• an Original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made
• an Original model on which something is patterned
• not derived or copied or translated from something else; "the play is Original; not an adaptation"; "he kept the Original copy and gave her only a xerox"; "the translation misses much of the subtlety of the Original French"
• preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed; "the Original inhabitants of the Americas"; "the book still has its Original binding"; "restored the house to its Original condition"; "the Original performance of the opera"; "the Original
• being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of; "a truly Original approach"; "with Original music"; "an Original mind"
• (of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary; "his work is based on only Original, not secondary, sources"

'Original' in other languages