Etymology

tangerine

tan·ge·rine
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Today it means: 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. Full definition →

French Tanger ← Arabic طَنْجَة (ṭanja) ← Latin Tingis
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tangerine · noun, adjective1

  1. LatinTingis
  2. Arabicطَنْجَة (ṭanja)
  3. FrenchTanger
  4. English todaytangerine

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

Tangerine · adjective, noun2

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

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