« orange (colour) » en sept langues
Sensorange (colour)
Espagnol
/naˈɾanxa/
emprunté · Andalusi Arabic nāranja
Invariable as a colour: camisetas naranja; naranjado is rarer.
Français
/ɔʁɑ̃ʒ/
emprunté · Old Italian or Occitan (n)arange, the n- lost; the o- probably influenced by or 'gold'
Invariable as a colour: des pulls orange.
Italien
/aranˈtʃone/
emprunté · arancio 'orange (fruit, tree)', from Arabic nāranj
The n- was taken for part of the article: una narancia → un'arancia.
Portugais
/laˈɾɐ̃ʒɐ/
emprunté · Andalusi Arabic nāranja, the n- dissimilated to l-
Invariable as a colour: camisetas laranja.
Roumain
/portokaˈliw/
autre source · portocală 'orange (fruit)', from Modern Greek portokáli 'the Portugal fruit'
Catalan
/təˈɾɔɲʒə/
emprunté · Andalusi Arabic nāranja; the t- is of disputed origin
Invariable as a colour: uns jerseis taronja.
Anglais
/ˈɔɹɪndʒ/
du latin/français · Old French orenge
L’ancêtre
Arabic nāranj (from Persian nārang)‘bitter orange’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
The fruit came first, the colour name later. French and Italian lost the n- by mis-cutting 'a norange' into 'an orange' — exactly what happened in English.
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- esEl atardecer se volvió naranja.
- frLe coucher de soleil est devenu orange.
- itIl tramonto è diventato arancione.
- ptO céu ficou laranja no pôr do sol.
- roCerul s-a făcut portocaliu la apus.
- caEl cel es va tornar taronja a la posta de sol.
- enThe sunset turned orange.