original (əˈrɪdʒɪnəll
)
Definitions
adjective
- of or relating to an origin or beginning
- fresh and unusual; novel
- able to think of or carry out new ideas or concepts
- being that from which a copy, translation, etc, is made
noun
- the first and genuine form of something, from which others are derived
- a person or thing used as a model in art or literature
- a person whose way of thinking is unusual or creative
- an unconventional or strange person
- the first form or occurrence of something
- an archaic word for originator See originator
Synonyms
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"Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met"
Translations
- British English:
original
You use original to refer to something that existed at the beginning of a process or activity, or the characteristics that something had when it first existed....Strathclyde police, who carried out the original investigation.əˈrɪdʒɪnl ADJECTIVE ...Strathclyde police, who carried out the original investigation.
- Spanish:
original
adj
- French:
original
adj originaux
- German:
ursprünglich
adj
- Chinese: 最初的 adj
- Arabic: أصْلِيٌّ adj
- Portuguese: original adj
- Russian: оригинальный adj оригинальная
- Croatian: originalan adj originalna
- Czech: původní adj
- Danish: original adj
- Dutch: origineel adj
- Finnish: alkuperäinen adj
- Greek: πρωτότυπος adj πρωτότυπη
- Italian: originale adj
- Japanese: 最初の no_posp
- Korean: 본래의 adj
- Norwegian: original adj
- Polish: oryginalny adj oryginalna
- Brazilian Portuguese: original adj
- European Spanish:
original
adj
- Swedish: originell adj originellt
- Thai: ซึ่งเป็นแบบฉบับ adj
- Turkish: özgün adj
- Vietnamese: đầu tiên adj
Usage examples
Was one of the original torpedo merchants with the Italian Navy during the war.
, THE KEYS OF HELL (2002)The colouring has been touched up over the centuries, but the cornice colour is original.
Country Life (2004)One that, incidentally, refers us back to the original , which was recently released on DVD.
Irish Times (2002)They're a female group with an original groovy poppy kind of sound.
Glasgow Herald (2001)In madness we return to the original experience of powerlessness.
, BEYOND FEAR (2002)