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tangerine en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈteə̯n.d͡ʒəˌɹiːn/ æ-raising
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈtɛə̯n.d͡ʒəˌɹiːn/ æ-raising
  • /ˈtæn.d͡ʒəˌɹiːn/ without æ-raising

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin Tingisder. Arabic طَنْجَة (ṭanja)der. French Tanger Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English tangerine From French Tanger + English -ine, after Tangier, Morocco.

Meanings

  1. Of a deep yellowish-orange colour.

Relateds

nartjie · satsuma · mandarine · ugli · Van der Hum · minneola · ugli fruit · clementine · ortanique

Translations (8)

sv orangeröd (colour) · ru мандари́новый (colour) · fi tangeriinin oranssi (colour) · ro portocaliu (colour) · fi tangeriinin värinen (colour) · cmn 橘紅色的 /橘红色的 (colour) · es anaranjado (colour) · fr mandarine (colour)

wikipedia: Tangier

tangerine en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈteə̯n.d͡ʒəˌɹiːn/ æ-raising
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈtɛə̯n.d͡ʒəˌɹiːn/ æ-raising
  • /ˈtæn.d͡ʒəˌɹiːn/ without æ-raising

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin Tingisder. Arabic طَنْجَة (ṭanja)der. French Tanger Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English tangerine From French Tanger + English -ine, after Tangier, Morocco.

Meanings

  1. A slightly ovoid, orange-coloured citrus fruit with a rough peel and a sour-sweet taste which is larger than a clementine and sometimes classed as a variety of mandarin orange.
    • As Hiro approaches, Vitaly watches his sword uncertainly. Vitaly's eyes are dry and red, and on his lower lip he is sporting a chancre the size of a tangerine. 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 97:
  2. A deep yellowish-orange colour, like that of a tangerine fruit.
    • The sun was beginning to set, and under the tangerine sky, Reese tugged his undershirt over his head. 2020, Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half, Dialogue Books, page 343:
  3. A tree that produces tangerines.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
tangerines Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

tangemon · tangelo · honey tangerine · atomic tangerine

Hypernyms

mandarin orange

Synonyms

Citrus tangerina

Translations (97)

sh tangerina (tree) · ko 귤 (fruit) · ar أَفَنْدِيّ (fruit) · de Mandarine (fruit) · fr tangerinier (tree) · gu નારંગી (fruit) · cy tanjerîn (tree) · sh мандарина (tree) · fr mandarine (fruit) · eu mandarina (fruit) · lv mandarīns (tree) · et tangeriin (fruit) · cmn 甌柑 /瓯柑 (fruit) · fi tangeriini (fruit) · cmn 橘紅色 /橘红色 (colour) · af nartjieboom (tree) · fo mandarin (fruit) · kw tanjerin (fruit) · sh тангерина (tree) · ro tangerină (fruit) · et mandariin (fruit) · sh mandarina (tree) · pt tangerineira (tree) · sh мандарина (fruit) · pt bergamota (fruit) · sh tangerina (fruit) · it mandarino (tree) · la citrus tangerina (fruit) · mt mandolina (tree) · pl mandarynka (tree) · ru мандари́н (tree) · fa نارنگی (fruit) · sv tangerin (fruit) · pt tangerina (fruit) · es tanjarina (fruit) · ajp مندلينا (fruit) · mi manarini (fruit) · cmn 橘子 (fruit) · aeb مَدَلِينَة (fruit) · hu mandarin (fruit) · uk мандари́н (fruit) · kmr lalengî (fruit) · sw mchenza (tree) · da mandarin (fruit) · ary مندرينة (fruit) · fr tangerine (fruit) · is tangerína (fruit) · fi tangeriinin oranssi (colour) · bg мандари́на (fruit) · vi quả quýt (fruit) · el μανταρίνι (fruit) · nb tangerin (fruit) · nds Mandarien (fruit) · sh mandarina (fruit) · sw chenza (fruit) · cmn 甌柑 /瓯柑 (tree) · et tangeriinipuu (tree) · es mandarina (fruit) · af mandaryn (fruit) · mk мандарина (fruit) · ar مَنْدَرِين (fruit) · be мандары́н (fruit) · ro portocaliu (colour) · fr mandarinier (tree) · ar يُوسُفِيّ (fruit) · cmn 橘子 (tree) · pl mandarynka (fruit) · tl ponkan (fruit) · ca mandarina (fruit) · es naranja (colour) · sv tangerinträd (tree) · af nartjie (fruit) · fi tangeriinipuu (tree) · fa نارنگی (tree) · eu mandarinondo (tree) · bg мандари́на (tree) · es tangerina (fruit) · ky мандарин (fruit) · et mandariinipuu (tree) · lv mandarīns (fruit) · ary مندرين (fruit) · mt mandolina (fruit) · it mandarino (fruit) · cy tanjerîn (fruit) · fa نارنجی (colour) · kk мандарин (fruit) · pt mexerica (fruit) · cy tanjerîn (colour) · ckb لالەنگی (fruit) · nl mandarijn (fruit) · ja タンジェリン (fruit) · fr mandarine (colour) · cy melyngoch (colour) · ur طنجہ کا باشندہ (fruit) · sh тангерина (fruit) · es naranja tangerina (fruit) · ru мандари́н (fruit)

wikipedia: Tangier