original

See also: Original

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /əˈɹɪdʒɪnəl/, /əˈɹɪdʒənəl/, /əˈɹɪdʒnəl/
Hyphenation: ori‧gi‧nal, orig‧inal, orig‧i‧nal
Audio (US)
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Adjective[edit]

original (comparative more original, superlative most original)

(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^[1], →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.
(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^[2], →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, […].
Synonym: initial
(not comparable) newly created
Tonight we will hear an original work by one of our best composers.
(comparable) fresh, different
The paper contains a number of original ideas about color perception.
(not comparable) pioneering
Parker was one of the original bebop players.
(not comparable) having as its origin
This kind of barbecue is original to North Carolina.

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Antonyms[edit]

(first in a series):
- copy, reproduction, simile (imitation)
- derivative (branch)
- ultimate (last, extreme)

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Translations[edit]

relating to the origin or beginning

Belarusian: арыгіна́льны (aryhinálʹny)
Bulgarian: начален (bg) (načalen), първичен (bg) (pǎrvičen)
Catalan: original (ca)
Danish: oprindelig
Dutch: oorspronkelijk (nl)
French: originel (fr)
Galician: orixinal
German: ursprünglich (de), ur- (de)
Greek: αρχικός (el) (archikós)
Ancient: ἀρχηγικός (arkhēgikós)
Hebrew: מְקוֹרִי‎ (he)

Hungarian: eredeti (hu)
Indonesian: orisinal (id)
Japanese: 元の (ja) (moto no)
Korean: 처음의 (ko) (cheoeum-ui)
Latin: primitivus
Ngazidja Comorian: -a aswili
Portuguese: original (pt), originário (pt)
Russian: оригина́льный (ru) (originálʹnyj)
Spanish: original (es)
Tagalog: orihinal
Ukrainian: оригіна́льний (uk) (oryhinálʹnyj)

first in a series

Arabic: أَصْلِيّ‎ (ʾaṣliyy)
Bulgarian: първоначален (bg) (pǎrvonačalen)
Catalan: original (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 原 (zh) (yuán), 原始 (zh) (yuánshǐ)
Czech: původní (cs)
Dutch: origineel (nl), oorspronkelijk (nl)
Finnish: alkuperäinen (fi), ensimmäinen (fi)
French: original (fr)
Galician: orixinal
German: original (de)
Greek: αρχικός (el) (archikós)
Ancient: ἀρχηγικός (arkhēgikós)
Hungarian: eredeti (hu)
Italian: originale (it)
Japanese: 本来の (ja) (ほんらいの, honrai no)
Korean: 최초의 (ko) (choecho-ui) (最初)
Latin: originalis
Norwegian:
Bokmål: original (no)

Nynorsk: original, opphavleg
Occitan: original (oc)

Persian: اصلی‎ (fa) (asli), اریژینال‎ (orižinâl)
Portuguese: original (pt)
Russian: первонача́льный (ru) (pervonačálʹnyj), перви́чный (ru) (pervíčnyj), исхо́дный (ru) (isxódnyj), оригина́льный (ru) (originálʹnyj)
Sanskrit: प्रथम (sa) (prathamá)
Scottish Gaelic: tùsail
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: са̏мобӣтан, првобитни

Roman: sȁmobītan (sh), prvobitni (sh)
Spanish: original (es)
Swedish: original-
Tagalog: orihinal
Vietnamese: gốc (vi)
Walloon: prumî (wa)
Yiddish: אָריגינעל‎ (originel)

newly created

Bengali: অপূর্ব (bn) (ôpurb)
Bulgarian: нов (bg) (nov), оригинален (bg) (originalen)
Dutch: origineel (nl), oorspronkelijk (nl)
Finnish: tuore (fi), alkuperäinen (fi)
German: original (de)
Greek: πρωτότυπος (el) (protótypos)
Portuguese: original (pt)
Russian: но́вый (ru) (nóvyj), све́жий (ru) (svéžij)

Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: са̏мобӣтан, но̏в

Roman: sȁmobītan (sh), nȍv (sh)
Spanish: original (es)
Tagalog: orihinal
Yiddish: אָריגינעל‎ (originel)

fresh, different

Belarusian: арыгіна́льны (aryhinálʹny)
Bengali: অপূর্ব (bn) (ôpurb)
Bulgarian: оригинален (bg) (originalen)
Catalan: original (ca)
Danish: original
Dutch: origineel (nl), oorspronkelijk (nl)
Finnish: tuore (fi), omaperäinen (fi), originelli (fi), omintakeinen (fi)
French: original (fr)
German: originell (de)
Greek: πρωτότυπος (el) (protótypos)
Hebrew: מְקוֹרִי‎ (he)
Italian: originale (it)
Latin: novitatis

Japanese: 独創的な (どくそうてき-な, dokusōteki-na)
Korean: 신선하다 (ko) (sinseonhada) (新鮮)
Portuguese: original (pt)
Russian: све́жий (ru) (svéžij), своеобра́зный (ru) (svojeobráznyj), оригина́льный (ru) (originálʹnyj)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: све̏ж

