"orange (colour)" in sette lingue
Significatoorange (colour)
Spagnolo
/naˈɾanxa/
prestito · Andalusi Arabic nāranja
Invariable as a colour: camisetas naranja; naranjado is rarer.
Francese
/ɔʁɑ̃ʒ/
prestito · Old Italian or Occitan (n)arange, the n- lost; the o- probably influenced by or 'gold'
Invariable as a colour: des pulls orange.
Italiano
/aranˈtʃone/
prestito · arancio 'orange (fruit, tree)', from Arabic nāranj
The n- was taken for part of the article: una narancia → un'arancia.
Portoghese
/laˈɾɐ̃ʒɐ/
prestito · Andalusi Arabic nāranja, the n- dissimilated to l-
Invariable as a colour: camisetas laranja.
Rumeno
/portokaˈliw/
altra origine · portocală 'orange (fruit)', from Modern Greek portokáli 'the Portugal fruit'
Catalano
/təˈɾɔɲʒə/
prestito · Andalusi Arabic nāranja; the t- is of disputed origin
Invariable as a colour: uns jerseis taronja.
Inglese
/ˈɔɹɪndʒ/
dal latino/francese · Old French orenge
L’antenato
Arabic nāranj (from Persian nārang)‘bitter orange’
Tutte e sei le sorelle discendono da questa parola, salvo diversa indicazione qui sotto.
La storia
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.
Imparala
In una frase
- 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.