oriental
English edit
Etymology edit
See Oriental.
Adjective edit
oriental (comparative more oriental, superlative most oriental)
- Alternative letter-case form of Oriental
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Noun edit
oriental (plural orientals)
- Alternative letter-case form of Oriental
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References edit
- 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 edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin orientālis.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [u.ɾi.ənˈtal]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [o.ɾi.ənˈtal]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [o.ɾi.enˈtal]
- Rhymes: -al
Adjective edit
oriental m or f (masculine and feminine plural orientals)
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(compass points) punt cardinal;
nord-oest (n-occ) |
nord (sept) |
nord-est (n-or) |
oest (occ) |
est (or) | |
sud-oest (s-occ) |
sud (mer) |
sud-est (s-or) |
Further reading edit
- “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 edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin orientālis.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ɔ.ʁjɑ̃.tal/
- Homophones: orientale, orientales
Adjective edit
oriental (feminine orientale, masculine plural orientaux, feminine plural orientales)
- (relational) Far East
- (relational) the Orient; Asiatic
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Descendants edit
- → Turkish: oryantal
Further reading edit
- “oriental”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Galician edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
oriental m or f (plural orientais)
- eastern
- Antonym: occidental
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Further reading edit
- “oriental” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Occitan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin orientalis.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Languedocien) (file)
Adjective edit
oriental m (feminine singular orientala, masculine plural orientals, feminine plural orientalas)
- eastern
- Antonym: occidental
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Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin orientālis. By surface analysis, oriente + -al.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
oriental m or f (plural orientais)
- east; eastern (relating to or located in the east)
- Eastern; Oriental (relating to Asia and Asian culture)
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:oriental.
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Noun edit
oriental m or f by sense (plural orientais)
- native or inhabitant of Asia
- (Brazil, historical) someone from Uruguay
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:oriental.
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Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French oriental, Latin orientalis. Equivalent to orient + -al.
Adjective edit
oriental m or n (feminine singular orientală, masculine plural orientali, feminine and neuter plural orientale)
- eastern
- Antonym: occidental
Declension edit
singular | plural | ||||||
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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 |
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin orientālis.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /oɾjenˈtal/ [o.ɾjẽn̪ˈt̪al]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: o‧rien‧tal
Adjective edit
oriental m or f (masculine and feminine plural orientales)
- eastern
- Antonym: occidental
- Oriental
- (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?
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Noun edit
oriental m or f by sense (plural orientales)
Further reading edit
- “oriental”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014