orignal
French, noun/ɔ.ʁi.ɲal/
orignal is spelled O-R-I-G-N-A-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 41,186th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Orignal is a French masculine noun meaning “moose” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Espèce de mammifères de la famille des cervidés (Cervidae). Cousin nord-américain de l’élan européen”.
What does orignal mean in English?
noun
- 1
Canadamasculinemoose
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Espèce de mammifères de la famille des cervidés (Cervidae). Cousin nord-américain de l’élan européen.
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.
Forms of orignal
- orignaux plural
- orignals singular
- orignale
- orignac obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce orignal?
- /ɔ.ʁi.ɲal/
- \ɔ.ʁi.ɲal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to orignal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is orignal in French?
orignal appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).