Roman: svȅž (sh)
Spanish: original (es)
Swedish: originell (sv)
Tagalog: orihinal
Ukrainian: оригіна́льний (uk) (oryhinálʹnyj)
Yiddish: אָריגינעל‎ (originel)

pioneering

Dutch: origineel (nl), vernieuwend (nl)
Finnish: alkuperäinen (fi), ensimmäinen (fi)
French: original (fr)
German: ursprünglich (de)

Greek: πρωτοποριακός (el) (protoporiakós)
Spanish: original (es)
Tagalog: orihinal

having as its origin

Dutch: afkomstig (nl)
Finnish: peräisin (fi)
German: ursprünglich (de)
Maori: taketake

Scottish Gaelic: tùsail
Spanish: original (es)
Swedish: ursprunglig (sv)
Tagalog: orihinal

Translations

Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} origina
French: ^{(please verify)} original (fr)
Italian: originale

Korean: 원래 (wollae)
Spanish: original
Swedish: original- (1), ursprunglig (1), originell (3),

Noun[edit]

original (plural originals)

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

Hyponym: autograph

Antonyms: copy, derivative, remake, reproduction, ultimate

This manuscript is the original.
A person with a unique and interesting personality or creative talent.
- 1700, Tom Brown, Amusements Serious and Comical, calculated for the Meridian of London, page 5:
  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.
You’re a real original.
(archaic) An eccentric person.
- 1899 Feb, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, page 201:
  ‘Are you an alienist?’ I interrupted. ‘Every doctor should be - a little,’ answered that original, imperturbably.

Translations[edit]

object from which all later copies and variations are derived

Armenian: սկզբնագիր (hy) (skzbnagir), բնագիր (hy) (bnagir)
Belarusian: арыгіна́л m (aryhinál)
Bulgarian: оригинал (bg) m (original)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 原作 (zh) (yuánzuò), (text) 原文 (zh) (yuánwén), 原物 (zh) (yuánwù), 本來 (zh), 本来 (zh) (běnlái), 原著 (zh) (yuánzhù), 原件 (zh) (yuánjiàn)
Czech: originál (cs) m
Dutch: origineel (nl) n
Finnish: alkuperäiskappale, originaali (fi)
French: original (fr) m
German: Original (de) n, (text) Urschrift f
Greek: πρωτότυπο (el) n (protótypo)
Icelandic: frumeintak n, (informal) orginall m, (only of writing) frumrit (is) n
Japanese: 原物 (genbutsu), 原作 (ja) (gensaku) (works), 原文 (ja) (genbun) (text)
Kazakh: түпнұсқа (tüpnusqa), төлнұсқа (tölnusqa)
Korean: 원본 (ko) (wonbon) (原本 (ko))

Norwegian:
Bokmål: original (no) m

Nynorsk: original m
Polish: oryginał (pl), pierwowzór (pl) m, wzorzec (pl) m, prawzór m
Portuguese: original (pt) m
Russian: оригина́л (ru) m (originál), первоисто́чник (ru) m (pervoistóčnik), (text) исхо́дный текст (ru) m (isxódnyj tekst)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ѝзво̄рнӣк m, оригѝна̄л m

Roman: ìzvōrnīk (sh) m, origìnāl (sh) m
Spanish: original (es) m
Swedish: original (sv) n, förlaga (sv) c
Ukrainian: оригіна́л (uk) m (oryhinál)
Yiddish: אָריגינאַל‎ m (original)

person with a unique and interesting personality and/or creative talent

Danish: særling c, original c
Dutch: unicum (nl) n
Finnish: ainutlaatuinen ihminen, originelli persoona
Icelandic: sérvitringur m

Norwegian:
Bokmål: særling, raring, original (no), eksentriker, nerd

Nynorsk: særling, raring, original, eksentrikar, nerd
Russian: оригина́л (ru) m (originál)
Spanish: único (es) m
Swedish: original (sv) n, excentriker (sv) c, särling (sv) c

archaism for an eccentric — see eccentric

Translations

Crimean Tatar: ^{(please verify)} öz
French: original m
German: Vorlage f (1), Original n (1,2,3)
Italian: ^{(please verify)} originale (it) m
Korean: 고유 (goyu)

Latin: ^{(please verify)} orīginālis
Mandarin: 原物 (yuánwù)
Spanish: original m
Swedish: original n (1, 2, 3), förlaga c

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin orīginālis, attested from the 14th century.^[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

original (masculine and feminine plural originals)

original

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

origen

References[edit]

^ “original” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.

