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Plural of original

regular plural

The plural of original is originals.

Forms of original

Singularoriginal /əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪ.nəl/
Pluraloriginals
Countablecountable

Originals in a sentence

  • Promontory's "last spike" ceremony was so significant to the USA's history that it is still regularly re-enacted today, using replica locomotives that nose up to each other just as the originals did.2025 November 12, Tony Streeter, “All around the world”, in RAIL, number 1048, page 42
  • Ahmad (1969) studied the personality differences among middle school girls identified as originals and unoriginals on the Minnesota's test of creative thinking.1975, The Educational Trends, volumes 10-14, page 59
  • He's now mostly doing originals and his own style of art called multiplism.2015 February 18, Marlon Wallace, “DVD Review - Victori: The Truth Just Can't Be One Thing”, in WBOC TV 16. From the entry multiplism
  • The Spanish capital has been renaming its subway stations with the new sponsors’ names overriding the originals.2013 June 4, John Walsh, “Transport: The Next Stop on ‘The Tube Sponsored by O2’ Is…”, in The Independent, London: Independent News &…. From the entry LOLtastic
  • Some woodwork and the plaster ceiling medallions have been duplicated to match the originals.2008 September 14, Bill Cunniff, “A stroll through OLD IRVING PARK”, in The Chicago Sun-Times. From the entry woodwork

Meaning of original

  1. adjective Relating to the origin or beginning; preceding all others.
  2. adjective First in a series of copies or versions.
  3. adjective Newly created.

Full definition of original

Questions about the plural of original

What is the plural of original?
The plural of original is originals.
Is original countable?
Original is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: original (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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