Polyglot Dictionary

origen

/oˈɾixen/

el noun B1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
los orígenes

Meaning

  1. origin

    • ¿Cuál es el origen de esta palabra?

      What is the origin of this word?

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

procedencia

procedencia is more about where something comes from, its geographic or documentary source; origen is more general — both mean "origin."

Similar in other languages

French

origine

origine is the French word for the same thing — both mean "origin."

Portuguese

origem

origem is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "origin."

Practice

1 What does origen mean?

2 Fill the gap: ¿Cuál es el ___ de esta palabra?

3 Which fingerprint chart matches origen?

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