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original
English
Etymology
From Middle English original, from Old French original, from Late Latin or?gin?lis (“primitive, original”), from Latin or?g? (“beginning, source, origin”); see origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????d??n?l/, /????d??n?l/, /????d?n?l/
- Hyphenation: ori?gi?nal, orig?inal
Adjective
original (comparative more original, superlative most original)
- (not comparable) relating to the origin or beginning; preceding all others
- (not comparable) first in a series or copies/versions
- Synonym: initial
- (not comparable) newly created
- (comparable) fresh, different
- (not comparable) pioneering
- (not comparable) having as its origin
Synonyms
- autograph
- prototype
Antonyms
- (first in a series):
- copy, reproduction, simile (imitation)
- derivative (branch)
- ultimate (last, extreme)
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Noun
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
- 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 Tran?lators, is it not a Plea?ant Je?t, that you ?hould ?trive to be an Original! You ?hould have ob?erved your Time, and have come into the World with the Ancient Greeks for that purpo?e; for the Latines them?elves are but Copies.
- 1700, Tom Brown, Amusements Serious and Comical, calculated for the Meridian of London, page 5:
- (archaic) An eccentric person.
Translations
Further reading
- original in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- original in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin or?gin?lis, attested from the 14th century.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /o.?i.?i?nal/
- (Central) IPA(key): /u.?i.?i?nal/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /o.?i.d??i?nal/
Adjective
original (masculine and feminine plural originals)
- original
Derived terms
- originalitat
- originalment
Related terms
- origen
References
Further reading
- “original” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “original” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “original” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Danish
Adjective
original (neuter originalt, plural and definite singular attributive originale)
- original
Noun
original c (singular definite originalen, plural indefinite originaler)
- an original
Declension
Further reading
- “original” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “original” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin or?gin?lis. Doublet of originel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?.?i.?i.nal/
- Homophones: originale, originales
Adjective
original (feminine singular originale, masculine plural originaux, feminine plural originales)
- original
- Antonyms: banal, copié, reproduit, vulgaire
Related terms
Noun
original m (plural originaux)
- an unusual or eccentric person
- an original manuscript
- Synonym: autographe
Further reading
- “original” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Etymology
Borrowed from French original, from Old French original, from Late Latin or?gin?lis (“primitive, original”), from Latin or?g? (“beginning, source, origin”). Doublet of originell.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /o?i?i?na?l/
- Rhymes: -a?l
Adjective
original (comparative originaler, superlative am originalsten)
- original
Declension
Related terms
Further reading
- “original” in Duden online
Middle English
Alternative forms
- oryginall, origynall, orygynal, orygynall, origynal, oryginal, oregynall, originalle, originall
Etymology
From Old French original, from Late Latin or?gin?lis; equivalent to origyne +? -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ri?i?na?l/, /?ri?i?nal/, /?ri??i?nal/
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
- “or???in??l(e, adj.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-26.
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
- “or???in??l(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-26.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin or?gin?lis; 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 originaler, definite plural originalene)
- an original
References
- “original” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin or?gin?lis; 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 or?gin?lis.
Adjective
original m (feminine singular originala, masculine plural originals, feminine plural originalas)
- original
Derived terms
- originalitat
- originalament
Related terms
- origina
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin or?gin?lis.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /o?i?i?naw/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /u???i?na?/, /??i?i?na?/
- Hyphenation: o?ri?gi?nal
Adjective
original m or f (plural originais, comparable)
- original (relating to the origin or beginning)
- original (being the first in a series)
- original (different; unique)
Derived terms
- originalidade
- originalmente
Related terms
- origem
Further reading
- “original” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “original” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ori??na?l/
- Hyphenation: o?ri?gi?nal
Noun
origìn?l m (Cyrillic spelling ?????????)
- original
- Antonym: falsifikat
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin or?gin?lis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /o?ixi?nal/, [o.?i.xi?nal]
- Hyphenation: o?ri?gi?nal
Adjective
original (plural originales)
- original
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “original” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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unoriginal
English
Etymology
un- +? original
Adjective
unoriginal (comparative more unoriginal, superlative most unoriginal)
- Lacking originality.
- 1758, William Hawkins, Tracts in Divinity, Oxford, Volume 2, Letter 12 [on Pope’ translations of Homer], pp. 418-419,[1]
- Redundancies are as unoriginal as Insipidities, and the Spirit of an Author may be as much overwhelmed in Exuberance on the one Hand, as it evaporates in Frigidity on the other.
- 1859, John Stuart Mill, On Liberty, London: J.W. Parker, Chapter 3, p. 117,[2]
- Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of. They cannot see what it is to do for them: how should they?
- 1902, William Somerset Maugham, Mrs Craddock,
- “ […] Everything in its proper time and season,” he added, with the unoriginal man’s fondness for proverbial philosophy.
- 2008, André Brink, Other Lives, Naperville, Illinois: Sourcebooks, “Mirror,” Chapter 8, p. 185,
- “Stories come from other stories.”
- “Then there is no originality anywhere.”
- “Does it matter? Perhaps our very idea of originality is overrated. And unoriginal.”
- 1758, William Hawkins, Tracts in Divinity, Oxford, Volume 2, Letter 12 [on Pope’ translations of Homer], pp. 418-419,[1]
- (rare) Not being the first or earliest version of something, not original.
- 1894, Joseph Jacobs (editor), More Celtic Fairy Tales, London: David Nutt, Notes and References, “The Leeching of Kayn’s Leg,” p. 232,[3]
- [This tale] occurs in an MS. of the fifteenth century in an obviously unoriginal form which shows that the story-teller did not appreciate the significance of many features in the folk-tale he was retelling […]
- 1894, Joseph Jacobs (editor), More Celtic Fairy Tales, London: David Nutt, Notes and References, “The Leeching of Kayn’s Leg,” p. 232,[3]
- (obsolete) Without an origin or source.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, London, Book 9, lines 476-477,[4]
- [I] plung’d in the womb
- Of unoriginal Night and Chaos wilde,
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, London, Book 9, lines 476-477,[4]
Synonyms
- (lacking originality, referring to people): uncreative, unimaginative, uninventive
- (lacking originality, referring to things): clichéd, derivative, predictable
- See also Thesaurus:hackneyed
Derived terms
- unoriginality
- unoriginally
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