orangette

English

Etymology 1

From French orangette. By surface analysis, orange +‎ -ette (diminutive suffix).

Noun

orangette (plural orangettes)

  1. A candied orange peel, usually covered in dark or milk chocolate.
    • [2008, Jacques Pépin, “Grapefruit Suprémes”, in More Fast Food My Way, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN:
      Especially around the Christmas holidays, I often make candied orange, lemon, or grapefruit peels to give to friends. Sometimes I partially dip the candied orange peels, called orangette, into melted chocolate to serve as an after-dinner treat.]
    • 2011, Harry Eastwood, “Orangettes For Grandpa”, in The Skinny French Kitchen: 100 Light and Delightful French Favourites, London: Bantam Press, →ISBN:
      Orangettes are strips of candied orange. […] For an extra 8 calories per orangette, you could dip one half of the orangette in sugar and the other half in melted dark chocolate.
    • 2012, Jean-Claude Ellena, translated by Adriana Hunter, “Chocolate”, in The Diary of a Nose: A Year in the Life of a Parfumeur, New York, N.Y.: Rizzoli Ex Libris, →ISBN:
      To ‘make’ plain chocolate, I recommend adding patchouli; for a ganache, a trace of civet; for ‘orangette’,7 orange zest; for an After Eight, spearmint; and for the smell of cocoa powder, concrete of iris.
      7 A confection of chocolate-coated bitter orange.
    • 2016, Danielle Trussoni, “Pitch”, in The Fortress: A Love Story, New York, N.Y.: Dey St., →ISBN:
      I’d also bought a bag of chocolate-dipped orangettes from Chocolaterie Courtin, my favorite chocolate shop in the world.
    • 2019, Caroline Rimbert Craig, “Orangettes”, in Provence: The Cookbook: Recipes from the French Mediterranean, London: Kyle Books, →ISBN:
      Orangettes can be served as they are at this stage, or coated in chocolate. If you wish to make chocolate orangettes, break the chocolate into chunks and melt in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of gently simmering water.
    • 2022, Frank Adrian Barron, “Gâteau Orangette”, in Sweet Paris: Seasonal Recipes from an American Baker in France, New York, N.Y.: Harper Design, →ISBN:
      One of the many treats you will always see in a French chocolatier is the beloved orangette, a candied orange peel that’s been dipped in dark or milk chocolate.
    • 2023 February 14, Lucia Ferrari, quoting Camille Joly, “Why do French women over 50 look so good?”, in Chris Evans, editor, The Daily Telegraph‎[1], London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 February 2023:
      Parisian women don’t eat croissants. But if we feel like chocolate, we’ll have some but will make sure it’s really good quality like an orangette from Pierre Hermé, not a Kit Kat.
    • 2023 May 31, No Heeda, chapter 105, in For Better or For Worse‎[2], Tapas:
      “I’m not going to talk to you, so I don’t want to hear any excuses, threats, or requests,” Viola said as she chewed on a chocolate-covered orangette with her legs crossed rudely.
    • 2023 October 16, Ana T. Drew, chapter 4, in The Twelve Suspects of Christmas (Provence Cozy Mysteries), →ISBN:
      The glow of a romantic lantern enhances the natural beauty of the fresh fruit and the orangette—candied orange peel coated with dark chocolate.

Further reading

Etymology 2

From orange +‎ -ette (“a person, especially a woman, with the specified hair color”), after brunette.

Noun

orangette (plural orangettes)

  1. (chiefly fiction, rare) An orange-haired person, especially a woman.
    • 1977 December 23, “Call him ‘Crusher’”, in The Pueblo Chieftain, volume 106, number 206, Pueblo, Colo., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1B, column 1:
      [Kim] Barickman went to the Empress Beauty Salon, 725 W. Ninth. after hours Thursday and had Judy Ross of 2123 Norman turn him from a brunette to an orangette.
    • 1996 September 8, Susan Ruiz Patton, “Miss Pa. finds life as a blonde a bit too colorful”, in The Morning Call, number 37,958, Allentown, Pa.: The Morning Call Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page E1, column 4:
      We’ve seen Miss Pennsylvania GiGi Gordon, the blonde. We’ve seen GiGi, the sun-streaked blonde. What most of us missed this summer was GiGi, the greenette. And not many got to see what pageant officials witnessed on camera, GiGi, the orangette.
    • 1997 June 20, Mike Jittlov, “Marry a Moviestar - for FREE!!”, in alt.personals‎[3] (Usenet), archived from the original on 28 January 2026:
      Definitely not Los Angeles -- where brunettes, noirettes, orangettes and Germanic blondes seem to thrive.

