oriental

See also: Oriental

English

Etymology

See Oriental.

Adjective

oriental (comparative more oriental, superlative most oriental)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Oriental

Synonyms

• eastern

Antonyms

• occidental

Related terms

• boreal
• austral
• chicken oriental

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”, 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): (Valencia) [o.ɾi.enˈtal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: o‧ri‧en‧tal

Adjective

oriental m or f (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: 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

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, 2025.
• “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)

1. (relational) Far East
2. (relational) the Orient; Asiatic

Derived terms

• orientaliser
• orientalisme
• orientaliste
• Timor oriental
• Turkestan oriental

Related terms

• nigelle orientale
• orient

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

• IPA^(key): /ɔɾjɛnˈtal/ [ɔ.ɾjɛn̪ˈt̪ɑɫ]
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: o‧rien‧tal

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 (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin orientalis.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Languedoc):

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Adjective

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

1. eastern

   Antonym: occidental

Related terms

• orient

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin orientālis. By surface analysis, oriente +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.ɾi.ẽˈtaw/ [o.ɾɪ.ẽˈtaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /o.ɾjẽˈtaw/ [o.ɾjẽˈtaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.ɾjẽˈtal/ [ɔ.ɾjẽˈtaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.ɾjẽˈtal/ [ɔ.ɾjẽˈtaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.ɾjẽˈta.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: o‧ri‧en‧tal

Adjective

oriental m or f (plural orientais)

1. east; eastern (relating to or located in the east)
2. Eastern; Oriental (relating to Asia and Asian culture)
   • 2014, Luísa F. Habigzang, Eva Diniz, Silvia H. Koller, Trabalhando com Adolescentes: Teoria e Intervenção Psicológica, AMGH Editora, →ISBN, page 125:

     Os otakus não só incorporam diversos termos japoneses a sua fala como também se inspiram e são influenciados por características orientais em outras atividades, como o cosplay.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• orientalismo
• orientalista
• orientalizar
• orientalmente

Noun

oriental m or f by sense (plural orientais)

1. native or inhabitant of Asia
2. (Brazil, historical) someone from Uruguay

Related terms

• Oriente

Further reading

• “oriental”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

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)

1. eastern

   Antonym: occidental

Declension

Declension of oriental

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	oriental		orientală		orientali	orientale
	definite	orientalul		orientala		orientalii	orientalele
genitive- dative	indefinite	oriental		orientale		orientali	orientale
	definite	orientalului		orientalei		orientalilor	orientalelor

Related terms

• orientalism

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin orientālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oɾjenˈtal/ [o.ɾjẽn̪ˈt̪al]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: o‧rien‧tal

Adjective

oriental m or f (masculine and feminine plural orientales)

1. eastern

   Antonym: occidental

2. Oriental
3. (dated, Argentina) Uruguayan
   • 1975, Jorge Luis Borges, “The Other”, in The Book of Sand, page 10:

     Señor, ¿usted es oriental o argentino?

     Sir, are you Uruguayan or Argentine?

Derived terms

• Asia Oriental
• Banda Oriental
• orientalismo
• orientalista
• orientalizar

Related terms

• oriente

See also

• occidental
• meridional/sureño
• septentrional/norteño

Noun

oriental m or f by sense (plural orientales)

1. easterner

Further reading

• “oriental”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10