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Grammar : Noun
Spell : tan-juh-reen, tan-juh-reen
Phonetic Transcription : ˌtæn dʒəˈrin, ˈtæn dʒəˌrin



Définition of tangerines

Origin :
  • 1842, from tangerine orange (1841) "an orange from Tangier," seaport in northern Morocco, from which it was originally imported to Britain. The place name is from Latin Tinge. As a color name, attested from 1899.
  • As in orange : noun combination of red and yellow
Example sentences :
  • Small ones, like our Tangerines, but native grown, and seedless.
  • Extract from : « A Journal from Japan » by Marie Carmichael Stopes
  • There were tangerines and apples stained with strawberry pink.
  • Extract from : « Bliss, and Other Stories » by Katherine Mansfield
  • "Tangerines, nuts, figs and sponge cake," chattered Henrietta.
  • Extract from : « The Adopting of Rosa Marie » by Carroll Watson Rankin
  • My father hardly knew where to go, so he crawled under a wahoo bush to think, and ate eight tangerines.
  • Extract from : « My Father's Dragon » by Ruth Stiles Gannett
  • He could have eaten twelve but he hadn't seen any tangerines on this island and he could not risk running out of something to eat.
  • Extract from : « My Father's Dragon » by Ruth Stiles Gannett
  • He ate three tangerines, making sure to keep all the peels this time, and put on his rubber boots.
  • Extract from : « My Father's Dragon » by Ruth Stiles Gannett
  • My father was very hungry so he sat down under a baby banyan tree on the side of the trail and ate four tangerines.
  • Extract from : « My Father's Dragon » by Ruth Stiles Gannett
  • But let me call your attention to the fact that we are in the wilds of Egypt and that tangerines are hardly a lasting breakfast.
  • Extract from : « The Palace of Darkened Windows » by Mary Hastings Bradley
  • A fitful gleam of sunshine lit up and reddened the pile of tangerines in a shop window.
  • Extract from : « A Bed of Roses » by W. L. George
  • And homage must be paid to the best persimmons, which yield place only to oranges and tangerines.
  • Extract from : « The Foundations of Japan » by J.W. Robertson Scott

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