Origin

//ˈɒɹ.ɪ.d͡ʒɪn//

Synonyms for "origin" (144 found)

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Closest matches (29)

Strong matches (43)

Related words (72)

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11 relation types

More general

10 entries

Antonyms

2 entries

Synonyms

2 entries

Related terms

2 entries

dbpedia genre

2 entries

derived

15 entries

etymologically related_to

1 entries

has context

3 entries

is a

5 entries

related to

13 entries

similar

1 entries

Translations

268 translations across 82 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • oorsprong noun (beginning of something)

Albanian

2 entries
  • zanafillë noun (beginning of something)
  • zanafillë noun (ancestry)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἀρχή noun (beginning of something)

Arabic

4 entries
  • أصِل noun (ancestry)
  • اَصْل noun (ancestry)
  • مصدر noun (source of a river, information, goods, etc.)
  • منبع noun (source of a river, information, goods, etc.)

Aragonese

1 entries
  • orichen noun (beginning of something)

Armenian

1 entries
  • ծագում noun (ancestry)

Asturian

1 entries
  • orixe noun (beginning of something)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • koordinat başlanğıcı noun (point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect)

Basque

1 entries
  • jatorri noun (beginning of something)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • жарало́ noun (beginning of something)
  • крыні́ца noun (beginning of something)
  • пахаджэ́нне noun (ancestry)
  • пахо́джанне noun (beginning of something)

Bengali

1 entries
  • উৎপত্তিস্থল noun (source of a river, information, goods, etc.)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • и́звор noun (source of a river, information, goods, etc.)
  • и́зточник noun (source of a river, information, goods, etc.)
  • нача́ло noun (beginning of something)
  • нача́ло noun (point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect)

Catalan

2 entries
  • origen noun (beginning of something)
  • origen noun (source of a river, information, goods, etc.)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 來源 /来源 noun (ancestry)
  • 原點 /原点 noun (point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect)
  • 本源 noun (beginning of something)
  • 水源 noun (source of a river, information, goods, etc.)

Czech

4 entries
  • počátek noun (beginning of something)
  • počátek noun (source of a river, information, goods, etc.)
  • počátek noun (point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect)
  • pramen noun (source of a river, information, goods, etc.)

Danish

3 entries
  • herkomst noun (beginning of something)
  • oprindelse noun (beginning of something)
  • origo noun (point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect)

Dari

4 entries
  • آغاز noun (beginning of something)
  • اَصْل noun (beginning of something)
  • خَاسْتْگَاه noun (beginning of something)
  • مَنْبَع noun (beginning of something)

Dutch

4 entries
  • afkomst noun (ancestry)
  • herkomst noun (beginning of something)
  • herkomst noun (ancestry)
  • oorsprong noun (beginning of something)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries
  • 起源 noun (beginning of something)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • fonto noun (source of a river, information, goods, etc.)
  • origino noun (beginning of something)

Finnish

4 entries
  • alkuperä noun (beginning of something)
  • alkuperä noun (source of a river, information, goods, etc.)
  • lähteet noun (source of a river, information, goods, etc.)
  • nollapiste noun (point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect)

French

4 entries
  • origine noun (beginning of something)
  • origine noun (point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect)
  • origine noun (ancestry)
  • source noun (source of a river, information, goods, etc.)

Galician

1 entries
  • orixe noun (beginning of something)

Georgian

3 entries
  • საწყისი noun (beginning of something)
  • წარმომავლობა noun (ancestry)
  • წყარო noun (source of a river, information, goods, etc.)

German

4 entries
  • Anfang noun (beginning of something)
  • Entstehung noun (beginning of something)
  • Herkunft noun (ancestry)
  • Quelle noun (source of a river, information, goods, etc.)

Greek

4 entries
  • αρχή noun (beginning of something)
  • καταγωγή noun (ancestry)
  • πηγή noun (source of a river, information, goods, etc.)
  • προέλευση noun (beginning of something)

Haitian Creole

2 entries
  • orijin noun (beginning of something)
  • sous noun (source of a river, information, goods, etc.)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • מָקוֹר noun (beginning of something)
  • מָקוֹר noun (source of a river, information, goods, etc.)
  • מוֹצָא noun (beginning of something)
  • מוֹצָא noun (ancestry)

Higaonon

1 entries
  • poonan noun (beginning of something)

Hindi

4 entries
  • आरंभ noun (beginning of something)
  • उद्गम noun (beginning of something)
  • उद्गम noun (source of a river, information, goods, etc.)
  • प्रारंभ noun (beginning of something)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • eredet noun (beginning of something)
  • forrás noun (source of a river, information, goods, etc.)
  • kezdet noun (beginning of something)
  • kezdőpont noun (beginning of something)

Indonesian

4 entries
  • asal noun (source of a river, information, goods, etc.)
  • asal noun (ancestry)
  • asal-usul noun (beginning of something)
  • origo noun (point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect)

Ingrian

2 entries
  • alkuperä noun (beginning of something)
  • alkutulo noun (beginning of something)

Iranian Persian

4 entries
  • آغاز noun (beginning of something)
  • اَصْل noun (beginning of something)
  • خاسْتْگاه noun (beginning of something)
  • مَنْبَع noun (beginning of something)

Irish

4 entries
  • bunphointe noun (point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect)
  • bunús noun (beginning of something)
  • bunús noun (ancestry)
  • foinse noun (beginning of something)

