oriental

See Oriental.

oriental (comparative more oriental, superlative most oriental)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Oriental.

• eastern

• occidental

• boreal
• austral
• chicken oriental

oriental (plural orientals)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Oriental.

• oriental bittersweet (Celastrum orbiculatum)

• 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.

• Tirolean, relation, taileron, tenorial

Borrowed from Latin orientālis.

• 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

oriental m or f (masculine and feminine plural orientals)

1. eastern

   Synonym: de l'est

• orientalisme
• orientalista
• orientalitzar

• orient
• Pirineus Orientals

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• “oriental”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “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.

Borrowed from Latin orientālis.

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

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

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

• → Turkish: oryantal

• “oriental”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• enrôlait, relation

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

oriental m or f (plural orientais)

1. eastern

   Antonym: occidental

• orientalismo
• orientalista
• orientalizar

• oriente

• “oriental”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Borrowed from Latin orientalis.

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

1. eastern

   Antonym: occidental

• orient

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

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

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.

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• orientalismo
• orientalista
• orientalizar
• orientalmente

oriental m or f by sense (plural orientais)

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

• Oriente

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

Borrowed from French oriental, Latin orientalis. Equivalent to orient +‎ -al.

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

1. eastern

   Antonym: occidental

• orientalism

Borrowed from Latin orientālis.

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

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

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?

• occidental
• meridional/sureño
• septentrional/norteño

oriental m or f by sense (plural orientales)

1. easterner

• “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], 10 December 2024