original

From Middle English original, from Old French original, from Late Latin orīginālis (“primitive, original”), from Latin orīgō (“beginning, source, origin”); see origin.

• IPA^(key): /əˈɹɪdʒɪnəl/, /əˈɹɪdʒənəl/, /əˈɹɪdʒnəl/
• Hyphenation: ori‧gi‧nal, orig‧inal

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original (comparative more original, superlative most original)

1. (not comparable) Relating to the origin or beginning; preceding all others.

   the original state of mankind;  the original laws of a country;  the original inventor of a process

   • 1944, Miles Burton, chapter 5, in The Three Corpse Trick‎, →ISBN, OCLC 3289313, OL 10563347W:

     The hovel stood in the centre of what had once been a vegetable garden, but was now a patch of rank weeds. Surrounding this, almost like a zareba, was an irregular ring of gorse and brambles, an unclaimed vestige of the original common.

2. (not comparable) First in a series or copies/versions.

   The original manuscript contained spelling errors which were fixed in later versions.

   This recording is by the original broadway cast.

   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess‎, →ISBN, OL 2004261W:

     The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, […].

3. (not comparable) Newly created.

   Tonight we will hear an original work by one of our best composers.

4. (comparable) Fresh, different.

   The paper contains a number of original ideas about color perception.

5. (not comparable) Pioneering.

   Parker was one of the original bebop players.

6. (not comparable) Having as its origin.

   This kind of barbecue is original to North Carolina.

• (first in series): initial
• autograph
• prototype

• copy
• derivative
• reproduction
• simile

• originally
• original sin

• origin
• originality
• originate
• originative
• aboriginal

original (plural originals)

1. An object or other creation (e.g. narrative work) from which all later copies and variations are derived.

   This manuscript is the original.

2. A person with a unique and interesting personality and/or creative talent.

   You’re a real original.

3. (archaic) An eccentric.

• autograph
• prototype

• copy
• remake
• reproduction

• original in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• original in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /o.ɾi.ʒiˈnal/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /u.ɾi.ʒiˈnal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /o.ɾi.d͡ʒiˈnal/

original (masculine and feminine plural originals)

1. original

original c (singular definite originalen, plural indefinite originaler)

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original

1. original

• “original” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “original” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Borrowed from Latin orīginālis. Doublet of originel.

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.ʁi.ʒi.nal/

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original (feminine singular originale, masculine plural originaux, feminine plural originales)

1. original

• banal
• copié
• reproduit
• vulgaire

• originaire
• originalité
• origine
• originel
• en original

original m (plural originaux)

1. An unusual or eccentric person
2. An original manuscript

• (manuscript): autographe m

• “original” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Borrowed from French original, from Old French original, from Late Latin orīginālis (“primitive, original”), from Latin orīgō (“beginning, source, origin”). Doublet of originell.

• IPA^(key): /oʁiɡiˈnaːl/
• Rhymes: -aːl

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original (comparative originaler, superlative am originalsten)

1. original

• Original n
• Originalität

• original in Duden online

• oryginall, origynall, orygynal, orygynall, origynal, oryginal, oregynall, originalle, originall

From Old French original, from Late Latin orīginālis; equivalent to origyne +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): /ɔriɡiˈnaːl/, /ɔriɡiˈnal/, /ɔriːɡiˈnal/

original (inflected form originale)

1. Original, primordial; preceding everything else.
2. Connected to the origin or beginning of something.

• originali

• English: original
• Scots: original, oreeginal

• “orī̆ǧinā̆l(e (adj.(1))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-26.

original (plural originals) (Late Middle English)

1. The origin, lineage, or provenance of something.
2. The authoritative, authorial, or primordial version of a work or source.
3. (rare) Something that isn't living or artificial; a primordial element.
4. (rare) A reason, factor, or generator of something.
5. (rare) The root or etymological ancestor of a word.
6. (rare, religion) The making of the universe.
7. (rare, law) A legal document beginning legal action.

• originali

• English: original
• Scots: original, oreeginal

• “orī̆ǧinā̆l(e (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-26.

From Latin orīginālis; the noun being derived from the adjective.

original (neuter singular originalt, definite singular and plural originale)

1. original

original m (definite singular originalen, indefinite plural originaler, definite plural originalene)

1. an original

• “original” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Latin orīginālis; the noun being derived from the adjective.

original (neuter singular originalt, definite singular and plural originale)

1. original

original m (definite singular originalen, indefinite plural originalar, definite plural originalane)

1. an original

• “original” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oɾiʒiˈnaw/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /uɾɨʒiˈnaɫ/
• Hyphenation: o‧ri‧gi‧nal

original m or f (plural originais, comparable)

1. original (relating to the origin or beginning)
2. original (being the first in a series)
3. original (different; unique)

• IPA^(key): /oriɡǐnaːl/
• Hyphenation: o‧ri‧gi‧nal

origìnāl m (Cyrillic spelling оригѝна̄л)

1. original

• falsifikat

From Latin orīginālis

• IPA^(key): /oɾixiˈnal/
• Hyphenation: o‧ri‧gi‧nal

original (plural originales)

1. original

• originalmente
• originalidad
• origen
• originar
• originario