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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɒɹ.ɪ.d͡ʒɪn/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɒɹ.ə.d͡ʒən/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈoɹ.ɪ.d͡ʒɪn/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈoɹ.ə.d͡ʒɪn/
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• Canada, General-American: [ˈoɹ.d͡ʒɪn]
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• New-York-City, Philadelphia: /ˈɑɹ.ɪ.d͡ʒɪn/
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• Australian: /ˈɔɹ.ɪ.d͡ʒɪn/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈɒɹ.ə.d͡ʒən/
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• New-Zealand: [ˈɔ̟ɹ.ə.d͡ʒən]
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• India: /ˈɔː.rɪ.dʒɪn/
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• India: /ˈo.rɪ.dʒɪn/
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• CMU ARPABET: AO1 R AH0 JH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English origine, origyne, from Old French origine, orine, ourine, from Latin orīgō (“beginning, source, birth, origin”), from orior (“to rise”); see orient. Doublet of origo.

278 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: oorsprong — beginning of something
• Albanian: zanafillë — beginning of something
• Arabic: مَنْشَأ (manšaʔ) — beginning of something
• Arabic: منشأ (manšaʔ) — beginning of something
• Arabic: مَنْشَأ (manšaʔ) — beginning of something
• Arabic: مَصْدَر (maṣdar) — beginning of something
• Aragonese: orichen — beginning of something
• Asturian: orixe — beginning of something
• Basque: jatorri — beginning of something
• Belarusian: крыні́ца (kryníca) — beginning of something
• Belarusian: жарало́ (žaraló) — beginning of something
• Belarusian: пача́так (pačátak) — beginning of something
• Belarusian: пахо́джанне (paxódžannje) — beginning of something
• Belarusian: пахо́джаньне (paxódžanʹnje) — beginning of something
• Bulgarian: нача́ло (načálo) — beginning of something
• Bulgarian: прои́зход (proízhod) — beginning of something
• Catalan: origen — beginning of something
• Eastern Min Chinese: 起源 (kī nguòng) — beginning of something
• Chinese Mandarin: 起源 (qǐyuán) — beginning of something
• Chinese Mandarin: 源頭 /源头 (yuántóu) — beginning of something
• Chinese Mandarin: 起始 (qǐshǐ) — beginning of something
• Chinese Mandarin: 本源 (běnyuán) — beginning of something
• Czech: vznik — beginning of something
• Czech: počátek — beginning of something
• Danish: herkomst — beginning of something
• Danish: oprindelse — beginning of something
• Dutch: oorsprong — beginning of something
• Dutch: herkomst — beginning of something
• Esperanto: origino — beginning of something
• Finnish: alkuperä — beginning of something
• French: origine — beginning of something
• Galician: orixe — beginning of something
• Georgian: საწყისი (sac̣q̇isi) — beginning of something
• German: Ursprung — beginning of something
• German: Anfang — beginning of something
• German: Entstehung — beginning of something
• Greek: αρχή (archí) — beginning of something
• Greek: προέλευση (proélefsi) — beginning of something
• Ancient Greek: ἀρχή (arkhḗ) — beginning of something
• Haitian Creole: orijin — beginning of something
• Hebrew: מוֹצָא (motsá) — beginning of something
• Hebrew: מָקוֹר (makór) — beginning of something
• Higaonon: poonan — beginning of something
• Hindi: स्रोत (srot) — beginning of something
• Hindi: उद्गम (udgam) — beginning of something
• Hindi: प्रारंभ (prārambh) — beginning of something
• Hindi: आरंभ (ārambh) — beginning of something
• Hungarian: eredet — beginning of something
• Hungarian: kezdet — beginning of something
• Hungarian: kezdőpont — beginning of something
• Hungarian: kiindulópont — beginning of something
• Indonesian: asal-usul — beginning of something
• Ingrian: alkuperä — beginning of something
• Ingrian: alkutulo — beginning of something
• Irish: foinse — beginning of something
• Irish: máthair — beginning of something
• Irish: bunús — beginning of something
• Italian: origine — beginning of something
• Japanese: 起源 (kigen) — beginning of something
• Japanese: 原因 (gen'in) — beginning of something
• Japanese: 原初 (gensho) — beginning of something
• Javanese: asal — beginning of something
• Khmer: កំណើត (kɑmnaət) — beginning of something
• Kilivila: uula — beginning of something
• Korean: 기원 (giwon) — beginning of something
• Korean: 원인 (wonin) — beginning of something
• Lao: ກໍາເນີດ (kam nœ̄t) — beginning of something
• Latin: orīgō — beginning of something
• Latin: prī̆ncipium — beginning of something
• Latin: prīmōrdium — beginning of something
• Latvian: cilme — beginning of something
• Lithuanian: kilmė — beginning of something
• Macedonian: потекло (poteklo) — beginning of something
• Macedonian: почеток (početok) — beginning of something
• Malay: asal — beginning of something
• Malayalam: ഉത്ഭവം (utbhavaṁ) — beginning of something
• Mongolian: гарал (garal) — beginning of something
• Norwegian Bokmål: opphav — beginning of something
• Norwegian Bokmål: opprinnelse — beginning of something
• Norwegian Bokmål: utgangspunkt — beginning of something
• Norwegian Bokmål: utspring — beginning of something
• Norwegian Nynorsk: opphav — beginning of something
• Norwegian Nynorsk: utgangspunkt — beginning of something
• Norwegian Nynorsk: utspring — beginning of something
• Occitan: origina — beginning of something
• Paicî: mäjoro — beginning of something
• Dari: خَاسْتْگَاه (xāstgāh) — beginning of something
• Dari: اَصْل (asl) — beginning of something
