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tangerine

adj · noun · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈtæn.d͡ʒəˌɹiːn/ without æ-raising
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  • /ˈtɛə̯n.d͡ʒəˌɹiːn/ æ-raising
  • rhymes with -iːn
  • /ˈtænd͡ʒəˌɹiːn/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Of a deep yellowish-orange colour.

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2

adj

Meaning 2

From, or pertaining to Tangier.

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3

adj

Meaning 3

Of or related to Blackpool Football Club.

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4

noun

Meaning 4

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.

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5

noun

Meaning 5

A deep yellowish-orange colour, like that of a tangerine fruit.

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6

noun

Meaning 6

A tree that produces tangerines.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: Citrus tangerina

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: mandarin orange

7

noun

Meaning 7

A native or inhabitant of Tangier.

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8

adjective satellite

Meaning 8

of a strong reddish orange color

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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9

noun

Meaning 9

a reddish to vivid orange color

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Broader terms: reddish orange

10

noun

Meaning 10

any of various deep orange mandarins grown in the United States and southern Africa

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: mandarin, mandarin orange

11

noun

Meaning 11

a variety of mandarin orange

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tangerine tree

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: mandarin, mandarin orange, mandarin orange tree, Citrus reticulata

History

Etymology

From French Tanger + -ine, after Tangier, Morocco.

From French Tanger (Tangier, Morocco) + -ine.

Across languages

Translations

108 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 橘紅色的 /橘红色的 (júhóngsè de) — colour
  • Finnish: tangeriinin oranssi — colour
  • Finnish: tangeriinin värinen — colour
  • French: mandarine — colour
  • Romanian: portocaliu — colour
  • Russian: мандари́новый (mandarínovyj) — colour
  • Spanish: anaranjado — colour
  • Swedish: orangeröd — colour
  • French: tangérois — pertaining to Tangier
  • French: tangéroise — pertaining to Tangier
  • Galician: tanxerino — pertaining to Tangier
  • Galician: tanxerina — pertaining to Tangier
  • Afrikaans: nartjie — fruit
  • Afrikaans: mandaryn — fruit
  • Arabic: مَنْدَرِين (mandarīn) — fruit
  • Arabic: يُوسُفِيّ (yūsufiyy) — fruit
  • Arabic: أَفَنْدِيّ (ʔafandiyy) — fruit
  • Arabic: مندرين (mandarīn) — fruit
  • Arabic: مندرينة (mandarīna) — fruit
  • Arabic: مندلينا (mandalīna) — fruit
  • Basque: mandarina — fruit
  • Belarusian: мандары́н (mandarýn) — fruit
  • Bulgarian: мандари́на (mandarína) — fruit
  • Catalan: mandarina — fruit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 橘子 (júzi) — fruit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 甌柑 /瓯柑 (ōugān) — fruit
  • Cornish: tanjerin — fruit
  • Danish: mandarin — fruit
  • Dutch: mandarijn — fruit
  • Estonian: tangeriin — fruit
  • Estonian: mandariin — fruit
  • Faroese: mandarin — fruit
  • Finnish: tangeriini — fruit
  • French: tangerine — fruit
  • French: mandarine — fruit
  • German: Mandarine — fruit
  • Greek: μανταρίνι (mantaríni) — fruit
  • Gujarati: નારંગી (nāraṅgī) — fruit
  • Hungarian: mandarin — fruit
  • Icelandic: tangerína — fruit
  • Italian: mandarino — fruit
  • Japanese: タンジェリン (tanjerin) — fruit
  • Kazakh: мандарин (mandarin) — fruit
  • Korean: 귤 (gyul) — fruit
  • Central Kurdish: لالەنگی (lalengî) — fruit
  • Northern Kurdish: lalengî — fruit
  • Kyrgyz: мандарин (mandarin) — fruit
  • Latin: citrus tangerina — fruit
  • Latvian: mandarīns — fruit
  • Low German: Mandarien — fruit
  • Macedonian: мандарина (mandarina) — fruit
  • Maltese: mandolina — fruit
  • Māori: manarini — fruit
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tangerin — fruit
  • Persian: نارنگی (nârengi) — fruit
  • Polish: mandarynka — fruit
  • Portuguese: tangerina — fruit
  • Portuguese: mexerica — fruit
  • Portuguese: bergamota — fruit
  • Romanian: tangerină — fruit
  • Russian: мандари́н (mandarín) — fruit
  • Serbo-Croatian: тангерина — fruit
  • Serbo-Croatian: мандарина — fruit
  • Serbo-Croatian: tangerina — fruit
  • Serbo-Croatian: mandarina — fruit
  • Spanish: mandarina — fruit
  • Spanish: naranja tangerina — fruit
  • Spanish: tangerina — fruit
  • Spanish: tanjarina — fruit
  • Swahili: chenza — fruit
  • Swedish: tangerin — fruit
  • Tagalog: ponkan — fruit
  • Ukrainian: мандари́н (mandarýn) — fruit
  • Urdu: طنجہ کا باشندہ (tunja ka bashinda) — fruit
  • Vietnamese: quả quýt — fruit
  • Welsh: tanjerîn — fruit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 橘紅色 /橘红色 (júhóngsè) — colour
  • Persian: نارنجی (nârenji) — colour
  • Spanish: naranja — colour
  • Welsh: tanjerîn — colour
  • Welsh: melyngoch — colour
  • Afrikaans: nartjieboom — tree
  • Basque: mandarinondo — tree
  • Bulgarian: мандари́на (mandarína) — tree
  • Chinese Mandarin: 橘子 (júzi) — tree
  • Chinese Mandarin: 甌柑 /瓯柑 (ōugān) — tree
  • Estonian: tangeriinipuu — tree
  • Estonian: mandariinipuu — tree
  • Finnish: tangeriinipuu — tree
  • French: tangerinier — tree
  • French: mandarinier — tree
  • Italian: mandarino — tree
  • Latvian: mandarīns — tree
  • Maltese: mandolina — tree
  • Persian: نارنگی (nârengi) — tree
  • Polish: mandarynka — tree
  • Portuguese: tangerineira — tree
  • Russian: мандари́н (mandarín) — tree
  • Serbo-Croatian: тангерина — tree
  • Serbo-Croatian: мандарина — tree
  • Serbo-Croatian: tangerina — tree
  • Serbo-Croatian: mandarina — tree
  • Swahili: mchenza — tree
  • Swedish: tangerinträd — tree
  • Welsh: tanjerîn — tree
  • French: Tangérois — inhabitant of Tangier
  • French: Tangéroise — inhabitant of Tangier
  • Galician: tanxerino — inhabitant of Tangier
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