Danish[edit]

Adjective[edit]

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

original

Noun[edit]

original c (singular definite originalen, plural indefinite originaler)

an original

Declension[edit]

Declension of original

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	original	originalen	originaler	originalerne
genitive	originals	originalens	originalers	originalernes

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin orīginālis. Doublet of originel.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ɔ.ʁi.ʒi.nal/
Audio
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Homophones: originale, originales

Adjective[edit]

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

original
Antonyms: banal, copié, reproduit, vulgaire

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Noun[edit]

original m (plural originaux)

an unusual or eccentric person
an original manuscript
Synonym: autographe

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /oʁiɡiˈnaːl/
Rhymes: -aːl
Audio
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Adjective[edit]

original (comparative originaler, superlative am originalsten)

original

Declension[edit]

Positive forms of original

number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist original	sie ist original	es ist original	sie sind original
strong declension (without article)	nominative	originaler	originale	originales	originale
	genitive	originalen	originaler	originalen	originaler
	dative	originalem	originaler	originalem	originalen
	accusative	originalen	originale	originales	originale
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der originale	die originale	das originale	die originalen
	genitive	des originalen	der originalen	des originalen	der originalen
	dative	dem originalen	der originalen	dem originalen	den originalen
	accusative	den originalen	die originale	das originale	die originalen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein originaler	eine originale	ein originales	(keine) originalen
	genitive	eines originalen	einer originalen	eines originalen	(keiner) originalen
	dative	einem originalen	einer originalen	einem originalen	(keinen) originalen
	accusative	einen originalen	eine originale	ein originales	(keine) originalen

Comparative forms of original

number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist originaler	sie ist originaler	es ist originaler	sie sind originaler
strong declension (without article)	nominative	originalerer	originalere	originaleres	originalere
	genitive	originaleren	originalerer	originaleren	originalerer
	dative	originalerem	originalerer	originalerem	originaleren
	accusative	originaleren	originalere	originaleres	originalere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der originalere	die originalere	das originalere	die originaleren
	genitive	des originaleren	der originaleren	des originaleren	der originaleren
	dative	dem originaleren	der originaleren	dem originaleren	den originaleren
	accusative	den originaleren	die originalere	das originalere	die originaleren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein originalerer	eine originalere	ein originaleres	(keine) originaleren
	genitive	eines originaleren	einer originaleren	eines originaleren	(keiner) originaleren
	dative	einem originaleren	einer originaleren	einem originaleren	(keinen) originaleren
	accusative	einen originaleren	eine originalere	ein originaleres	(keine) originaleren

Superlative forms of original

number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist am originalsten	sie ist am originalsten	es ist am originalsten	sie sind am originalsten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	originalster	originalste	originalstes	originalste
	genitive	originalsten	originalster	originalsten	originalster
	dative	originalstem	originalster	originalstem	originalsten
	accusative	originalsten	originalste	originalstes	originalste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der originalste	die originalste	das originalste	die originalsten
	genitive	des originalsten	der originalsten	des originalsten	der originalsten
	dative	dem originalsten	der originalsten	dem originalsten	den originalsten
	accusative	den originalsten	die originalste	das originalste	die originalsten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein originalster	eine originalste	ein originalstes	(keine) originalsten
	genitive	eines originalsten	einer originalsten	eines originalsten	(keiner) originalsten
	dative	einem originalsten	einer originalsten	einem originalsten	(keinen) originalsten
	accusative	einen originalsten	eine originalste	ein originalstes	(keine) originalsten

Related terms[edit]

Originalität
Original n

Adverb[edit]

original

(colloquial, intensifier) really, actually
Synonyms: echt, wirklich
- 1997, Alexa Hennig von Lange, chapter 1, in Relax‎^[3]:
  Wo ist jetzt diese verdammte Schachtel? Hier finde ich original nichts wieder.
  (please add an English translation of this quote)

Middle English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

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

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

original (plural and weak singular originale)

original, primordial; preceding everything else
connected to the origin or beginning of something

Noun[edit]

original (plural originals) (Late Middle English)

the origin, lineage, or provenance of something
the authoritative, authorial, or primordial version of a work or source
(rare) something that isn't living or artificial; a primordial element
(rare) a reason, factor, or generator of something
(rare) the root or etymological ancestor of a word
(rare, religion) the making of the universe
(rare, law) a legal document beginning legal action

Derived terms[edit]

originali

Descendants[edit]

English: original
Scots: original, oreeginal

References[edit]

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

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

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

original

Noun[edit]

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

an original

References[edit]

“original” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

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

original

Noun[edit]

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

an original

References[edit]

“original” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan[edit]

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From Latin orīginālis.

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Audio (Languedocien)
(file)

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original m (feminine singular originala, masculine plural originals, feminine plural originalas)

original

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origina

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin orīginālis.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

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original m or f (plural originais, comparable)

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

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origem

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin originalis or French original.

Adjective[edit]

original m or n (feminine singular originală, masculine plural originali, feminine and neuter plural originale)

original

Declension[edit]

Declension of original

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	original		originală	originali	originale
nominative/ accusative	definite	originalul		originala	originalii	originalele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	original		originale	originali	originale
genitive/ dative	definite	originalului		originalei	originalilor	originalelor

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

origìnāl m (Cyrillic spelling оригѝна̄л)

original
Antonym: falsifikat

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Declension of original

	singular	plural
nominative	origìnāl	originali
genitive	originála	originala
dative	originalu	originalima
accusative	original	originale
vocative	originale	originali
locative	originalu	originalima
instrumental	originalom	originalima

original

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