oren
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Indonesian
Etymology
From English orange, from Middle English orenge, orange, from Old French pome orenge (“Persian orange”, literally “orange apple”), influenced by Old Occitan auranja and calqued from Old Italian melarancio, melarancia, compound of mela (“apple”) and (n)arancia (“orange”), from Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj), from Persian نارنگ (nārang), from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga, “orange tree”), from Dravidian (compare Tamil நர்தங்காய் (nartaṅkāy), compound of நரந்தம் (narantam, “fragrance”) and காய் (kāy, “fruit”); also Telugu నారంగము (nāraṅgamu), Malayalam നാരങ്ങ (nāraṅṅa), Kannada ನಾರಂಗಿ (nāraṅgi)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɔrɛn]
- Hyphenation: orèn
Noun
orèn (first-person possessive orenku, second-person possessive orenmu, third-person possessive orennya)
Further reading
- “oren” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay

Etymology
Borrowed from English orange, from Middle English orenge, orange, from Old French pome orenge (“Persian orange”, literally “orange apple”), influenced by Old Occitan auranja and calqued from Old Italian melarancio, melarancia, compound of mela (“apple”) and (n)arancia (“orange”), from Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj), from Persian نارنگ (nārang), from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga, “orange tree”), from Dravidian (compare Tamil நர்தங்காய் (nartaṅkāy), compound of நரந்தம் (narantam, “fragrance”) and காய் (kāy, “fruit”); also Telugu నారంగము (nāraṅgamu), Malayalam നാരങ്ങ (nāraṅṅa), Kannada ನಾರಂಗಿ (nāraṅgi)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oren/
- Rhymes: -oren, -ren, -en
Audio (MY) (file)
Noun
oren (Jawi spelling اورين, plural oren-oren, informal 1st possessive orenku, 2nd possessive orenmu, 3rd possessive orennya)
- orange (fruit)
Alternative forms
- oranyě (Indonesian)
Further reading
- “oren” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Middle English
Etymology
Inherited from Old English ārian, from Proto-West Germanic *aiʀēn, from Proto-Germanic *aizāną. Equivalent to ore (“honour”) + -en (infinitival suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔːrən/
- (early) IPA(key): /ˈɑːrən/
Conjugation
infinitive | (to) oren | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | ore | ored | |
2nd-person singular | orest | oredest | |
3rd-person singular | oreth | ored | |
subjunctive singular | ore | ||
imperative singular | — | ||
plural1 | oren, ore | oreden, orede | |
imperative plural | oreth, ore | — | |
participles | orynge, orende | ored, yored |
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Spanish
Verb
oren
- inflection of orar:
- third-person plural present subjunctive
- third-person plural imperative
Swedish
Declension
Inflection of oren | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | oren | — | — |
Neuter singular | orent | — | — |
Plural | orena | — | — |
Masculine plural3 | orene | — | — |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | orene | — | — |
All | orena | — | — |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɔrɛn/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈoːrɛn/, /ˈɔrɛn/
Adjective
oren (feminine singular oren, plural oren, equative orened, comparative orenach, superlative orenaf)
- orange (colour)
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
oren | unchanged | unchanged | horen |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |