western

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English

Etymology

From Middle English westerne, from Old English westerne, from Proto-Germanic *westrōnijaz.

Morphologically west +‎ -ern.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈwɛstɚn/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɛstən/
• Rhymes: -ɛstə(ɹ)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.

Alternative forms

• Western

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Russian: ве́стерн (véstern)
  • → Kazakh: вестерн (vestern)
• → Serbo-Croatian: вестерн
• → Ukrainian: ве́стерн (véstern)

Translations

Noun

western (plural westerns)

2. (film) 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

   Coordinate term: northern

Derived terms

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 *westrōnijaz.

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): /ˈʋɛs.tərn/
• Hyphenation: wes‧tern

Noun

western m (plural westerns)

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

Derived terms

• westernfilm
• westernverhaal

Finnish

Etymology

< English western

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋestern/, [ˈʋe̞s̠te̞rn]
• Rhymes: -estern

Noun

western

1. western (film or other dramatic work set in American West)

   Synonyms: länkkäri, lännenfilmi

Declension

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English western.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɛs.tɛʁn/

Noun

western m (plural westerns)

1. western (film genre)

Further reading

• “western”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from English western.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛstɛrn]
• Hyphenation: west‧ern
• Rhymes: -ɛrn

Noun

western (plural westernek)

1. western (film genre)

Declension

References

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English western.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɛ.stern/
• Rhymes: -ɛstern
• Hyphenation: wè‧stern

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

Unadapted borrowing from English western.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɛs.tɛrn/
• Rhymes: -ɛstɛrn
• Syllabification: wes‧tern

Noun

western m inan (related adjective westernowy)

1. western (adventure film set in the Wild West in the 19th century)

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

• western in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• western in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• western in PWN's encyclopedia

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English western.

Noun

western n (plural westernuri)

1. western film

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English western.

Noun

western m (plural westerns)

1. Misspelling of wéstern.

Swedish

Alternative forms

• västern

Noun

western c

1. a western (movie)

Derived terms

• spaghettivästern (“spaghetti western”)

References

• western in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• western in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• western in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)