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tangerine

tan·ge·rine/ˈtæn.d͡ʒəˌɹiːn/noun, adjective

tangerine is spelled T-A-N-G-E-R-I-N-E: 9 letters and 3 syllables (tan·ge·rine). It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,168th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tangerine 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…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tangerine is tangerines.

How many letters and syllables are in tangerine?

Letters9: T-A-N-G-E-R-I-N-E
Syllables3: tan·ge·rine
In writingabout once in every 1 million words; the 31,168th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Same letters

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is tangerine?

Tangerine appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,168th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce tangerine?

  • /ˈtæn.d͡ʒəˌɹiːn/
  • /ˈteə̯n.d͡ʒəˌɹiːn/
  • /ˈtɛə̯n.d͡ʒəˌɹiːn/

Tangerine has 3 syllables, split tan·ge·rine in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-tangerine.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with tangerine?

No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as tangerine.

Spelled with the same letters in another order: argentine.

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of tangerine

  • tangerines plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does tangerine mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 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.

  2. 2

    A deep yellowish-orange colour, like that of a tangerine fruit.

  3. 3

    A tree that produces tangerines.

adjective

  1. 1

    Of a deep yellowish-orange colour.

adjective

as Tangerine
  1. 1

    From, or pertaining to Tangier.

  2. 2

    Of or related to Blackpool Football Club.

noun

as Tangerine
  1. 1

    A native or inhabitant of Tangier.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Tangerine in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchtangerine, mandarine (fruit), tangerinier, mandarinier (tree), tangérois, tangéroise (pertaining to Tangier)
GermanMandarine (fruit)
Portuguesetangerina, mexerica, bergamota (fruit), tangerineira (tree)
Spanishmandarina, naranja tangerina, tangerina, tanjarina (fruit), naranja, anaranjado (colour)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does tangerine come from?

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

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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