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original en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ə.nəl/ (Australia, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ɒˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪ.nəl/ (obsolete)
  • /əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.nəl/ (Australia, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /əˈɹəd͡ʒ.nəl/ (New-Zealand)
  • (US) audio
  • /əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪ.nəl/ (Australia, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /əˈɹəd͡ʒ.ə.nəl/ (New-Zealand)

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Relating to the origin or beginning; preceding all others.
    • 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. 1944, Miles Burton, chapter 5, in The Three Corpse Trick, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL:
    • the original state of mankind;  the original laws of a country;  the original inventor of a process
  2. (not-comparable) First in a series of copies or versions.
    • The original manuscript contained spelling errors which were fixed in later versions.
    • This recording is by the original broadway cast.
    • 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,[…]. 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
  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.
    • Devoid of context, the image is intriguing, promising something utterly original and deeply fucked up. 2017 February 23, Katie Rife, “The Girl With All The Gifts tries to put a fresh spin on overripe zombie clichés”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 18 Aug 2017:
  5. (not-comparable) Pioneering.
    • Parker was one of the original bebop players.
  6. (not-comparable) Having a specified place or time as its origin.
    • This kind of barbecue is original to North Carolina.
  7. (of food) Unseasoned, unflavored, plain, or having a standard or typical flavor; classic, traditional

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more original Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most original Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

nonoriginal · original antigenic sin · originalistic · original aspect ratio · original justice · originally · originalness · original package doctrine · in the original German · series original · originalist · original depravity · co-original · original jurisdiction · original as sin · original character · book of original entry · Original Pilipino Music · unoriginal · original fic · originalism · original sin · original righteousness

Descendants

original · オリジナル

Relateds

originative · origin · originality · aboriginal · originate

Synonyms

primary · initial · primary

Translations (149)

yi אָריגינעל (newly created) · it originale (first in a series) · el αρχικός (first in a series) · be арыгіна́льны (relating to the origin or beginning) · fi originelli (fresh, different) · ru оригина́льный (first in a series) · fi omintakeinen (fresh, different) · la primitivus (relating to the origin or beginning) · gl orixinal (relating to the origin or beginning) · nb original (first in a series) · id orisinal (relating to the origin or beginning) · nl oorspronkelijk (relating to the origin or beginning) · fr original (pioneering) · gd tùsail (first in a series) · bn অপূর্ব (newly created) · wa prumî (first in a series) · sv ursprunglig (having as its origin) · gd tùsail (having as its origin) · de ursprünglich (relating to the origin or beginning) · bg нов (newly created) · nl origineel (newly created) · sh sȁmobītan (newly created) · af oorspronklik (relating to the origin or beginning) · la novitatis (fresh, different) · es original (newly created) · it primo (pioneering) · ru первонача́льный (first in a series) · es original (pioneering) · nl oorspronkelijk (first in a series) · ar أَصْلِيّ (first in a series) · ko 처음의 (relating to the origin or beginning) · de ursprünglich (having as its origin) · es original (first in a series) · it inedito (fresh, different) · gl orixinal (first in a series) · sh првобитни (first in a series) · sh но̏в (newly created) · cmn 原 (first in a series) · uk своєрі́дний (fresh, different) · la originalis (first in a series) · nn original (first in a series) · bg първичен (relating to the origin or beginning) · sv originell (fresh, different) · fi alkuperäinen (pioneering) · tl orihinal (relating to the origin or beginning) · pt original (newly created) · ca original (relating to the origin or beginning) · ko 신선(新鮮)하다 (fresh, different) · tl orihinal (pioneering) · es original (having as its origin) · grc ἀρχηγικός (first in a series) · fa اصلی (first in a series) · ru оригина́льный (fresh, different) · kk алғашқы (relating to the origin or beginning) · ru исхо́дный (first in a series) · de ur- (relating to the origin or beginning) · hu eredeti (relating to the origin or beginning) · nl afkomstig (having as its origin) · cs původní (first in a series) · fi tuore (newly created) · el αρχικός (relating to the origin or beginning) · fi omaperäinen (fresh, different) · nl origineel (first in a series) · pt original (fresh, different) · de original (first in a series) · bg първоначален (first in a series) · yi אָריגינעל (first in a series) · ca original (first in a series) · fi peräisin (having as its origin) · cmn 原始 (first in a series) · sh prvobitni (first in a series) · sa प्रथम (first in a series) · de ursprünglich (pioneering) · kk алғашқы (first in a series) · ka ორიგინალური (newly created) · bg оригинален (fresh, different) · ja 元の (relating to the origin or beginning) · nl vernieuwend (pioneering) · ka ორიგინალური (fresh, different) · oc original (first in a series) · es original (relating to the origin or beginning) · de originell (fresh, different) · bg начален (relating to the origin or beginning) · hu eredeti (first in a series) · zdj -a aswili (relating to the origin or beginning) · ko 최초(最初)의 (first in a series) · pt original (first in a series) · kk бастапқы (relating to the origin or beginning) · sh sȁmobītan (first in a series) · sh nȍv (newly created) · sh са̏мобӣтан (first in a series) · sh све̏ж (fresh, different) · nl origineel (pioneering) · es original (fresh, different) · ja 本来の (first in a series) · sv original- (first in a series) · nl origineel (fresh, different) · uk пе́рві́сний (relating to the origin or beginning) · fi tuore (fresh, different) · be арыгіна́льны (fresh, different) · grc ἀρχηγικός (relating to the origin or beginning) · el πρωτοποριακός (pioneering) · ru но́вый (newly created) · da oprindelig (relating to the origin or beginning) · nl oorspronkelijk (fresh, different) · el πρωτότυπος (newly created) · it primo (first in a series) · sh са̏мобӣтан (newly created) · it primitivo (relating to the origin or beginning) · tl orihinal (having as its origin) · bn অপূর্ব (fresh, different) · it originale (fresh, different) · fr original (fresh, different) · da original (fresh, different) · tl orihinal (fresh, different) · he מְקוֹרִי (relating to the origin or beginning) · fi ensimmäinen (first in a series) · fr originel (relating to the origin or beginning) · nl oorspronkelijk (newly created) · ru све́жий (newly created) · ru первонача́льный (relating to the origin or beginning) · pt originário (relating to the origin or beginning) · ru све́жий (fresh, different) · ru своеобра́зный (fresh, different) · uz asl (relating to the origin or beginning) · ca original (fresh, different) · fa اریژینال (first in a series) · fi ensimmäinen (pioneering) · ja 独創的な (fresh, different) · fi alku- (relating to the origin or beginning) · de original (newly created) · pt original (relating to the origin or beginning) · uk оригіна́льний (fresh, different) · fi alkuperäinen (newly created) · tl orihinal (newly created) · bg оригинален (newly created) · tl orihinal (first in a series) · it originario (having as its origin) · ru перви́чный (first in a series) · mi taketake (having as its origin) · el πρωτότυπος (fresh, different) · he מְקוֹרִי (fresh, different) · yi אָריגינעל (fresh, different) · fr original (first in a series) · fi alkuperäinen (first in a series) · nn opphavleg (first in a series) · vi gốc (first in a series) · ru исхо́дный (relating to the origin or beginning) · sh svȅž (fresh, different)

