oriental

See also: Oriental

English

Etymology

See Oriental.

Adjective

oriental (comparative more oriental, superlative most oriental)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Oriental.

Synonyms

• eastern

Antonyms

• occidental

Derived terms

• oriental carpet
• oriental dance
• orientalist
• orientality
• orientalize
• orientally
• oriental roach
• oriental rug
• techno-oriental

Related terms

• boreal
• austral
• chicken oriental

Noun

oriental (plural orientals)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Oriental.

Derived terms

• oriental bittersweet (Celastrum orbiculatum)

References

• 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.

Anagrams

• Tirolean, relation, taileron, tenorial

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin orientālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [u.ɾi.ənˈtal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [o.ɾi.ənˈtal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [o.ɾi.enˈtal]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: o‧ri‧en‧tal

Adjective

oriental m or f (masculine and feminine plural orientals)

1. eastern

   Synonym: de l'est

Derived terms

• orientalisme
• orientalista
• orientalitzar

Related terms

• orient
• Pirineus Orientals

See also

compass points: punts cardinals:  ^[edit]

nord-oest nord-occidental	nord septentrional	nord-est nord-oriental
oest occidental		est oriental
sud-oest sud-occidental	sud meridional	sud-est sud-oriental

Further reading

• “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, 2026
• “oriental” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “oriental”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin orientālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.ʁjɑ̃.tal/

• Audio (France (Somain)):

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• Homophones: orientale, orientales

Adjective

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

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

Derived terms

• orientaliser
• orientalisme
• orientaliste
• Timor oriental
• Turkestan oriental

Related terms

• nigelle orientale
• orient

Descendants

• → Turkish: oryantal

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• enrôlait, relation

Galician

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

oriental m or f (plural orientais)

1. eastern

   Antonym: occidental

Derived terms

• orientalismo
• orientalista
• orientalizar

Related terms

• oriente

Further reading

• “oriental”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch oriëntaal (“Oriental”), from Latin orientālis.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /oriˈɛntal/ [o.riˈɛn̪.t̪al]
• Rhymes: -ɛntal
• Syllabification: o‧ri‧en‧tal

Adjective

oriental (comparative lebih oriental, superlative paling oriental)

1. (geography) Oriental (of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East)

Related terms

• orientasi

Further reading

• “oriental”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin orientalis.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Languedoc):

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Adjective

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

1. eastern

   Antonym: occidental

Related terms

• orient

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-der.

Proto-Italic *oriōr

Latin orior

Latin oriēns

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin orientālislbor.

Portuguese oriental

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

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.ɾi.ẽˈtaw/ [o.ɾi.ẽˈtaʊ̯], (faster) /o.ɾjẽˈtaw/ [o.ɾjẽˈtaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.ɾjẽˈtal/ [ɔ.ɾjẽˈtaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.ɾjẽˈtal/ [ɔ.ɾjẽˈtaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.ɾjẽˈta.li/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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

Adjective

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.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• orientalismo
• orientalista
• orientalizar
• orientalmente

Noun

oriental m or f by sense (plural orientais)

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

Related terms

• Oriente

Further reading

• “oriental”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “oriental”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

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

Adjective

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

1. eastern

   Antonym: occidental

Declension

Declension of oriental

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	oriental		orientală	orientali	orientale
	definite	orientalul		orientala	orientalii	orientalele
genitive- dative	indefinite	oriental		orientale	orientali	orientale
	definite	orientalului		orientalei	orientalilor	orientalelor

Related terms

• orientalism

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-der.

Proto-Italic *oriōr

Latin orior

Latin oriēns

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin orientālisbor.

Spanish oriental

Borrowed from Latin orientālis.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Colombia):

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

Adjective

oriental m or f (masculine and feminine plural orientales)

1. eastern

   Antonym: occidental

   • 2021 April 26, John Malathronas, “¿Cuáles son los idiomas más fáciles (y difíciles) de aprender para los hablantes nativos de inglés?”, in CNN en Español‎^[1]:

     Del mismo modo, el suajili evolucionó como lengua comercial en África oriental y se describe como un vocabulario árabe sobre una gramática africana.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2022 August 21, Tim Lister, Josh Pennington, “ANÁLISIS | ¿Quién es Alexander Dugin, el sumo sacerdote de una rama virulenta del nacionalismo ruso?”, in CNN en Español‎^[2]:

     En el mundo de Dugin, el destino de Rusia “no estará completo hasta que unamos a todos los eslavos orientales y a todos los hermanos euroasiáticos en un gran espacio. Todo se deriva de esta lógica del destino, al igual que Ucrania”.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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?

Derived terms

• Asia Oriental
• Banda Oriental
• orientalismo
• orientalista
• orientalizar

Related terms

• oriente

See also

• occidental
• meridional/sureño
• septentrional/norteño

Noun

oriental m or f by sense (plural orientales)

1. easterner

Further reading

• “oriental”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025