different between orient vs occidental

English

Etymology

The noun is derived from Middle English orient, oriente, oryent, oryente, oryentte (“the east direction; eastern horizon or sky; eastern regions of the world, Asia, Orient; eastern edge of the world”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman orient, oriente, and Old French orient (“east direction; Asia, Orient”) (modern French orient), or directly from its etymon Latin ori?ns (“the east; daybreak, dawn; sunrise; (participle) rising; appearing; originating”), present active participle of orior (“to get up, rise; to appear, become visible; to be born, come to exist, originate”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?er- (“to move, stir; to rise, spring”).

The adjective is derived from Middle English orient (“eastern; from Asia or the Orient; brilliant, shining (characteristic of jewels from the Orient)”), from Middle English orient (noun); see above.

The verb is derived from French orienter (“to orientate; to guide; to set to north”) from French orient (noun) (see above) + -er (suffix forming infinitives of first-conjugation verbs).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???.??.?nt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??.?i.?nt/, /??.??-/
• Hyphenation: or?i?ent

Proper noun

orient

1. Usually preceded by the: alternative letter-case form of Orient (“a region or a part of the world to the east of a certain place; countries of Asia, the East (especially East Asia)”) [from 14th c.]

   Antonym: occident

Noun

orient (plural orients)

1. The part of the horizon where the sun first appears in the morning; the east.
2. (obsolete) A pearl originating from the Indian region, reputed to be of great brilliance; (by extension) any pearl of particular beauty and value. [19th c.]
3. (by extension) The brilliance or colour of a high-quality pearl.

Adjective

orient (not comparable)

1. (dated, poetic, also figuratively) Rising, like the morning sun.
2. (dated, poetic) Of the colour of the sky at daybreak; bright red.

   Synonym: Orient red

3. (obsolete except poetic) Of, facing, or located in the east; eastern, oriental.

   Antonym: occidental
4. (obsolete except poetic) Of a pearl or other gem: of great brilliance and value; (by extension) bright, lustrous.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:shining

Verb

orient (third-person singular simple present orients, present participle orienting, simple past and past participle oriented) (commonly US)

1. (transitive) To build or place (something) so as to face eastward.
2. (transitive, by extension) To align or place (a person or object) so that his, her, or its east side, north side, etc., is positioned toward the corresponding points of the compass; (specifically, surveying) to rotate (a map attached to a plane table) until the line of direction between any two of its points is parallel to the corresponding direction in nature.

   Synonym: (commonly Britain) orientate
3. (transitive) To direct towards or point at a particular direction.

   Synonym: (commonly Britain) orientate
4. (transitive, reflexive) To determine which direction one is facing.
5. (transitive, often reflexive, figuratively) To familiarize (oneself or someone) with a circumstance or situation.

   Synonym: (commonly Britain) orientate

   Antonyms: disorient, disorientate
6. (transitive, figuratively) To set the focus of (something) so as to appeal or relate to a certain group.
7. (intransitive) To change direction to face a certain way.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

References

Further reading

• Orient on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Ireton, iteron, norite, retino-, tonier, trione

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin oriens, orientem.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /o.?i?ent/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /u.?i?en/

Noun

orient m (plural orients)

1. Orient
2. east

   Synonym: est

   Antonyms: occident, oest

Derived terms

• Orient Mitjà
• orientar

Related terms

• oriental

Further reading

• “orient” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “orient” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “orient” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “orient” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Old French

Noun

orient m (nominative singular orienz or orientz)

1. Alternative form of oriant

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French orient, Latin oriens, orientem.

Noun

orient n (uncountable)

1. east, Orient

Synonyms

• est (standard), r?s?rit (somewhat uncommon today)

Related terms

• oriental

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.