different between western vs occidental

English

Etymology

From Old English westerne, from Proto-Germanic *westr?nijaz.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?w?st?n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?w?st?n/
• Rhymes: -?st?(?)n
• Hyphenation: west?ern

Adjective

western (not comparable)

1. Of, facing, situated in, or related to the west.

2. (of a wind) Blowing from the west; westerly.
3. Occidental.

   • Japanese is traditionally written downwards (tategaki) and you begin reading from the top right of a page. This means that books are opened from what we would consider to be the back. Nowadays, however, books, newspapers and magazines are often written western style, in horizontal lines (yokogaki) from left to right and, in these cases, the book is opened from our (western) understanding of the front.

Derived terms

• Western Cape
• westerner
• Western Norway
• western spindalis (Spindalis zena)

Translations

Alternative forms

• Western

Noun

western (plural westerns)

1. A film, or some other dramatic work, set in, the historic (c. 1850-1910) American West (west of the Mississippi river) focusing on conflict between whites and Indians, lawmen and outlaws, ranchers and farmers, or industry (railroads, mining) and agriculture.

Synonyms

• horse opera
• oater

Translations

See also

• northern
• eastern
• southern

• north-eastern
• south-eastern
• south-western
• north-western

Anagrams

• enstrew

Cebuano

Etymology

From English western, from Old English westerne, from Proto-Germanic *westr?nijaz.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: wes?tern

Noun

western

1. (film) a western

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:western.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English western.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???s.t?rn/
• Hyphenation: wes?tern

Noun

western m (plural westerns)

1. western (work set in the Old West) [from early 20th c.]

Derived terms

• westernfilm
• westernverhaal

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English western.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w?s.t??n/

Noun

western m (plural westerns)

1. western (film genre)

Further reading

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

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from English western.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?v?st?rn]
• Hyphenation: west?ern
• Rhymes: -?rn

Noun

western (plural westernek)

1. western (film genre)

Declension

References

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English western.

Noun

western m (invariable)

1. western (film genre)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from English western.

Noun

western m (definite singular westernen, indefinite plural westerner, definite plural westernene)

1. a western (film or movie, novel)

Derived terms

• spagettiwestern
• westernfilm

See also

• country and western

References

• “western” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “western” in The Ordnett Dictionary

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from English western.

Noun

western m (definite singular westernen, indefinite plural westernar, definite plural westernane)

1. a western (film or movie, novel)

Derived terms

• spagettiwestern
• westernfilm

See also

• country and western

References

• “western” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English western.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?w?.st?rn/

Noun

western m inan

1. western

Declension

Romanian

Etymology

From English western.

Noun

western n (plural westernuri)

1. western film

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English western.

Noun

western m (plural westerns)

1. western (film)

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.