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語源

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

発音

• (without æ-raising) IPA: /ˈtæn.d͡ʒəˌɹiːn/
  • • (æ-raising) IPA: /ˈteə̯n.d͡ʒəˌɹiːn/, /ˈtɛə̯n.d͡ʒəˌɹiːn/
• 韻: -iːn
• ハイフネーション: tan‧ge‧rine

名詞

tangerine (plural tangerines)

1. 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.
   • 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 97:

     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.

2. A deep yellowish-orange colour, like that of a tangerine fruit.
   • 2020, Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half, Dialogue Books, page 343:

     The sun was beginning to set, and under the tangerine sky, Reese tugged his undershirt over his head.

   tangerine:  

3. A tree that produces tangerines.

   Synonym: Citrus tangerina

   Hypernym: mandarin orange

派生語

形容詞

tangerine

1. Of a deep yellowish-orange colour.

参考

参照

• tangerine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

アナグラム

• Argentine, antigreen, argentine, intragene