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English

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Etymology

From Middle English westerne, from Old English westerne, from Proto-Germanic *westrōnijaz.

Morphologically west +‎ -ern.

Pronunciation

Adjective

western (not comparable)

  1. Of, facing, situated in, or related to the west.
    the western approaches
    • 1918, W B Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
      Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, [] , down the nave to the western door. [] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.
  2. (of a wind) Blowing from the west; westerly.
  3. Occidental.
    • 2008, Helen Gilhooly, chapter 1, in Complete Japanese, →ISBN, page 31:
      Japanese is traditionally written downwards (tategaki) and you begin reading from the top right of a page. This means that books are opened from what we would consider to be the back. Nowadays, however, books, newspapers and magazines are often written western style, in horizontal lines (yokogaki) from left to right and, in these cases, the book is opened from our (western) understanding of the front.

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Noun

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western (plural westerns)

  1. (film) A film, or some other dramatic work, set in, the historic (c. 1850–1910) American West (west of the Mississippi river) focusing on conflict between whites and Indians, lawmen and outlaws, ranchers and farmers, or industry (railroads, mining) and agriculture.
    Synonyms: horse opera, oater
    Coordinate term: northern

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Cebuano

Etymology

From English western, from Old English westerne, from Proto-Germanic *westrōnijaz.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: wes‧tern

Noun

western

  1. (film) a western

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:western.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English western.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɛs.tərn/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: wes‧tern

Noun

western m (plural westerns)

  1. western (work set in the Old West)

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Finnish

Etymology

< English western

Pronunciation

Noun

western

  1. western (film or other dramatic work set in American West)
    Synonyms: länkkäri, lännenfilmi

Declension

Inflection of western (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative western westernit
genitive westernin westernien
partitive westerniä westernejä
illative westerniin westerneihin
singular plural
nominative western westernit
accusative nom. western westernit
gen. westernin
genitive westernin westernien
partitive westerniä westernejä
inessive westernissä westerneissä
elative westernistä westerneistä
illative westerniin westerneihin
adessive westernillä westerneillä
ablative westerniltä westerneiltä
allative westernille westerneille
essive westerninä westerneinä
translative westerniksi westerneiksi
abessive westernittä westerneittä
instructive westernein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of western (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative westernini westernini
accusative nom. westernini westernini
gen. westernini
genitive westernini westernieni
partitive westerniäni westernejäni
inessive westernissäni westerneissäni
elative westernistäni westerneistäni
illative westerniini westerneihini
adessive westernilläni westerneilläni
ablative westerniltäni westerneiltäni
allative westernilleni westerneilleni
essive westerninäni westerneinäni
translative westernikseni westerneikseni
abessive westernittäni westerneittäni
instructive
comitative westerneineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative westernisi westernisi
accusative nom. westernisi westernisi
gen. westernisi
genitive westernisi westerniesi
partitive westerniäsi westernejäsi
inessive westernissäsi westerneissäsi
elative westernistäsi westerneistäsi
illative westerniisi westerneihisi
adessive westernilläsi westerneilläsi
ablative westerniltäsi westerneiltäsi
allative westernillesi westerneillesi
essive westerninäsi westerneinäsi
translative westerniksesi westerneiksesi
abessive westernittäsi westerneittäsi
instructive
comitative westerneinesi

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English western.

Pronunciation

Noun

western m (plural westerns)

  1. western (film genre)

Further reading

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from English western.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

western (plural westernek)

  1. western (film genre)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative western westernek
accusative westernt westerneket
dative westernnek westerneknek
instrumental westernnel westernekkel
causal-final westernért westernekért
translative westernné westernekké
terminative westernig westernekig
essive-formal westernként westernekként
essive-modal
inessive westernben westernekben
superessive westernen westerneken
adessive westernnél westerneknél
illative westernbe westernekbe
sublative westernre westernekre
allative westernhez westernekhez
elative westernből westernekből
delative westernről westernekről
ablative westerntől westernektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
westerné westerneké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
westernéi westernekéi
Possessive forms of western
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. westernem westernjeim
2nd person sing. westerned westernjeid
3rd person sing. westernje westernjei
1st person plural westernünk westernjeink
2nd person plural westernetek westernjeitek
3rd person plural westernjük westernjeik

References

  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English western.

Pronunciation

Noun

western m (invariable)

  1. western (film genre)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from English western.

Noun

western m (definite singular westernen, indefinite plural westerner, definite plural westernene)

  1. a western (film or movie, novel)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from English western.

Noun

western m (definite singular westernen, indefinite plural westernar, definite plural westernane)

  1. a western (film or movie, novel)

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Polish

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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English western.

Pronunciation

Noun

western m inan (related adjective westernowy)

  1. western (adventure film set in the Wild West in the 19th century)

Declension

nouns
verbs

Further reading

  • western in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • western in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • western in PWN's encyclopedia

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English western.

Noun

western n (plural westernuri)

  1. western film

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative western westernul westernuri westernurile
genitive-dative western westernului westernuri westernurilor
vocative westernule westernurilor

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English western.

Noun

western m (plural westerns)

  1. Misspelling of wéstern.

Swedish

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Noun

western c

  1. a western (movie)

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