oriental
See also: Oriental
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]See Oriental.
Adjective
[edit]oriental (comparative more oriental, superlative most oriental)
- Alternative letter-case form of Oriental.
Synonyms
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[edit]Noun
[edit]oriental (plural orientals)
- Alternative letter-case form of Oriental.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- The Chambers Dictionary, Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 1998, published 2000, →ISBN
- The Oxford Illustrated Dictionary, Great Britain: Oxford University Press, 1975, published 1976
- Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English, London: Oxford University Press, 1974, published 1974, →ISBN
- “oriental”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
[edit]Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin orientālis.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Central) [u.ɾi.ənˈtal]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [o.ɾi.ənˈtal]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [o.ɾi.enˈtal]
Audio (Barcelona): (file) - Rhymes: -al
- Hyphenation: o‧ri‧en‧tal
Adjective
[edit]oriental m or f (masculine and feminine plural orientals)
Derived terms
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[edit]See also
[edit]compass points: punts cardinals: [edit]
| nord-oest nord-occidental |
nord septentrional |
nord-est nord-oriental |
| oest occidental |
|
est oriental |
| sud-oest sud-occidental |
sud meridional |
sud-est sud-oriental |
Further reading
[edit]- “oriental”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “oriental”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
- “oriental” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “oriental” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin orientālis.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ɔ.ʁjɑ̃.tal/
Audio (France (Somain)): (file) - Homophones: orientale, orientales
Adjective
[edit]oriental (feminine orientale, masculine plural orientaux, feminine plural orientales)
- (relational) Far East
- (relational) the Orient; Asiatic
Derived terms
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[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Turkish: oryantal
Further reading
[edit]- “oriental”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Anagrams
[edit]Galician
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]oriental m or f (plural orientais)
- eastern
- Antonym: occidental
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “oriental”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Dutch oriëntaal (“Oriental”), from Latin orientālis.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /oriˈɛntal/ [o.riˈɛn̪.t̪al]
- Rhymes: -ɛntal
- Syllabification: o‧ri‧en‧tal
Adjective
[edit]oriental (comparative lebih oriental, superlative paling oriental)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “oriental”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Occitan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin orientalis.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]oriental m (feminine singular orientala, masculine plural orientals, feminine plural orientalas)
- eastern
- Antonym: occidental
Related terms
[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin orientālis. By surface analysis, oriente + -al.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
[edit]oriental m or f (plural orientais)
- east; eastern (relating to or located in the east)
- Eastern; Oriental (relating to Asia and Asian culture)
- 2014, Luísa F. Habigzang, Eva Diniz, Silvia H. Koller, Trabalhando com Adolescentes: Teoria e Intervenção Psicológica, AMGH Editora, →ISBN, page 125:
- Os otakus não só incorporam diversos termos japoneses a sua fala como também se inspiram e são influenciados por características orientais em outras atividades, como o cosplay.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]oriental m or f by sense (plural orientais)
- native or inhabitant of Asia
- (Brazil, historical) someone from Uruguay
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “oriental”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “oriental”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French oriental, Latin orientalis. Equivalent to orient + -al.
Adjective
[edit]oriental m or n (feminine singular orientală, masculine plural orientali, feminine/neuter plural orientale)
- eastern
- Antonym: occidental
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | oriental | orientală | orientali | orientale | |||
| definite | orientalul | orientala | orientalii | orientalele | ||||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | oriental | orientale | orientali | orientale | |||
| definite | orientalului | orientalei | orientalilor | orientalelor | ||||
Related terms
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin orientālis.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /oɾjenˈtal/ [o.ɾjẽn̪ˈt̪al]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: o‧rien‧tal
Adjective
[edit]oriental m or f (masculine and feminine plural orientales)
- eastern
- Antonym: occidental
- 2021 April 26, John Malathronas, “¿Cuáles son los idiomas más fáciles (y difíciles) de aprender para los hablantes nativos de inglés?”, in CNN en Español[1]:
- Del mismo modo, el suajili evolucionó como lengua comercial en África oriental y se describe como un vocabulario árabe sobre una gramática africana.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2022 August 21, Tim Lister, Josh Pennington, “ANÁLISIS | ¿Quién es Alexander Dugin, el sumo sacerdote de una rama virulenta del nacionalismo ruso?”, in CNN en Español[2]:
- En el mundo de Dugin, el destino de Rusia “no estará completo hasta que unamos a todos los eslavos orientales y a todos los hermanos euroasiáticos en un gran espacio. Todo se deriva de esta lógica del destino, al igual que Ucrania”.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Oriental
- (dated, Argentina) Uruguayan
- 1975, Jorge Luis Borges, “The Other”, in The Book of Sand, page 10:
- Señor, ¿usted es oriental o argentino?
- Sir, are you Uruguayan or Argentine?
Derived terms
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[edit]See also
[edit]Noun
[edit]oriental m or f by sense (plural orientales)
Further reading
[edit]- “oriental”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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