orignal

French

Etymology

From the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Basque word oreinak, plural of orein (“deer”). First used in the texts of Samuel de Champlain as orignac.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.ʁi.ɲal/

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Noun

orignal m (plural orignaux)

1. (Canada) moose

Further reading

• “orignal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.