western

See also Western

English

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• Rhymes: -ɛstə(r)n

Adjective

western (not comparable)

1. Of, facing, situated in, or related to the west
   • the western approaches
2. (of a wind) blowing from the west; westerly
3. occidental

Derived terms

• westerner

Translations

pertaining to the west

Albanian: perëndimor (sq) Armenian: արևմտյան (hy) (arevmtyan) Catalan: occidental (ca) Dutch: westers (nl) Finnish: länsi- (fi), läntinen (fi) Norwegian: vestlig (no) Polish: zachodni m.

Romanian: vestic (ro) m. and n., occidental (ro) m. and n., apusean (ro) m. and n. Russian: западный (ru) (západnyj) Scottish Gaelic: siar (gd), an iar (gd) Spanish: occidental (es) Telugu: పడమటి (paDamaTi) Volapük: vesüdik (vo) Welsh: gorllewinol (cy)

blowing from the west

Armenian: արևմտյան (hy) (arevmtyan) Dutch: westelijk (nl) Finnish: länsi- (fi), läntinen (fi)

Norwegian: vestlig (no) Polish: zachodni m. Russian: западный (ru) (západnyj) m.

Noun

western (plural westerns)

1. A film, or some other dramatic work, set in, the historic American West (west of the Mississippi river) typically focusing on a cowboys vs. Indians conflict (real or imaginary).

Translations

a film

Arabic: وسترن (ar) (wéstarn) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 西部片 (cmn) (xībùpiàn) Finnish: lännenfilmi (fi) French: western (fr) m. German: Western (de) m. Irish: iartharán (ga) m.

Italian: western (it) m. Japanese: 西部劇 (ja) (せいぶげき, seibugeki), ウェスタン (ja) (wesutan) Norwegian: western (no) m. Polish: western (pl) m. Russian: вестерн (ru) (véstern) m. Spanish: western (es) m.

See also

• northern
• eastern
• southern

• north-eastern
• south-eastern
• south-western
• north-western

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French

Etymology

From English

Noun

western m. (plural westerns)

1. western (film genre)

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Italian

Etymology

From English

Noun

western m. inv.

1. western (film genre)

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Norwegian

Etymology

From English.

Noun

western m.

1. western

Inflection

    Inflection of western

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål m	western	westernen	westerner	westernene
Nynorsk m	western	westernen	westernar	westernane

Synonyms

• westernfilm

Derived terms

• spagettiwestern

Related terms

• country and western

References

• “western” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.
• “western” in The Ordnett Dictionary

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈwɛstɛrn/

Noun

western m.

1. western

Declension

    declension of western

	singular	plural
nominative	western	westerny
genitive	westernu	westernów
dative	westernowi	westernom
accusative	western	westerny
instrumental	westernem	westernami
locative	westernie	westernach
vocative	westernie	westerny