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origine.

origin (start place)

7 characters4 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɔ.ʁi.ʒin/

  1. origin (start place)

    feminine

  2. origin (place of creation)

    feminine
    il est d'origine parisienne

  3. start, beginning

    feminine
    à l'origine

  4. origin

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin orīginem (“beginning, source, birth, origin”). Replaced the older popular form orine, inherited from the same source.

verb/ɔ.ʁi.ʒin/

  1. inflection of originer: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person

  2. inflection of originer: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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