original

See also: Original

English

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.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada, Australian) IPA^(key): /əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪ.nəl/, /əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ə.nəl/, /əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.nəl/
Audio (US): (file)
(New Zealand) IPA^(key): /əˈɹəd͡ʒ.ə.nəl/, /əˈɹəd͡ʒ.nəl/
IPA^(key): (obsolete) /ɒˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪ.nəl/^[1]
Hyphenation: o‧rig‧i‧nal, orig‧i‧nal

Adjective

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^[2], →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL:
  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 of copies or versions.
Synonym: initial

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: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
  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, […].
(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.
- 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^[3], archived from the original on 18 August 2017:
  Devoid of context, the image is intriguing, promising something utterly original and deeply fucked up.
(not comparable) Pioneering.
Parker was one of the original bebop players.
(not comparable) Having a specified place or time as its origin.
This kind of barbecue is original to North Carolina.
(of food) Unseasoned, unflavored, plain, or having a standard or typical flavor; classic, traditional

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

→ Japanese: オリジナル (orijinaru)
→ Malay: original

Translations

relating to the origin or beginning

Afrikaans: oorspronklik (af)
Belarusian: арыгіна́льны (aryhinálʹny)
Bulgarian: начален (bg) (načalen), първичен (bg) (pǎrvičen)
Catalan: original (ca)
Comorian:
Ngazidja Comorian: -a aswili
Danish: oprindelig
Dutch: oorspronkelijk (nl)
French: originel (fr)
Galician: orixinal (gl)
German: ursprünglich (de), ur- (de)
Greek: αρχικός (el) (archikós)
Ancient Greek: ἀρχηγικός (arkhēgikós)
Hebrew: מְקוֹרִי (he)
Hungarian: eredeti (hu)
Indonesian: orisinal (id)
Italian: primitivo (it)
Japanese: 元の (ja) (moto no)
Kazakh: бастапқы (bastapqy), алғашқы (alğaşqy)
Korean: 처음의 (cheo'eum-ui)
Latin: primitivus
Portuguese: original (pt), originário (pt)
Russian: первонача́льный (ru) (pervonačálʹnyj), исхо́дный (ru) (isxódnyj)
Spanish: original (es)
Tagalog: orihinal
Ukrainian: пе́рві́сний (pérvísnyj)
Uzbek: asl (uz)

first in a series

Arabic: أَصْلِيّ (ʔaṣliyy)
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 (gl)
German: original (de)
Greek: αρχικός (el) (archikós)
Ancient Greek: ἀρχηγικός (arkhēgikós)
Hungarian: eredeti (hu)
Italian: originale (it), primo (it)
Japanese: 本来の (ja) (ほんらいの, honrai no)
Kazakh: алғашқы (alğaşqy)
Korean: 최초(最初)의 (choecho-ui)
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

Latin: 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) (opurbo)
Bulgarian: нов (bg) (nov), оригинален (bg) (originalen)
Dutch: origineel (nl), oorspronkelijk (nl)
Finnish: tuore (fi), alkuperäinen (fi)
Georgian: ორიგინალური (originaluri)
German: original (de)
Greek: πρωτότυπος (el) (protótypos)
Portuguese: original (pt)
Russian: но́вый (ru) (nóvyj), све́жий (ru) (svéžij)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: са̏мобӣтан, но̏в

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

fresh, different

Belarusian: арыгіна́льны (aryhinálʹny)
Bengali: অপূর্ব (bn) (opurbo)
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)
Georgian: ორიგინალური (originaluri)
German: originell (de)
Greek: πρωτότυπος (el) (protótypos)
Hebrew: מְקוֹרִי (he)
Italian: originale (it), inedito (it)
Japanese: 独創的な (どくそうてき-な, dokusōteki-na)
Korean: 신선(新鮮)하다 (ko) (sinseonhada)
Latin: novitatis
Portuguese: original (pt)
Russian: све́жий (ru) (svéžij), своеобра́зный (ru) (svojeobráznyj), оригина́льный (ru) (originálʹnyj)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: све̏ж

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

pioneering

Dutch: origineel (nl), vernieuwend (nl)
Finnish: alkuperäinen (fi), ensimmäinen (fi)
French: original (fr)
German: ursprünglich (de)
Greek: πρωτοποριακός (el) (protoporiakós)
Italian: primo (it)
Spanish: original (es)
Tagalog: orihinal

having as its origin

Dutch: afkomstig (nl)
Finnish: peräisin (fi)
German: ursprünglich (de)
Italian: originario (it)
Māori: taketake
Scottish Gaelic: tùsail
Spanish: original (es)
Swedish: ursprunglig (sv)
Tagalog: orihinal

