tangerine
pronunciation
How to pronounce tangerine in British English:
UK [ˌtændʒəˈri:n]
How to pronounce tangerine in American English:
US [ˈtændʒərin]
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- Noun:
- a variety of mandarin orange
- any of various deep orange mandarins grown in the United States and southern Africa
- a reddish to vivid orange color
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- Adjective:
- of a strong reddish orange color
Word Origin
- tangerine
- tangerine: [18] The tangerine was originally exported to Britain, in the 1840s, from the Moroccan port of Tangier, and so it was called the Tangerine orange (Tangerine started life as an adjective meaning ‘of Tangier’: ‘an old Tangerine captain with a wooden leg’, Joseph Addison, Tatler 1710). This was soon shortened to tangerine. It was first used as a colour term at the end of the 19th century.
- tangerine (n.)
- 1842, from tangerine orange (1820) "an orange from Tangier," seaport in northern Morocco, from which it was imported to Britain originally. As an adjective meaning "from Tangier," attested from 1710, probably from Spanish tangerino. As a color name, attested from 1899.
Example
- 1. 4 Ounces fresh satsuma or tangerine juice
- 2. The healing garden tangerine therapy energizing body mist , energy .
- 3. Little by little bit you too can learn to love that pink corsage wall or summer tangerine and little by little infuse patterns and textiles too !
- 4. Tie a string to the tangerine .
- 5. The sour fruit of this plant , resembling a small tangerine and sometimes used as a flavoring or for beverages , sauces , or marmalades .