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noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

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noun

Meaning 1

The original text from which a translation is done into another language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, translation-studies

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ST

Antonyms: target text

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 原語文獻 /原语文献 (yuányǔ wénxiàn) — original text to be translated
  • Chinese Mandarin: 原文 (yuánwén) — original text to be translated
  • Finnish: lähdeteksti — original text to be translated
  • Georgian: დედანი (dedani) — original text to be translated
  • Georgian: ტექსტის დედანი (ṭeksṭis dedani) — original text to be translated
  • Georgian: დედანი ტექსტი (dedani ṭeksṭi) — original text to be translated
  • Georgian: ორიგინალი (originali) — original text to be translated
  • Georgian: წყაროს ტექსტი (c̣q̇aros ṭeksṭi) — original text to be translated
  • Georgian: წყარო ტექსტი (c̣q̇aro ṭeksṭi) — original text to be translated
  • German: Ausgangstext — original text to be translated
  • Polish: tekst źródłowy — original text to be translated
  • Russian: исхо́дный текст (isxódnyj tekst) — original text to be translated
  • Swedish: källtext — original text to be translated