French

Etymology

From orange +‎ -ette.

Noun

orangette f (plural orangettes)

  1. orangette (confection)
    • 2014 June 30, Keira Quinsley, “Une nuit en chocolat”, in Manuel à l’usage de la Salope qui s’ignore mais qui sommeille en chacune de nous ou qui devrait. Épisode I : Ava (Girly Power), Rokh Editions, ASIN B0DLT9R6L7:
      Le jeune chocolatier lui fit d’abord goûter une orangette, une écorce d’orange confite enrobée de chocolat noir.
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    • 2014 December 16 (indicated as 2015), Igal Natan, Antoine Lamy, “Sous-test 4 : Conditions minimales”, in Objectif 600 au TAGE-MAGE® : Savoir-faire, techniques & astuces (Optimum), 4th edition, Paris: Éditions Ellipses, →ISBN, part 2 (Mode concours), chapter II (TAGE MAGE® blanc Nº2), page 393:
      Un ballotin de chocolats est composé de 15 orangettes et de 20 rigolettos. Quel est, en grammes, le poids total du ballotin ?
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    • 2015 November 4, James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, translated by Nicolas Thiberville, chapter 110, in fr:13e malédiction : roman (Women’s Murder Club; 13), Paris: Ééditions Jean-Claude Lattès, →ISBN, part V (L’heure de vérité):
      ― Nooooon. Des orangettes ? Laisse-moi regarder. ― Il y a aussi des écorces de pamplemousse. Je me suis dit que tu aimerais un petit mélange.
      [original: “Come onnn. Chocolate orange peel? Let me see.” “Some grapefruit peel, too. Thought I’d mix it up a little for you.”]
    • 2016, Oren Miller, chapter 6, in Le tyran des songes, EDB Éditions, →ISBN:
      ― Contrairement à ce que vous pouvez penser, si toutefois ça vous arrive de le faire, reprit Jack en ouvrant un petit sachet d’orangettes, je ne suis pas totalement hermétique aux questions d’amour.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2020 September 3, Nora Roberts, translated by Joëlle Touati, chapter 12, in La cachette, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Île-de-France: Éditions Michel Lafon, →ISBN, part 2 (Nouveau tournant):
      ― Il a soixante-dix-sept ans, précisa Lily en prenant une orangette dans le plateau posé sur la table.
      [original: “He’s seventy-freaking-seven years old—ought to know better.” Lily reached for one of the candied orange slices on the tray on the table.]
    • 2021 September, Ahmet Altan, translated by Julien Lapeyre de Cabanes, chapter V, in Madame Hayat, Arles, Provence: Actes Sud, →ISBN:
      Disposés sur des plateaux d’argent, il y avait des orangettes de la taille d’un doigt, des marrons déguisés à la pointe saupoudrée d’éclats de pistache, des madeleines rebondies, des pralines en forme de coquillages, des fondants à la confiture de griotte dans leur glaçage rouge étincelant, des dragées au raisin comme des perles noires…
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    • 2021 December, Alexia Damyl, “At first I was Afraid”, in Le sel dans le frigo, Livresque éditions, →ISBN:
      Triomphe au goût doux-amer. Une orangette. Mélange d’écorces d’oranges confites et de chocolat noir. Je ne sais toujours pas si je les aime ou pas. Notre amour est comme un vase dont on aurait recollé les morceaux.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2022 June 24, Dominique Auzias, Jean-Paul Labourdette, “K. délices de Provence”, in Provence 2022-2023, Le Petit Futé, →ISBN:
      Karine est aux petits soins, l’hiver elle va vous offrir un café et une orangette si dehors la météo s’affole.
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    • 2023, Sandrine Choisy, chapter 23, in Un printemps fleuri (et meurtrier) (Les aventures d’Alistair et Emma McKinnon; 5), →ISBN:
      La soirée se passa doucement, faite de souvenirs contés par Marie et Jean, écoutés religieusement par Emma et Alistair confortablement installés dans le canapé, picorant parfois une petite orangette au chocolat noir, […]
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    • 2024 October 2, Margot Le Moal, Jean Le Moal, “Soirée salonaise – 13 mai”, in Crime à la savonnerie (Lavande, savons et calissons; 1), Paris: Calmann-Lévy, →ISBN:
      Un long silence ponctua la démonstration de François Charmette, à peine troublé par le craquement d’une orangette sous les dents de son père.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

  • → English: orangette
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