different between occidental vs occident

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French occidental, from Latin occidentalis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??k.s??d?n.t?l/

Adjective

occidental (comparative more occidental, superlative most occidental)

1. Of, pertaining to, or situated in, the occident, or west; western. [from 16th c.]

   occidental climates, or customs; an occidental planet.

2. Of a gem or precious stone: of inferior value or quality. [from 18th c.]

Synonyms

• western

Antonyms

• (western): oriental

Derived terms

• occidentalism
• occidentalist

Related terms

• Occident

Translations

Noun

occidental (plural occidentals)

1. A Western Christian of the Latin rite

   • Most occidentals resident in South China have joined the Chinese in their zealous enthusiasm for the lychee.

See also

• oriental
• boreal
• austral

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin occident?lis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ok.si.d?n?tal/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /uk.si.d?n?tal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ok.si.den?tal/
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

occidental (masculine and feminine plural occidentals)

1. western

Synonyms

• de l'oest
• ponentí

Related terms

• occident

See also

(compass points) punt cardinal;

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin occidentalis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k.si.d??.tal/
• Homophones: occidentale, occidentes

Adjective

occidental (feminine singular occidentale, masculine plural occidentaux, feminine plural occidentales)

1. Of, pertaining to, or situated in, the occident, or west; western

Derived terms

• Sahara occidental

Related terms

• Occidental (noun for Westerner)
• occident
• occidentalisation
• occidentaliser

Further reading

• “occidental” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Pronunciation

Adjective

occidental m or f (plural occidentais)

1. western

Portuguese

Adjective

occidental m or f (plural occidentais, comparable)

1. Obsolete spelling of ocidental (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French occidental, Latin occidentalis.

Adjective

occidental m or n (feminine singular occidental?, masculine plural occidentali, feminine and neuter plural occidentale)

1. western

Declension

Antonyms

• oriental

Related terms

• occident

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin occidentalis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /o??iden?tal/, [o??.?i.ð??n??t?al]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /o?siden?tal/, [o??.si.ð??n??t?al]
• Hyphenation: oc?ci?den?tal

Adjective

occidental (plural occidentales)

1. western

   Antonym: oriental

Derived terms

• antioccidental
• Virginia Occidental

Related terms

• occidente

Coordinate terms

• oriental
• meridional, sureño
• septentrional, norteño

Noun

occidental m or f (plural occidentales)

1. westerner

Further reading

• “occidental” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From Middle English occident, from Old French occident, from Latin occidentem (“western sky, part of the sky in which the sun sets”), from occido (“go down, set”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??ks?d?nt/

Noun

occident

1. The part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west.
2. The Western world; the part of the world excluding Asia

Antonyms

• orient

Derived terms

• occidental

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• incocted

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin occidens, occidentem.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ok.si?dent/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /uk.si?den/

Noun

occident m (plural occidents)

1. west

Synonyms

• ponent, oest

Antonyms

• orient

French

Etymology

From Old French, borrowed from Latin occid?ns, occid?ntem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k.si.d??/

Noun

occident m (plural occidents)

1. west (compass point)
2. Alternative letter-case form of Occident

Synonyms

• ponant, ouest

Antonyms

• orient

Derived terms

• occidental

Further reading

• “occident” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Etymology 1

Form of the verb occid?.

Verb

occident

1. third-person plural future active indicative of occid?

Etymology 2

Form of the verb occ?d?.

Verb

occ?dent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of occ?d?

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin occidens, occidentem.

Noun

occident m (nominative singular occidenz or occidentz)

1. the west

Antonyms

• oriant

Related terms

• occidental, occidentel

Descendants

• ? Middle English: occident
  • English: occident, Occident
• French: occident

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French occident, Latin occidens, occidentem.

Noun

occident n (uncountable)

1. west, Occident

Synonyms

• vest (standard), apus (somewhat uncommon today)

Related terms

• occidental