originalとは

発音

• IPA^(key): /əˈɹɪdʒɪnəl/
• ハイフネーション: ori‧gi‧nal

形容詞

original (comparative more original, superlative most original)

1. (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^[1], →ISBN, OCLC 3289313, OL 10563347W:

     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.

2. (not comparable) First in a series or copies/versions.

   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^[2], →ISBN, OL 2004261W:

     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, […].

3. (not comparable) Newly created.

   Tonight we will hear an original work by one of our best composers.

4. (comparable) Fresh, different.

   The paper contains a number of original ideas about color perception.

5. (not comparable) Pioneering.

   Parker was one of the original bebop players.

6. (not comparable) Having as its origin.

   This kind of barbecue is original to North Carolina.

同意語

• (first in series): initial
• autograph
• prototype

反意語

• copy
• derivative
• reproduction
• simile

派生語

• originally
• original sin

関連する語

• origin
• originality
• originate
• originative
• aboriginal

名詞

original (複数形 originals)

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

   This manuscript is the original.

2. A person with a unique and interesting personality and/or creative talent.

   You’re a real original.

3. (archaic) An eccentric.

同意語

• autograph
• prototype

反意語

• copy
• remake
• reproduction

Further reading

• original in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• original in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911