See also: Occidental

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle French occidental, from Latin occidentalis.

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  • IPA(key): /ˌɒk.səˈdɛn.təl/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛntəl

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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.]

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Noun

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occidental (plural occidentals)

  1. A Western Christian of the Latin rite
    • 1921, George Weidman Groff, The Lychee and Lungan[1], Canton, page i:
      Most occidentals resident in South China have joined the Chinese in their zealous enthusiasm for the lychee.

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Catalan

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Borrowed from Latin occidentālis.

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occidental m or f (masculine and feminine plural occidentals)

  1. western
    Synonyms: de l'oest, ponentí
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compass points: punts cardinals:  [edit]

nord-oest
nord-occidental
nord
septentrional
nord-est
nord-oriental
oest
occidental
  est
oriental
sud-oest
sud-occidental
sud
meridional
sud-est
sud-oriental

French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin occidentālis.

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occidental (feminine occidentale, masculine plural occidentaux, feminine plural occidentales)

  1. (relational) of the West; Western
  2. western

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (standard) /ɔkθidɛnˈtal/ [ɔk.θi.ð̞ɛn̪ˈt̪ɑɫ]
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /ɔksidɛnˈtal/ [ɔk.si.ð̞ɛn̪ˈt̪ɑɫ]

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /ɔkθidenˈtal/ [ɔk.θi.ð̞en̪ˈt̪ɑɫ]
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /ɔksidenˈtal/ [ɔk.si.ð̞en̪ˈt̪ɑɫ]

  • Rhymes: -al
  • Hyphenation: oc‧ci‧den‧tal

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occidental m or f (plural occidentais)

  1. western

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occidental m or f by sense (plural occidentais)

  1. westerner

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Portuguese

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occidental m or f (plural occidentais)

  1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of ocidental.

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French occidental, Latin occidentalis. Equivalent to occident +‎ -al.

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occidental m or n (feminine singular occidentală, masculine plural occidentali, feminine and neuter plural occidentale)

  1. western
    Antonym: oriental

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Declension of occidental
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite occidental occidentală occidentali occidentale
definite occidentalul occidentala occidentalii occidentalele
genitive-
dative
indefinite occidental occidentale occidentali occidentale
definite occidentalului occidentalei occidentalilor occidentalelor

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin occidentālis.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /oɡθidenˈtal/ [oɣ̞.θi.ð̞ẽn̪ˈt̪al]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /oɡsidenˈtal/ [oɣ̞.si.ð̞ẽn̪ˈt̪al]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: oc‧ci‧den‧tal

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occidental m or f (masculine and feminine plural occidentales)

  1. western
    Synonym: poniente
    Antonym: oriental

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Noun

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occidental m or f by sense (plural occidentales)

  1. westerner

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