• Dari: آغاز — beginning of something
• Dari: مَنْبَع (manba') — beginning of something
• Dari: مَنْشَأ (manša') — beginning of something
• Iranian Persian: خاسْتْگاه (xâstgâh) — beginning of something
• Iranian Persian: اَصْل (asl) — beginning of something
• Iranian Persian: آغاز (âġâz) — beginning of something
• Iranian Persian: مَنْبَع (manba') — beginning of something
• Iranian Persian: مَنْشَأ (manša') — beginning of something
• Plautdietsch: Aunfank — beginning of something
• Plautdietsch: Häakunft — beginning of something
• Polish: pochodzenie — beginning of something
• Polish: początek — beginning of something
• Portuguese: origem — beginning of something
• Portuguese: começo — beginning of something
• Romagnol: radìșa — beginning of something
• Romagnol: ràdga — beginning of something
• Romanian: origine — beginning of something
• Romanian: origină — beginning of something
• Russian: нача́ло (načálo) — beginning of something
• Russian: исто́чник (istóčnik) — beginning of something
• Russian: происхожде́ние (proisxoždénije) — beginning of something
• Serbo-Croatian: поче́так — beginning of something
• Serbo-Croatian: počétak — beginning of something
• Sicilian: uriggina — beginning of something
• Sicilian: urìggina — beginning of something
• Slovak: začiatok — beginning of something
• Slovak: vznik — beginning of something
• Slovene: poreklo — beginning of something
• Slovene: začetek — beginning of something
• Lower Sorbian: póchad — beginning of something
• Spanish: origen — beginning of something
• Swedish: ursprung — beginning of something
• Swedish: upprinnelse — beginning of something
• Tagalog: mulâ — beginning of something
• Tagalog: simulâ — beginning of something
• Tagalog: pasimulâ — beginning of something
• Tagalog: umpisá — beginning of something
• Tajik: пайдоиш (paydoyiš) — beginning of something
• Tajik: маншаъ (manša') — beginning of something
• Tajik: асл (asl) — beginning of something
• Tajik: оғоз (oġoz) — beginning of something
• Tajik: манбаъ (manba') — beginning of something
• Tajik: хостгоҳ (xostgoh) — beginning of something
• Tarifit: aẓwar — beginning of something
• Tausug: pun — beginning of something
• Thai: กําเนิด (gam-nə̀ət) — beginning of something
• Turkish: köken — beginning of something
• Turkish: başlangıç — beginning of something
• Turkish: kaynak — beginning of something
• Turkish: orijin — beginning of something
• Ottoman Turkish: مایه — beginning of something
• Ukrainian: джерело́ (džereló) — beginning of something
• Ukrainian: крини́ця (krynýcja) — beginning of something
• Ukrainian: поча́ток (počátok) — beginning of something
• Ukrainian: похо́дження (poxódžennja) — beginning of something
• Urdu: آغاز (āġāz) — beginning of something
• Urdu: اَصْل (asl) — beginning of something
• Urdu: جَذْر (jazr) — beginning of something
• Uzbek: paydo boʻlish — beginning of something
• Venetan: orixene — beginning of something
• Vietnamese: nguồn gốc — beginning of something
• Volapük: rig — beginning of something
• Yakut: төрүт (törüt) — beginning of something
• Zulu: umsuka — beginning of something
• Amharic: ምንጭ (mənč̣) — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Arabic: مَنْبَع (manbaʕ) — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Arabic: مَنْشَأ (manšaʔ) — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Arabic: مَصْدَر (maṣdar) — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Arabic: منبع (manbaʕ) — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Arabic: منشأ (manšaʔ) — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Arabic: مصدر (maṣdar) — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Arabic: مَصْدَر (maṣdar) — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Arabic: مَنْبَع (manbaʕ) — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Bengali: উৎপত্তিস্থল (utpottisthol) — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Bulgarian: и́звор (ízvor) — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Bulgarian: и́зточник (íztočnik) — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Catalan: origen — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Chinese Mandarin: 源頭 /源头 (yuántóu) — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Chinese Mandarin: 水源 (shuǐyuán) — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Czech: počátek — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Czech: pramen — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Dutch: oorsprong — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Esperanto: fonto — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Finnish: lähteet — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Finnish: alkuperä — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• French: source — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Georgian: წყარო (c̣q̇aro) — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• German: Quelle — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Greek: πηγή (pigí) — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Haitian Creole: sous — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Hebrew: מָקוֹר (makór) — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Hindi: उद्गम (udgam) — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Hungarian: forrás — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Hungarian: származás — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Indonesian: asal — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Indonesian: sumber — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Irish: foinse — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Malayalam: ഉത്ഭവം (utbhavaṁ) — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Malayalam: ഉറവിടം (uṟaviṭaṁ) — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Māori: takenga — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Mongolian: гарал үүсэл (garal üüsel) — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Norwegian Bokmål: utspring — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Norwegian Nynorsk: utspring — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Portuguese: origem — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Portuguese: (de um rio) nascente — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Russian: нача́ло (načálo) — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Russian: исто́чник (istóčnik) — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Russian: исто́к (istók) — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: ѝзвор — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: вре̏ло — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: ѝзворӣште — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: ìzvor — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: vrȅlo — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: ìzvorīšte — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Sikkimese: ཁུང (khung) — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Slovene: izvor — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Spanish: origen — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Swedish: källa — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Swedish: ursprung — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Tagalog: kasimulan — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Turkish: kaynak — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Zulu: umdabu — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Zulu: indabuko — source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• Azerbaijani: koordinat başlanğıcı — point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect
• Bulgarian: нача́ло (načálo) — point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect
• Chinese Mandarin: 原點 /原点 (yuándiǎn) — point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect
• Czech: počátek — point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect
• Danish: origo — point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect
• Dutch: oorsprong — point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect
• Finnish: origo — point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect
• Finnish: nollapiste — point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect
• French: origine — point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect
• German: Ursprung — point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect
• Hebrew: רֵאשִׁית (reshít) — point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect
• Hungarian: origó — point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect
• Indonesian: origo — point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect
• Irish: bunphointe — point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect
• Japanese: 原点 (genten) — point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect
• Norwegian: origo — point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect
• Portuguese: origem — point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect
• Russian: нача́ло координа́т (načálo koordinát) — point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect
• Serbo-Croatian: ѝсходӣште — point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect
• Serbo-Croatian: ìshodīšte — point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect
• Swedish: origo — point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect
• Tagalog: mulaan — point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect
• Turkish: orijin — point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect
• Vietnamese: gốc toạ độ — point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect
• Albanian: zanafillë — ancestry
• Arabic: اَصْل (aṣl) — ancestry
• Arabic: أصِل (aṣil) — ancestry
• Armenian: ծագում (cagum) — ancestry
• Belarusian: пахо́джанне (paxódžannje) — ancestry
• Belarusian: пахаджэ́нне (paxadžénnje) — ancestry
• Bulgarian: прои́зход (proízhod) — ancestry
• Chinese Mandarin: 起源 (qǐyuán) — ancestry
• Chinese Mandarin: 來源 /来源 (láiyuán) — ancestry
• Czech: původ — ancestry
• Dutch: oorsprong — ancestry
• Dutch: afkomst — ancestry
• Dutch: herkomst — ancestry
• Finnish: syntyperä — ancestry
• French: origine — ancestry
• Georgian: წარმომავლობა (c̣armomavloba) — ancestry
• German: Herkunft — ancestry
• Greek: καταγωγή (katagogí) — ancestry
• Hebrew: מוֹצָא (motzá) — ancestry
• Hindi: मूल (mūl) — ancestry
• Hungarian: származás — ancestry
• Indonesian: asal — ancestry
• Irish: bunús — ancestry
• Italian: origini — ancestry
• Macedonian: потекло (poteklo) — ancestry
• Mongolian: гарал (garal) — ancestry
• Polish: pochodzenie — ancestry
• Portuguese: origem — ancestry
• Russian: происхожде́ние (proisxoždénije) — ancestry
• Serbo-Croatian: подрије́тло — ancestry
• Serbo-Croatian: порије́кло — ancestry
• Serbo-Croatian: podrijétlo — ancestry
• Serbo-Croatian: porijéklo — ancestry
• Slovak: pôvod — ancestry
• Slovene: poreklo — ancestry
• Slovene: izvir — ancestry
• Lower Sorbian: póchad — ancestry
• Spanish: origen — ancestry
• Swedish: ursprung — ancestry
• Swedish: härkomst — ancestry
• Tarifit: aẓwar — ancestry
• Turkish: soy sop — ancestry
• Ukrainian: похо́дження (poxódžennja) — ancestry