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Are there any languages where the colour 'orange' and the fruit 'orange' are called two different names?

I know the colour 'orange' and the fruit 'orange' are the same in English, Spanish (naranja), and French (orange.) Are there languages where the colour and fruit have two different names?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    In Italian the colour orange is "arancione" and the fruit orange is "arancio". They are very similar but differ for a syllable.

  • Rain
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    In Germany an orange fruit is called Apfelsine, the color is called orange

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Absolutely, probably in alot of lost languages, and in many modern day languages.

    Not everyone is as clever as the dude that thought the orange thing up.

  • 1 decade ago

    In Arabic Oranges the Fruit is برتقال

    or singular برتقالة

    and the Colour is برتقالي

    you can see,one letter at the end of the word is different.

    they are similar but a little different,and it will not make sense if you said i like to eat برتقالي for example.

    Source(s): I'm a Native Arabic speaker.
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  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    complicated task. browse with google or bing. that will can help!

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