Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

coöriginal

/ˌkoʊəˈɹɪd͡ʒənəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: coo-rig-i-nal
IPA: /ˌkoʊəˈɹɪd͡ʒənəl/

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Existing together ab initio; equiprimordial.

adj

Originating from the same point in space.

Example Sentences

"It would doubtless be out of place to enter here into any investigation in regard to the origin of our ideas; but I think it will be apparent, that the notion of continuity is coöriginal with that of personal identity, and therefore, antecedent to argumentation[.]"
"Others again deny the evidence of consciousness to the equipoise of the subject and object as coördinate and coöriginal elements; and as the balance is inclined in favor of the one relative or the other, two opposite schemes of psychology are determined."
"In operations on lines in space, it is convenient to substitute for some of the given lines other lines, equal, and therefore parallel, to the given ones, but passing through a point in space common to themselves and the other given lines; so that all the lines may be coöriginal."

Etymology

From co- + original.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: co

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌkoʊəˈɹɪd͡ʒənəl/
British English: /ˌkəʊəˈɹɪdʒənəl/

Inflected Forms

co-original (alternative) cooriginal (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce coöriginal?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌkoʊəˈɹɪd͡ʒənəl/.
What does coöriginal mean?: Existing together ab initio; equiprimordial.
Where does coöriginal come from?: From co- + original.

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