ocidental
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- occidental (obsolete)
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin occidentālis (“western”), from occidēns (“west”), occidō (“fall down; pass away”). By surface analysis, ocidente + -al.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /o.si.dẽˈtaw/ [o.si.dẽˈtaʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔ.si.dẽˈtal/ [ɔ.si.ðẽˈtaɫ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔ.si.dẽˈta.li/ [ɔ.si.ðẽˈta.li]
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
- Hyphenation: o‧ci‧den‧tal
Adjective
ocidental m or f (plural ocidentais)
- west; western (of, facing, situated in, or related to the west)
- Synonym: oeste
- Western (pertaining to the West)
Derived terms
- ocidentalidade
- ocidentalismo
- ocidentalista
- ocidentalização
- ocidentalizado
- ocidentalizante
- ocidentalizar
- ocidentalmente
Noun
ocidental m or f by sense (plural ocidentais)
- someone who was born in the western world