oriental

Etymology

See Oriental.

Adjective

oriental (comparative more oriental, superlative most oriental)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Oriental

Noun

oriental (plural orientals)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Oriental

References

• The Chambers Dictionary, Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 1998, published 2000, →ISBN Invalid 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

Anagrams

• Tirolean, relation, taileron, tenorial

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin orientalis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /o.ɾi.ənˈtal/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /u.ɾi.ənˈtal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /o.ɾi.enˈtal/
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

oriental (masculine and feminine plural orientals)

1. eastern

See also

Cardinal directions (punt cardinal):

NO N NE O E SO S SE

n-occ sept n-or occ or s-occ mer s-or

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin orientalis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.ʁjɑ̃.tal/
• Homophones: orientale, orientales

Adjective

oriental (feminine singular orientale, masculine plural orientaux, feminine plural orientales)

1. Eastern, of the east, of or relating to the Orient especially Asiatic, but most commonly to the Far East.

Further reading

• “oriental” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• enrôlait, relation

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin orientalis.

Adjective

oriental m, f (plural orientais, comparable)

1. east; eastern (relating to or located in the east)
2. Eastern; Oriental (relating to Asia and Asian culture)

Noun

oriental m, f (plural orientais)

1. someone from Asia
2. (historical) someone from Uruguay

Etymology

Borrowed from French oriental, Latin orientalis.

Adjective

oriental m, n (feminine singular orientală, masculine plural orientali, feminine and neuter plural orientale)

1. eastern

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin orientalis.

Adjective

oriental (plural orientales)

1. eastern

   Antonym: occidental

2. Oriental
3. (dated, Argentina) Uruguayan
   • 1975, Jorge Luis Borges, The Book of Sand, "The Other", p. 10:

     Señor, ¿usted es oriental o argentino?

     Sir, are you Uruguayan or Argentine?