Katom (כתום) means orange in Hebrew.
It is an adjective, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
כָּתֹם
katom
adjective
In English
orange
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Katom.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1כל צבע בעל אורך גל של בערך 585–620 ננומטר. אורך הגל שבין אדום לצהוב בספקטרום של אור נראה.
The word Katom is an adjective.
- Written with vowel points
- כָּתֹם
- Written without vowel points
- כתום
- Said
- katom
- Root
- כ־ת־מ
- Pattern
- קָטֹל
- Plural
- כּתֻמִּים
- Feminine form
- כְּתֻמָּה
- Inflections
- ר' כּתֻמִּים; נ' כְּתֻמָּה, נ"ר כְּתֻמּוֹת
- Gematria
- 466
This is how Katom is said in other languages.
- English
- orange
- Arabic
- بُرْتُقَالِي
- French
- orange
These words rhyme with Katom.
The word Katom comes from the root כ־ת־מ, like these words.
These words come before and after Katom in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Katom.
What does Katom (כתום) mean in Hebrew?
Katom (כתום) means orange. It is said katom, with the stress on tom.
What rhymes with Katom (כתום)?
Words that rhyme with Katom (כתום) include מקום, אטום, אדום, יום, חום, and דרום.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry כתם of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.