Translations to be checked

Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} origina
French: ^{(please verify)} original (fr)
Korean: ^{(please verify)} 원래 (ko) (wollae)
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} original (es)
Swedish: ^{(please verify)} original- (1), ^{(please verify)} ursprunglig (sv) (1), ^{(please verify)} originell (sv) (3)

Noun

original (plural originals)

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

Antonyms: copy, derivative, remake, reproduction, ultimate

Hyponym: autograph

This manuscript is the original.
- 2025 November 12, Tony Streeter, “All around the world”, in RAIL, number 1048, page 42:
  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.
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.
- 1975, The Educational Trends, volumes 10-14, page 59:
  Ahmad (1969) studied the personality differences among middle school girls identified as originals and unoriginals on the Minnesota's test of creative thinking.
- 2010, A. Kusuma, Creativity and Cognitive Styles in Children, page 73:
  The originals or the creatives were more dominant than the unoriginals or the low creatives.
(archaic) An eccentric person.
- 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:
  ‘Are you an alienist?’ I interrupted. ‘Every doctor should be - a little,’ answered that original, imperturbably.
A newly designed garment released by a fashion designer as part of a collection.
- 1962, “It's Fashion fair time again”, in Ebony, volume 17, number 11, page 126:
  Fashion Fair will give every section first hand knowledge of the latest originals and 1962-63's exciting trends.
- 1963, National Retail Merchants Association. Sales Promotion Division, The NRMA Sales Promotion Encyclopedia, Vol. II., page 175:
  One such show was built around the Du Pont spring collection of Paris originals.
A ridgeling.

Synonyms

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “first in a series”):
- copy, reproduction, simile (imitation)
- derivative (branch)
- ultimate (last, extreme)

Descendants

→ Japanese: オリジナル (orijinaru)
→ Korean: 오리지널 (orijineol)

Translations

object from which all later copies and variations are derived

Armenian: սկզբնագիր (hy) (skzbnagir), բնագիր (hy) (bnagir)
Belarusian: арыгіна́л m (aryhinál)
Bulgarian: оригина́л (bg) m (originál)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 原作 (zh) (yuánzuò), (text) 原文 (zh) (yuánwén), 原物 (zh) (yuánwù), 本來 / 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 (de) f
Greek: πρωτότυπο (el) n (protótypo)
Icelandic: frumeintak n, (informal) orginall m, (only of writing) frumrit (is) n
Japanese: 原物 (ja) (げんぶつ, genbutsu), 原作 (ja) (げんさく, gensaku) (works), 原文 (ja) (げんぶん, genbun) (text)
Kazakh: түпнұсқа (tüpnūsqa), төлнұсқа (tölnūsqa)
Korean: 원물(原物) (ko) (wonmul), 원작(原作) (ko) (wonjak) (works), 원본(原本) (ko) (wonbon) (text)
Macedonian: оригина́л m (originál)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: original (no) m

Nynorsk: original m
Polish: oryginał (pl), pierwowzór (pl) m, wzorzec (pl) m, prawzór m, autentyk (pl) 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

Latin: ìzvōrnīk (sh) m, origìnāl (sh) m
Slovak: originál m
Slovene: original m
Spanish: original (es) m
Swedish: original (sv) n, förlaga (sv) c
Ukrainian: оригіна́л (uk) m (oryhinál)
Vietnamese: nguyên bản (vi)
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

Chinese:
Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 原物 (zh) (yuánwù)
Crimean Tatar: ^{(please verify)} öz
French: ^{(please verify)} original (fr) m
German: ^{(please verify)} Vorlage (de) f (1), ^{(please verify)} Original (de) n (1,2,3)
Italian: ^{(please verify)} originale (it) m
Korean: ^{(please verify)} 고유 (ko) (goyu)
Latin: ^{(please verify)} orīginālis
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} original (es) m
Swedish: ^{(please verify)} original (sv) n (1,2,3), ^{(please verify)} förlaga (sv) c

References

^ Jespersen, Otto (1909), A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9)‎^[1], volume I: Sounds and Spellings, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1961, § 13.28, page 362.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin orīginālis. First attested in the 14th century.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [u.ɾi.ʒiˈnal]
IPA^(key): (Balearic, Northwestern) [o.ɾi.ʒiˈnal]
IPA^(key): (Valencia) [o.ɾi.d͡ʒiˈnal]
Audio (Barcelona): (file)

Adjective

original m or f (masculine and feminine plural originals)

original

Derived terms

Related terms

origen

References

^ “original”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

Danish

Adjective

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

original

Noun

original c (singular definite originalen, plural indefinite originaler)

an original

Declension

Declension of *original*
common gender	singular		plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	original	originalen	originaler	originalerne
genitive	originals	originalens	originalers	originalernes

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin orīginālis. Doublet of originel.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

original
Antonyms: banal, copié, reproduit, vulgaire

Usage notes

Not to be confused with originel.

