appelsien
Dutch
Etymology
Compound of appel + Sina (old form of China), a calque of French pomme de Sine.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɑpəlˈsin/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ap‧pel‧sien
Noun
appelsien f (plural appelsienen, diminutive appelsientje n)
- (Belgium, Limburg, archaic elsewhere) orange (fruit)
- Synonym: sinaasappel
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Negerhollands: aposin, apelsina
- → Virgin Islands Creole: apelsina (archaic)
- → Papiamentu: apelsina, apusina, appelsina
- → Russian: апельсин (apelʹsin)
- → Sranan Tongo: apresina
Limburgish
Noun
appelsiên f (plural appelsiene)