originairement
French, adverb/ɔ.ʁi.ʒi.nɛʁ.mɑ̃/
originairement is spelled O-R-I-G-I-N-A-I-R-E-M-E-N-T (14 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 88,451st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Originairement is a French adverb meaning “originally, at first” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dans l’origine ; primitivement”.
What does originairement mean in English?
adverb
- 1
originally, at first
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. Dans l’origine ; primitivement.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce originairement?
- /ɔ.ʁi.ʒi.nɛʁ.mɑ̃/
- \ɔ.ʁi.ʒi.nɛʁ.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is originairement in French?
originairement appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).