Related terms

Noun

original m (plural originaux)

an unusual or eccentric person
Synonym: drôle d'oiseau
an original manuscript
Synonym: autographe

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /oʁiɡiˈnaːl/
Rhymes: -aːl
Audio (Germany (Berlin)): (file)

Adjective

original (strong nominative masculine singular originaler, comparative originaler, superlative am originalsten)

original

Declension

Positive forms of original

number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
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	plural
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	plural
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

Adverb

original

(colloquial, intensifier) really, actually
Synonyms: echt, wirklich
- 1997, Alexa Hennig von Lange, chapter 1, in Relax‎^[4]:
  Wo ist jetzt diese verdammte Schachtel? Hier finde ich original nichts wieder.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Malay

Alternative forms

ori (clipping)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(English-based) IPA^(key): [ɔ.ri.d͡ʒi.nəl]
- Rhymes: -nəl, -əl
(Literary Standard) IPA^(key): [ɔ.ri.ɡi.nal]
- Rhymes: -nal, -al
Hyphenation: o‧ri‧gi‧nal

Adjective

original (Jawi spelling اوريݢينل, comparative lebih original, superlative paling original)

(informal) Not fake; original.
Synonyms: asli, tulen

Antonym: tiruan

Middle English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔˌrid͡ʒiˈnal/, /ɔˈrid͡ʒinal/

Adjective

original (plural and weak singular originale)

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

Derived terms

originali

Descendants

English: original
Scots: original, oreeginal

References

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

Noun

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

originali

Descendants

English: original
Scots: original, oreeginal

References

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Adjective

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

original

Noun

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

an original

References

“original” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Adjective

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

original

Noun

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

an original

References

“original” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin orīginālis.

Pronunciation

Audio (Languedoc): (file)

Adjective

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

original

Derived terms

Related terms

origina

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

oreginal, originall, origynal, orygenal

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-der.

Proto-Italic *oriōr

Latin orior

Latin -īgō

Latin orīgō, orīginis

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin orīginālislbor.

Old Galician-Portuguese original

Learned borrowing from Latin orīginālis.

Adjective

original m or f (plural originais)

original (relating to the origin or beginning)

Noun

original m (plural originais)

original (origin of later copies)

Descendants

Fala: (Valverdeñu, Mañegu) original, (Lagarteiru) uriginal
Galician: orixinal
Portuguese: original

References

Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “original”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2020–2026), “original”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do português medieval [Historical and chronological vocabulary of Medieval Portuguese] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa
Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “original”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

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Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-der.

Proto-Italic *oriōr

Latin orior

Latin -īgō

Latin orīgō, orīginis

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin orīginālislbor.

Old Galician-Portuguese original

Portuguese original

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese original, from Latin orīginālis.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.ɾi.ʒiˈnaw/ [o.ɾi.ʒiˈnaʊ̯]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.ɾi.ʒiˈnal/ [ɔ.ɾi.ʒiˈnaɫ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.ɾi.ʒiˈna.li/

Audio (Portugal (Porto)): (file)
Rhymes: (Brazil) -aw, (Portugal) -al
Hyphenation: o‧ri‧gi‧nal

Adjective

original m or f (plural originais)

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

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origem

Noun

original m (plural originais)

original (origin of later copies)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin originalis or French original. By surface analysis, origine +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Adjective

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

original

Declension

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

origìnāl m inan (Cyrillic spelling оригѝна̄л)

original
Antonym: falsifikat

Declension

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-der.

Proto-Italic *oriōr

Latin orior

Latin -īgō

Latin orīgō, orīginis

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin orīginālisbor.

Spanish original

Borrowed from Latin orīginālis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /oɾixiˈnal/ [o.ɾi.xiˈnal]
Audio (Venezuela): (file)
Rhymes: -al
Syllabification: o‧ri‧gi‧nal

Adjective

original m or f (masculine and feminine plural originales)

original

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Swedish

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Noun

original n

an original
an eccentric or strange person (from notion of a one of a kind)
Nisse är ett riktigt original
Nisse is a real "one of a kind" (odd person)

Declension

Declension of **original**
		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	original	originals
singular	definite	originalet	originalets
plural	indefinite	original	originals
plural	definite	originalen	originalens

Related terms

originell

References

“original”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
“original”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
“original”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

[1] Jespersen, Otto (1909), A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9)‎^[1], volume I: Sounds and Spellings, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1961, § 13.28, page 362.

[2] “original”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

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