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発音

• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada, General Australian) IPA: /əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪ.nəl/, /əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ə.nəl/, /əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.nəl/
• (New Zealand) IPA: /əˈɹəd͡ʒ.ə.nəl/, /əˈɹəd͡ʒ.nəl/
• IPA: (obsolete) /ɒˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪ.nəl/
• ハイフネーション: o‧rig‧i‧nal, orig‧i‧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, →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.

2. (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, […].

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 a specified place or time as its origin.

   This kind of barbecue is original to North Carolina.

7. (of a potato chip) Seasoned with salt but no other flavoring; ready salted

同意語

• autograph
• prototype

反意語

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

派生語

関連する語

派生した語

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

名詞

original (plural originals)

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. (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.

4. 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.

5. A ridgeling.

派生した語

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

参照

Further reading

• “original”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “original”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

語源

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

発音

• IPA: /ɔˌrid͡ʒiˈnal/, /ɔˈrid͡ʒinal/

形容詞

original (plural and weak singular originale)

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

派生語

• originali

派生した語

• English: original
• Scots: original, oreeginal

参照

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

名詞

original (plural originals) (Late Middle English)

1. the origin, lineage, or provenance of something
2. the authoritative, authorial, or primordial version of a work or source
3. (rare) something that isn't living or artificial; a primordial element
4. (rare) a reason, factor, or generator of something
5. (rare) the root or etymological ancestor of a word
6. (rare, religion) the making of the universe
7. (rare, law) a legal document beginning legal action

派生語

• originali

派生した語

• English: original
• Scots: original, oreeginal

参照

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