# oriental
## English
### Etymology

See Oriental.

### Adjective

oriental (comparative more oriental, superlative most oriental)
* Alternative letter-case form of Oriental

#### Synonyms

* eastern

#### Antonyms

* occidental

#### Related terms

* boreal
* austral
* chicken oriental

### Noun

oriental (plural orientals)
* 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: (Central) [u.ɾi.ənˈtal]
* IPA: (Balearic) [o.ɾi.ənˈtal]
* IPA: (Valencia) [o.ɾi.enˈtal]
* Rhymes: -al
* Hyphenation: o‧ri‧en‧tal

### Adjective

oriental m or f (masculine and feminine plural orientals)
* eastern
    Synonym: de l'est

#### Derived terms

* orientalisme
* orientalista
* orientalitzar

#### Related terms

* orient
* Pirineus Orientals

#### See also

compass points: punts cardinals:
| 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, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “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.

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin orientālis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔ.ʁjɑ̃.tal/
* Homophones: orientale, orientales

### Adjective

oriental (feminine orientale, masculine plural orientaux, feminine plural orientales)
* (relational) Far East
* (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: /ɔɾjɛnˈtal/ [ɔ.ɾjɛn̪ˈt̪ɑɫ]
* Rhymes: -al
* Hyphenation: o‧rien‧tal

### Adjective

oriental m or f (plural orientais)
* 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, 2012–2025

## Occitan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin orientalis.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Languedoc):(file)

### Adjective

oriental m (feminine singular orientala, masculine plural orientals, feminine plural orientalas)
* eastern
    Antonym: occidental

#### Related terms

* orient

## Portuguese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /o.ɾi.ẽˈtaw/ [o.ɾɪ.ẽˈtaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /o.ɾjẽˈtaw/ [o.ɾjẽˈtaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɔ.ɾjẽˈtal/ [ɔ.ɾjẽˈtaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɔ.ɾjẽˈtal/ [ɔ.ɾjẽˈtaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɔ.ɾjẽˈta.li/
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
* Hyphenation: o‧ri‧en‧tal

### Adjective

oriental m or f (plural orientais)
* east; eastern (relating to or located in the east)
* 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)
* native or inhabitant of Asia
* (Brazil, historical) someone from Uruguay

#### Related terms

* Oriente

### Further reading

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

## Romanian
### Etymology

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

### Adjective

oriental m or n (feminine singular orientală, masculine plural orientali, feminine and neuter plural orientale)
* eastern
    Antonym: occidental

#### Related terms

* orientalism

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin orientālis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /oɾjenˈtal/ [o.ɾjẽn̪ˈt̪al]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: o‧rien‧tal

### Adjective

oriental m or f (masculine and feminine plural orientales)
* eastern
    Antonym: occidental
* Oriental
* (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)
* easterner

### Further reading

* “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], 2024 December 10