different between occidental vs septentrional

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

Borrowed from Latin septentri?n?lis, from septentri?n?s (“seven plow oxen”), a name for the constellations now known as Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, which appear in the northern sky.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?p?t?nt???n?l/

Adjective

septentrional (comparative more septentrional, superlative most septentrional)

1. (rare, literary) Pertaining to the north; northern.
   • 1901, George Gissing, By the Ionian Sea, chapter 9.

     Cow's milk could be obtained in very small quantities, but it was of evil flavour; butter, in the septentrional sense of the word, did not exist.

   • 1980, Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers

     Well, no, we are all septentrional here, all a bit cool. What is mother? Genova and the Alto Adige. Coolest of them all.

Synonyms

• boreal
• northern

Antonyms

• austral
• meridional

Related terms

• occidental
• oriental

Translations

Anagrams

• prosentential

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin septentri?n?lis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /s?p.t?n.t?i.o?nal/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /s?p.t?n.t?i.u?nal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /sep.ten.t?i.o?nal/

Adjective

septentrional (masculine and feminine plural septentrionals)

1. northern

Synonyms

• del nord

See also

(compass points) punt cardinal;

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin septentri?n?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?p.t??.t?i.j?.nal/
• Homophones: septentrionale, septentrionales

Adjective

septentrional (feminine singular septentrionale, masculine plural septentrionaux, feminine plural septentrionales)

1. northern (facing, situated in or related to the north); septentrional, boreal

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French septentrional, Latin septentri?n?lis.

Adjective

septentrional m or n (feminine singular septentrional?, masculine plural septentrionali, feminine and neuter plural septentrionale)

1. northern, septentrional

Declension

Synonyms

• nordic, boreal

Antonyms

• meridional, sudic, austral

Related terms

• septentrion

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin septentri?n?lis.

Adjective

septentrional (plural septentrionales)

1. northern

   Synonym: norteño

   Antonyms: meridional, sureño

Coordinate terms

• occidental
• oriental
• austral
• boreal
• norte