English Online Dictionary. What means oriental? What does oriental mean?
English
Etymology
See Oriental.
Adjective
oriental (comparative more oriental, superlative most oriental)
- Alternative letter-case form of Oriental
Synonyms
- eastern
Antonyms
- occidental
Related terms
- boreal
- austral
Noun
oriental (plural orientals)
- 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”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
- Tirolean, relation, taileron, tenorial
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin orientālis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [u.ɾi.ənˈtal]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [o.ɾi.ənˈtal]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [o.ɾi.enˈtal]
- Rhymes: -al
Adjective
oriental m or f (masculine and feminine plural orientals)
- 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, 2024
- “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 orientālis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ.ʁjɑ̃.tal/
- Homophones: orientale, orientales
Adjective
oriental (feminine orientale, masculine plural orientaux, feminine plural orientales)
- (relational) Far East
- (relational) the Orient; Asiatic
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Turkish: oryantal
Further reading
- “oriental”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- enrôlait, relation
Galician
Pronunciation
Adjective
oriental m or f (plural orientais)
- 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.
Pronunciation
Adjective
oriental m (feminine singular orientala, masculine plural orientals, feminine plural orientalas)
- eastern
- Antonym: occidental
Related terms
- orient
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin orientālis. By surface analysis, oriente + -al.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
- Hyphenation: o‧ri‧en‧tal
Adjective
oriental m or f (plural orientais)
- east; eastern (relating to or located in the east)
- Eastern; Oriental (relating to Asia and Asian culture)
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:oriental.
Derived terms
- orientalismo
- orientalista
- orientalizar
- orientalmente
Noun
oriental m or f by sense (plural orientais)
- native or inhabitant of Asia
- (Brazil, 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. Equivalent to orient + -al.
Adjective
oriental m or n (feminine singular orientală, masculine plural orientali, feminine and neuter plural orientale)
- eastern
- Antonym: occidental
Declension
Related terms
- orientalism
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin orientālis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oɾjenˈtal/ [o.ɾjẽn̪ˈt̪al]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: o‧rien‧tal
Adjective
oriental m or f (masculine and feminine plural orientales)
- eastern
- Antonym: occidental
- Oriental
- (dated, Argentina) Uruguayan
Derived terms
Related terms
See also
- occidental
- meridional/sureño
- septentrional/norteño
Noun
oriental m or f by sense (plural orientales)
- easterner
Further reading
- “oriental”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014