original en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ə.nəl/ (Australia, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ɒˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪ.nəl/ (obsolete)
  • /əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.nəl/ (Australia, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /əˈɹəd͡ʒ.nəl/ (New-Zealand)
  • (US) audio
  • /əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪ.nəl/ (Australia, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /əˈɹəd͡ʒ.ə.nəl/ (New-Zealand)

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. An object or other creation (e.g. narrative work) from which all later copies and variations are derived.
    • This manuscript is the original.
    • Promontory's "last spike" ceremony was so significant to the USA's history that it is still regularly re-enacted today, using replica locomotives that nose up to each other just as the originals did. 2025 November 12, Tony Streeter, “All around the world”, in RAIL, number 1048, page 42:
  2. A person with a unique and interesting personality or creative talent.
    • The originals or the creatives were more dominant than the unoriginals or the low creatives. 2010, A. Kusuma, Creativity and Cognitive Styles in Children, page 73:
    • Ahmad (1969) studied the personality differences among middle school girls identified as originals and unoriginals on the Minnesota's test of creative thinking. 1975, The Educational Trends, volumes 10-14, page 59:
    • I have a great mind to be in Print; but above all, I would fain be an Original, and that is a true Comical Thought: When all the Learned Men in the World are but Tranſlators, is it not a Pleaſant Jeſt, that you ſhould ſtrive to be an Original! You ſhould have obſerved your Time, and have come into the World with the Ancient Greeks for that purpoſe; for the Latines themſelves are but Copies. 1700, Tom Brown, Amusements Serious and Comical, calculated for the Meridian of London, page 5:
  3. (archaic) An eccentric person.
    • ‘Are you an alienist?’ I interrupted. ‘Every doctor should be - a little,’ answered that original, imperturbably. 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 201:
  4. A newly designed garment released by a fashion designer as part of a collection.
    • One such show was built around the Du Pont spring collection of Paris originals. 1963, National Retail Merchants Association. Sales Promotion Division, The NRMA Sales Promotion Encyclopedia, Vol. II., page 175:
    • Fashion Fair will give every section first hand knowledge of the latest originals and 1962-63's exciting trends. 1962, “It's Fashion fair time again”, in Ebony, volume 17, number 11, page 126:
  5. A ridgeling.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
originals Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

reproduction · copy · reproduction (antonym(s) of “first in a series”) · derivative (antonym(s) of “first in a series”) · simile (antonym(s) of “first in a series”) · copy (antonym(s) of “first in a series”) · ultimate · remake · ultimate (antonym(s) of “first in a series”) · derivative

