occidental

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French occidental, from Latin occidentalis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɒk.səˈdɛn.təl/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛntəl

Adjective

occidental (comparative more occidental, superlative most occidental)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or situated in, the occident, or west; western.
    occidental climates, or customs; an occidental planet.
  2. Of a gem or precious stone: of inferior value or quality.

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Noun

occidental (plural occidentals)

  1. A Western Christian of the Latin rite
    • 1921, George Weidman Groff, The Lychee and Lungan‎, Canton, page i:
      Most occidentals resident in South China have joined the Chinese in their zealous enthusiasm for the lychee.

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin occidentālis.

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Adjective

occidental m or f (masculine and feminine plural occidentals)

  1. western
    Synonyms: de l'oest, ponentí

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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)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin occidentālis.

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occidental (feminine occidentale, masculine plural occidentaux, feminine plural occidentales)

  1. (relational) of the West; Western
  2. western

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Galician

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Adjective

occidental m or f (plural occidentais)

  1. western

Portuguese

Adjective

occidental m or f (plural occidentais)

  1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of ocidental.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French occidental, Latin occidentalis. Equivalent to occident +‎ -al.

Adjective

occidental m or n (feminine singular occidentală, masculine plural occidentali, feminine and neuter plural occidentale)

  1. western
    Antonym: oriental

Declension

Declension of occidental
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite occidental occidentală occidentali occidentale
definite occidentalul occidentala occidentalii occidentalele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite occidental occidentale occidentali occidentale
definite occidentalului occidentalei occidentalilor occidentalelor

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin occidentālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /oɡθidenˈtal/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /oɡsidenˈtal/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: oc‧ci‧den‧tal

Adjective

occidental m or f (masculine and feminine plural occidentales)

  1. western
    Synonym: poniente
    Antonym: oriental

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Noun

occidental m or f by sense (plural occidentales)

  1. westerner

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