tangerine

tan·ger·ine  (tnj-rn, tnj-rn)

n.

1. A widely cultivated variety of mandarin orange having deep red-orange fruit with easily separated segments.

2. A strong reddish orange to strong or vivid orange.

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[Short for tangerine orange, after Tanger (Tangier), Morocco.]

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tanger·ine adj.

Word History: The name tangerine comes from Tangier, Morocco, the port from which the first tangerines were shipped to Europe in 1841. The adjective tangerine, from Tangier or Tanger, was already an English word (first recorded in 1710), meaning "of or pertaining to Tangier." This adjective had been formed with the suffix -ine, as in Florentine. The fruit was first called a tangerine orange, later reduced simply to tangerine. Confusion exists between the name tangerine and the name mandarin, and with good reason. The tangerine is a type of mandarin orange, so the oranges shipped from Tangier could also accurately have been called mandarins. However, although the two names can be used interchangeably in a general sense, there is now a particular type of orange called tangerine, which is different from another type now called mandarin. The mandarin orange, which is native to China, is thought probably to have received its name because of its resemblance in color to the robes of a mandarin.

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tangerine

Noun

the small orange-like fruit, with a sweet juicy flesh, of an Asian tree

Adjective

reddish-orange [Tangier, a port in Morocco]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	tangerine - a variety of mandarin orange         tangerine tree tangerine - any of various deep orange mandarins grown in the United States and southern Africa Citrus reticulata, mandarin, mandarin orange, mandarin orange tree - shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed; native to southeastern Asia
	2.	tangerine - any of various deep orange mandarins grown in the United States and southern Africa mandarin orange, mandarin - a somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China tangerine, tangerine tree - a variety of mandarin orange
	3.	tangerine - a reddish to vivid orange color reddish orange - an orange color closer to red than to yellow
Adj.	1.	tangerine - of a strong reddish orange color chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue

Translations

tangerine [tændʒəˈriːn] n → mandarina

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tangerine [tændʒəˈriːn] n → mandarine f

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tangerine [tændʒəˈriːn] n (fruit) → Mandarine f;

(colour) → Orangerot nt

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tangerine [tændʒəˈriːn] n → mandarino

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tangerine

n tangerine [tӕndʒəˈriːn]

a type of small orange that has a sweet taste and is easily peeled. naartjie فاكِهَة يوسُف أفَنْدي мандарина mandarinka tangerin die Mandarine μανταρίνι mandarina, clementina mandariin نارنگی mandariini mandarine מַנדָרִינָה सन्तरा mandarinka mandarin jeruk keprok tangerína mandarino みかんの一種 귤 mandarinas mandarīns limau tangerin mandarijn mandarin mandarynka tangerina mandarină мандарин tangerína mandarina tangerina mandarin ส้มจีน mandalina 柑桔 мандарин ايک قسم کا چھوٹا سنگترہ quả quýt 柑桔