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English

Etymology

See Oriental.

Adjective

oriental (comparative more oriental, superlative most oriental)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Oriental

Synonyms

• eastern

Antonyms

• occidental

Noun

oriental (plural orientals)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Oriental

Derived terms

• oriental bittersweet (Celastrum orbiculatum)

References

• 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 at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Tirolean, relation, taileron, tenorial

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin orientalis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /o.?i.?n?tal/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /u.?i.?n?tal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /o.?i.en?tal/
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

oriental (masculine and feminine plural orientals)

1. eastern

   Synonym: de l'est

Derived terms

• orientalisme
• orientalista
• orientalitzar

Related terms

• orient
• Pirineus Orientals

See also

(compass points) punt cardinal;

Further reading

• “oriental” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “oriental” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “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

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin orientalis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.?j??.tal/
• Homophones: orientale, orientales

Adjective

oriental (feminine singular orientale, masculine plural orientaux, feminine plural orientales)

1. Eastern, of the east, of or relating to the Orient especially Asiatic, but most commonly to the Far East.

Derived terms

Related terms

• orient

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• enrôlait, relation

Galician

Pronunciation

Adjective

oriental m or f (plural orientais)

1. eastern

   Antonym: occidental

Derived terms

• orientalismo
• orientalista
• orientalizar

Related terms

• oriente

Further reading

• “oriental” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin orientalis.

Adjective

oriental m (feminine singular orientala, masculine plural orientals, feminine plural orientalas)

1. eastern

   Antonym: occidental

Related terms

• orient

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin orientalis.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aw

Adjective

oriental m or f (plural orientais, comparable)

1. east; eastern (relating to or located in the east)
2. Eastern; Oriental (relating to Asia and Asian culture)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:oriental.

Derived terms

• orientalismo
• orientalista
• orientalizar

Noun

oriental m, f (plural orientais)

1. someone from Asia
2. (historical) someone from Uruguay

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:oriental.

Related terms

• Oriente

Further reading

• “oriental” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French oriental, Latin orientalis.

Adjective

oriental m or n (feminine singular oriental?, masculine plural orientali, feminine and neuter plural orientale)

1. eastern

Declension

Antonyms

• occidental

Related terms

• orient
• orientalism

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin orientalis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o?jen?tal/, [o.?j?n??t?al]
• Hyphenation: o?rien?tal

Adjective

oriental (plural orientales)

1. eastern

   Antonym: occidental

2. Oriental
3. (dated, Argentina) Uruguayan
   • 1975, Jorge Luis Borges, The Book of Sand, "The Other", p. 10:

     Señor, ¿usted es oriental o argentino?

     Sir, are you Uruguayan or Argentine?

Derived terms

Related terms

• oriente

See also

• occidental
• meridional/sureño
• septentrional/norteño

Noun

oriental m or f (plural orientales)

1. easterner

Further reading

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