tangerine
/ˈtæn.d͡ʒəˌɹiːn/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.94 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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.
noun
A deep yellowish-orange colour, like that of a tangerine fruit.
noun
A tree that produces tangerines.
adj
Of a deep yellowish-orange colour.
adj
From, or pertaining to Tangier.
adj
Of or related to Blackpool Football Club.
noun
A native or inhabitant of Tangier.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "The sun was beginning to set, and under the tangerine sky, Reese tugged his undershirt over his head."
- "They may have finished 11 points behind West Ham and lost both league games, conceding eight goals, but the Tangerine dream remains alive. Holloway said: “We won’t get a bigger test than West Ham but we’ve got one chance. If you’d asked me last summer when I lost all those players I’d have said this was a dead duck, but we don’t lie down at this club.”"
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.
Word Breakdown
- Suffix: ine
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Synonyms
Citrus tangerina
tangerine tree