orignal
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]orignal (plural orignals)
- (obsolete) A moose.
- 1760, The critical review, or annals of literature, volume 9, page 299:
- Among these the orignal deserves mention. This is an animal of the size of a mule, with thick hair, of a dark brown colour in summer, and almost entirely white in winter, by many supposed to be a species of elk.
See also
[edit]- L'Orignal (Ontario)
French
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Orignaux_-_Moose_3.jpg/220px-Orignaux_-_Moose_3.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Basque oreinak, plural of orein (“deer”). First attested in the texts of Samuel de Champlain as orignac.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]orignal m (plural orignaux)
Further reading
[edit]- “orignal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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