orignal
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
orignal (plural orignals)
- (obsolete) A moose.
- 1760, The critical review, or annals of literature, volume 9, page 299:
- Among these the orignal deserves mention. This is an animal of the size of a mule, with thick hair, of a dark brown colour in summer, and almost entirely white in winter, by many supposed to be a species of elk.
See also[edit]
- L'Orignal (Ontario)
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the Basque word oreinak, plural of orein (“deer”). First used in the texts of Samuel de Champlain as orignac.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
orignal m (plural orignaux)
Further reading[edit]
- “orignal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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