"orange (fruit)" in seven languages
Meaningorange (fruit)
Spanish
naranja
/naˈɾanxa/
fem.borrowed · Arabic nāranja
French
orange
/ɔʁɑ̃ʒ/
fem.borrowed · Italian/Occitan forms of Arabic nāranj; the o- is probably influenced by or 'gold'
Italian
arancia
/aˈrantʃa/
fem.borrowed · Arabic nāranj
Portuguese
laranja
/laˈɾɐ̃ʒɐ/
fem.borrowed · Arabic nāranja
Romanian
portocală
/portoˈkalə/
fem.other source · Greek portokáli, named after Portugal
Catalan
taronja
/təˈɾɔnʒə/
fem.borrowed · Arabic nāranja (the t- is unexplained)
English
orange
/ˈɔɹɪndʒ/
from Latin/French · Old French orenge
English → Italianorange (fruit)aranciaCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The ancestor
Arabic nāranj‘bitter orange (from Persian nārang)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Italian lost the n- by misdividing the article: una narancia was heard as un'arancia. Spanish, closest to the Arabic, kept it.
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In a sentence
- esUn vaso de zumo de naranja.
- frUn verre de jus d'orange.
- itUn bicchiere di succo d'arancia.
- ptUm copo de suco de laranja.
- roUn pahar de suc de portocale.
- caUn got de suc de taronja.
- enA glass of orange juice.