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Orange in French

orange

The French for orange is orange. It is invariable: it keeps one form with every noun.

orange
adjectiveinvariable

orange (of the colour orange)

Examples · 2

  • masculine singular: the adjective keeps its bare form

    Le ciel est orange ce soir.The sky is orange this evening.
  • with a feminine noun: orange stays orange, no -e (unlike jolie)

    Marie porte une très jolie robe orange.Marie is wearing a very pretty orange dress.

Agreements

masculinefeminine
sing.orangeorange
plur.orangeorange

The forms

masculine
orange
feminine
orange
masculine plural
orange
feminine plural
orange

One sentence for each rule

Greyed letters are written and not pronounced. A tie marks a liaison, with the sound you hear under it. A label under a verb names its tense.

orange (of the colour orange)

  • masculine singular: the adjective keeps its bare form

    Le ciel est orange ce soir.The sky is orange this evening.
  • with a feminine noun: orange stays orange, no -e (unlike jolie)

    Marie porte une très jolie robe orange.Marie is wearing a very pretty orange dress.
  • plural noun: orange takes no -s

    Paul achète des ballons orange pour la fête.Paul is buying orange balloons for the party.
  • position: after the noun, and invariable (des chaussures orange)

    Tes chaussures orange vont bien avec ce pantalon.Your orange shoes go well with these trousers.

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Questions people ask

How do you say orange in French?
Orange. It means orange (of the colour orange).
What is the feminine of orange?
Orange. The word is invariable, so the feminine and the plural look the same as the masculine.
How do you use orange in a sentence?
Le ciel est orange ce soir. (The sky is orange this evening.)

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