oriental
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
See Oriental.
AdjectiveEdit
oriental (comparative more oriental, superlative most oriental)
- Alternative letter-case form of Oriental
SynonymsEdit
AntonymsEdit
Coordinate termsEdit
- Cardinal directions (punt cardinal):
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NounEdit
oriental (plural orientals)
- Alternative letter-case form of Oriental
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- 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 at OneLook Dictionary Search
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin orientālis.
PronunciationEdit
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /o.ɾi.ənˈtal/
- (Central) IPA(key): /u.ɾi.ənˈtal/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /o.ɾi.enˈtal/
- Rhymes: -al
AdjectiveEdit
oriental m or f (masculine and feminine plural orientals)
Derived termsEdit
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See alsoEdit
(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 readingEdit
- “oriental” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “oriental”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “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.
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin orientālis.
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /ɔ.ʁjɑ̃.tal/
- Homophones: orientale, orientales
AdjectiveEdit
oriental (feminine orientale, masculine plural orientaux, feminine plural orientales)
- (relational) Far East
- (relational) the Orient; Asiatic
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DescendantsEdit
- → Turkish: oryantal
Further readingEdit
- “oriental”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
AnagramsEdit
GalicianEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
oriental m or f (plural orientais)
- eastern
- Antonym: occidental
Derived termsEdit
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Further readingEdit
- “oriental” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
OccitanEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin orientalis.
PronunciationEdit
Audio (Languedocien) (file)
AdjectiveEdit
oriental m (feminine singular orientala, masculine plural orientals, feminine plural orientalas)
- eastern
- Antonym: occidental
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PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Learned borrowing from Latin orientālis. By surface analysis, oriente + -al.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
oriental m or f (plural orientais)
- east; eastern (relating to or located in the east)
- Eastern; Oriental (relating to Asia and Asian culture)
QuotationsEdit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:oriental.
Derived termsEdit
NounEdit
oriental m or f by sense (plural orientais)
- native or inhabitant of Asia
- (Brazil, historical) someone from Uruguay
QuotationsEdit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:oriental.
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “oriental” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French oriental, Latin orientalis. Equivalent to orient + -al.
AdjectiveEdit
oriental m or n (feminine singular orientală, masculine plural orientali, feminine and neuter plural orientale)
- eastern
- Antonym: occidental
DeclensionEdit
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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SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin orientālis.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
oriental (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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See alsoEdit
NounEdit
oriental m or f (plural orientales)
Further readingEdit
- “oriental”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014