Descendants

オリジナル · 오리지널

Hyponyms

autograph

Synonyms

autograph · prototype · prototype

Translations (74)

nn eksentrikar (person with a unique and interesting personality and/or creative talent) · el πρωτότυπο (object from which all later copies and variations are derived) · cs originál (object from which all later copies and variations are derived) · nb original (person with a unique and interesting personality and/or creative talent) · is orginall (object from which all later copies and variations are derived) · is frumrit (object from which all later copies and variations are derived) · ko 원작 (object from which all later copies and variations are derived) · ru оригина́л (person with a unique and interesting personality and/or creative talent) · nn original (object from which all later copies and variations are derived) · fr original (object from which all later copies and variations are derived) · ja 原物 (object from which all later copies and variations are derived) · sv excentriker (person with a unique and interesting personality and/or creative talent) · sv original (person with a unique and interesting personality and/or creative talent) · bg оригина́л (object from which all later copies and variations are derived) · is sérvitringur (person with a unique and interesting personality and/or creative talent) · nn original (person with a unique and interesting personality and/or creative talent) · nn raring (person with a unique and interesting personality and/or creative talent) · nl unicum (person with a unique and interesting personality and/or creative talent) · nb eksentriker (person with a unique and interesting personality and/or creative talent) · pl prawzór (object from which all later copies and variations are derived) · da original (person with a unique and interesting personality and/or creative talent) · cmn 本來 /本来 (object from which all later copies and variations are derived) · mk оригина́л (object from which all later copies and variations are derived) · pt original (object from which all later copies and variations are derived) · de Urschrift (object from which all later copies and variations are derived) · ru первоисто́чник (object from which all later copies and variations are derived) · sh ѝзво̄рнӣк (object from which all later copies and variations are derived) · fi originaali (object from which all later copies and variations are derived) · sh ìzvōrnīk (object from which all later copies and variations are derived) · sk originál (object from which all later copies and variations are derived) · sv förlaga (object from which all later copies and variations are derived) · cmn 原作 (object from which all later copies and variations are derived) · sl original (object from which all later copies and variations are derived) · es original (object from which all later copies and variations are derived) · pl wzorzec (object from which all later copies and variations are derived) · nb nerd (person with a unique and interesting personality and/or creative talent) · nn nerd (person with a unique and interesting personality and/or creative talent) · nb raring (person with a unique and interesting personality and/or creative talent) · be арыгіна́л (object from which all later copies and variations are derived) · fi alkuperäiskappale (object from which all later copies and variations are derived) · pl oryginał (object from which all later copies and variations are derived) · da særling (person with a unique and interesting personality and/or creative talent) · ru оригина́л (object from which all later copies and variations are derived) · kk түпнұсқа (object from which all later copies and variations are derived) · ko 원본 (object from which all later copies and variations are derived) · cmn 原件 (object from which all later copies and variations are derived) · fi originelli persoona (person with a unique and interesting personality and/or creative talent) · es único (person with a unique and interesting personality and/or creative talent) · ja 原作 (object from which all later copies and variations are derived) · sh origìnāl (object from which all later copies and variations are derived) · nb særling (person with a unique and interesting personality and/or creative talent) · nl origineel (object from which all later copies and variations are derived) · is frumeintak (object from which all later copies and variations are derived) · vi nguyên bản (object from which all later copies and variations are derived) · nn særling (person with a unique and interesting personality and/or creative talent) · kk төлнұсқа (object from which all later copies and variations are derived) · uk оригіна́л (object from which all later copies and variations are derived) · cmn 原文 (object from which all later copies and variations are derived) · ja 原文 (object from which all later copies and variations are derived) · pl autentyk (object from which all later copies and variations are derived) · hy բնագիր (object from which all later copies and variations are derived) · sv särling (person with a unique and interesting personality and/or creative talent) · yi אָריגינאַל (object from which all later copies and variations are derived) · de Original (object from which all later copies and variations are derived) · sh оригѝна̄л (object from which all later copies and variations are derived) · fi ainutlaatuinen ihminen (person with a unique and interesting personality and/or creative talent) · sv original (object from which all later copies and variations are derived) · hy սկզբնագիր (object from which all later copies and variations are derived) · cmn 原物 (object from which all later copies and variations are derived) · cmn 原著 (object from which all later copies and variations are derived) · ru исхо́дный текст (object from which all later copies and variations are derived) · pl pierwowzór (object from which all later copies and variations are derived) · ko 원물 (object from which all later copies and variations are derived) · nb original (object from which all later copies and variations are derived)