Italian

2 entries
  • origine noun (beginning of something)
  • origini noun (ancestry)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 原初 noun (beginning of something)
  • 原因 noun (beginning of something)
  • 原点 noun (point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect)
  • 起源 noun (beginning of something)

Javanese

1 entries
  • asal noun (beginning of something)

Khmer

1 entries
  • កំណើត noun (beginning of something)

Kilivila

1 entries
  • uula noun (beginning of something)

Korean

2 entries
  • 기원 noun (beginning of something)
  • 원인 noun (beginning of something)

Lao

1 entries
  • ກຳເນີດ noun (beginning of something)

Latin

3 entries
  • orīgō noun (beginning of something)
  • prīmōrdium noun (beginning of something)
  • prī̆ncipium noun (beginning of something)

Latvian

1 entries
  • cilme noun (beginning of something)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • kilmė noun (beginning of something)

Lower Sorbian

2 entries
  • póchad noun (beginning of something)
  • póchad noun (ancestry)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • потекло noun (beginning of something)
  • потекло noun (ancestry)
  • почеток noun (beginning of something)

Malay

1 entries
  • asal noun (beginning of something)

Malayalam

3 entries
  • ഉത്ഭവം noun (beginning of something)
  • ഉത്ഭവം noun (source of a river, information, goods, etc.)
  • ഉറവിടം noun (source of a river, information, goods, etc.)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • гарал noun (beginning of something)
  • гарал noun (ancestry)

Māori

1 entries
  • takenga noun (source of a river, information, goods, etc.)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • origo noun (point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • opphav noun (beginning of something)
  • opprinnelse noun (beginning of something)
  • utgangspunkt noun (beginning of something)
  • utspring noun (beginning of something)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries
  • opphav noun (beginning of something)
  • utgangspunkt noun (beginning of something)
  • utspring noun (beginning of something)
  • utspring noun (source of a river, information, goods, etc.)

Occitan

1 entries
  • origina noun (beginning of something)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • مایه noun (beginning of something)

Paicî

1 entries
  • mäjoro noun (beginning of something)

Plautdietsch

2 entries
  • Aunfank noun (beginning of something)
  • Häakunft noun (beginning of something)

Polish

3 entries
  • pochodzenie noun (beginning of something)
  • pochodzenie noun (ancestry)
  • początek noun (beginning of something)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • (de um rio) nascente noun (source of a river, information, goods, etc.)
  • começo noun (beginning of something)
  • origem noun (beginning of something)
  • origem noun (source of a river, information, goods, etc.)

Romagnol

2 entries
  • radìșa noun (beginning of something)
  • ràdga noun (beginning of something)

Romanian

2 entries
  • origine noun (beginning of something)
  • origină noun (beginning of something)

Russian

4 entries
  • исто́к noun (source of a river, information, goods, etc.)
  • исто́чник noun (beginning of something)
  • исто́чник noun (source of a river, information, goods, etc.)
  • нача́ло noun (beginning of something)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • podrijétlo noun (ancestry)
  • porijéklo noun (ancestry)
  • počétak noun (beginning of something)
  • vrȅlo noun (source of a river, information, goods, etc.)

Sicilian

2 entries
  • uriggina noun (beginning of something)
  • urìggina noun (beginning of something)

Sikkimese

1 entries
  • ཁུང noun (source of a river, information, goods, etc.)

Slovak

3 entries
  • pôvod noun (ancestry)
  • vznik noun (beginning of something)
  • začiatok noun (beginning of something)

Slovene

4 entries
  • izvir noun (ancestry)
  • izvor noun (source of a river, information, goods, etc.)
  • poreklo noun (beginning of something)
  • poreklo noun (ancestry)

Spanish

3 entries
  • origen noun (beginning of something)
  • origen noun (source of a river, information, goods, etc.)
  • origen noun (ancestry)

Swedish

4 entries
  • härkomst noun (ancestry)
  • källa noun (source of a river, information, goods, etc.)
  • origo noun (point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect)
  • upprinnelse noun (beginning of something)

Tagalog

4 entries
  • kasimulan noun (source of a river, information, goods, etc.)
  • mulaan noun (point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect)
  • mulâ noun (beginning of something)
  • pasimulâ noun (beginning of something)

Tarifit

2 entries
  • aẓwar noun (beginning of something)
  • aẓwar noun (ancestry)

Tausug

1 entries
  • pun noun (beginning of something)

Thai

1 entries
  • กำเนิด noun (beginning of something)

Turkish

4 entries
  • başlangıç noun (beginning of something)
  • kaynak noun (beginning of something)
  • kaynak noun (source of a river, information, goods, etc.)
  • köken noun (beginning of something)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • джерело́ noun (beginning of something)
  • крини́ця noun (beginning of something)
  • похо́дження noun (beginning of something)
  • похо́дження noun (ancestry)

Urdu

3 entries
  • آغاز noun (beginning of something)
  • اَصْل noun (beginning of something)
  • جَذْر noun (beginning of something)

Venetan

1 entries
  • orixene noun (beginning of something)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • nguồn gốc noun (beginning of something)

Volapük

1 entries
  • rig noun (beginning of something)

Yakut

1 entries
  • төрүт noun (beginning of something)

Zulu

3 entries
  • indabuko noun (source of a river, information, goods, etc.)
  • umdabu noun (source of a river, information, goods, etc.)
  • umsuka noun (beginning of something)

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

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The origin of the fire is unknown.

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What is the origin of the universe?

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The origin of the universe will probably never be explained.

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Whatever the origin is, Valentine's Day has had a long and romantic history.

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