìna)

1. orange (fruit)

Related terms

• aranceto (“orange grove”)
• arancia sanguinella, arancia rossa (“blood orange”)
• arancio (“orange (tree)”)
• aranciata (“orangeade”)
• aranciera (“orangery”)
• arancino (“arancino”)
• arancione (“orange (color)”)
• spremuta d'arancia (“orange juice with pulp”)
• succo d'arancia (“orange juice without pulp”)
• fiori d'arancio (“wedding”)

Descendants

• → Old Occitan: auranja
  • Occitan: irange
  • → Old French: orenge, orange
    • Middle French: orange, orenge
      • French: orange (see there for further descendants)
      • → Middle English: orenge, arange, araunge, orange, orynge
        • English: orange
          • → Esperanto: oranĝo
          • → Japanese: オレンジ (orenji)
          • → Kashubian: orendż (Canada, United States)
          • → Korean: 오렌지 (orenji)
          • → Makah: ʔo·linčas
          • → Malay: oren
          • → Marshallese: oran
        • Scots: orange, oranger
    • Norman: orange

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