adj
Meaning 1
Alternative letter-case form of Oriental.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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Standard Lemma guide
oriental
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ɔːɹiˈɛntəl/
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UK: /ɒɹiˈɛntəl/
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adj
Meaning 2
Of a pearl or other precious stone: having a superior lustre.
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adj
Meaning 3
Pertaining to the eastern part of the sky; happening before sunrise.
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Topics: astrology, astronomy, human-sciences, mysticism, natural-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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adj
Meaning 4
Happening in the eastern part of a given place or location.
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Usage: obsolete
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adj
Meaning 5
Pertaining to the regions east of the Mediterranean, beyond the Roman Empire or the early Christian world; of the Near East, the Middle East or the Far East, now especially relating to East Asia.
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Usage: dated, offensive
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adj
Meaning 6
Designating various types of aromatic tobacco grown in Turkey and the Balkans.
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noun
Meaning 7
Alternative letter-case form of Oriental.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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noun
Meaning 8
A precious stone, especially an orient pearl.
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noun
Meaning 9
A member or descendant of the peoples and cultures of the Orient.
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Usage: dated, offensive
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noun
Meaning 10
A lily cultivar of a widely varied group, with strong scent.
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noun
Meaning 11
A person from the eastern region of a place.
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Usage: archaic
Examples
- 1848, National anthem of Uruguay Orientals, the Fatherland or the grave, Liberty or with glory we die!
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adjective satellite
Meaning 12
denoting or characteristic of countries of Asia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- oriental civilization
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noun
Meaning 13
a member of an Oriental race; the term is regarded as offensive by Asians (especially by Asian Americans)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: oriental person
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Broader terms: Asian, Asiatic
Narrower terms: yellow man, yellow woman, gook, slant-eye, Evenki, Ewenki, Mongol, Mongolian
History
Etymology
See Oriental.
From Middle English oriental, from Anglo-Norman oriental, Middle French oriental, from Latin orientālis (“eastern”), from oriēns (“rising (of the Sun)”), present active participle of orior (“to rise”).
Across languages
Translations
74 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: شَرْقِيّ (šarqiyy) — of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East
- Armenian: արեւելյան (arewelyan) — of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East
- Azerbaijani: şərqi — of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East
- Belarusian: усхо́дні (usxódni) — of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East
- Belarusian: ўсхо́дні (wsxódni) — of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East
- Bulgarian: и́зточен (íztočen) — of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East
- Bulgarian: ориента́лски (orientálski) — of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East
- Catalan: oriental — of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East
- Chinese Mandarin: 東方 /东方 (dōngfāng) — of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East
- Czech: orientální — of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East
- Dutch: oriëntaal — of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East
- Dutch: oosters — of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East
- Finnish: itämainen — of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East
- Finnish: orientaalinen — of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East
- French: oriental — of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East
- Galician: oriental — of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East
- German: orientalisch — of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East
- German: oriental — of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East
- German: östlich — of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East
- Greek: ασιατικός (asiatikós) — of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East
- Hindi: पूर्वीय (pūrvīya) — of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East
- Hindi: पूर्वी (pūrvī) — of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East
- Hindi: पूरबी (pūrbī) — of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East
- Hungarian: keleti — of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East
- Italian: orientale — of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East
- Japanese: 東洋の (tōyō no) — of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East
- Japanese: 東方の (tōhō no) — of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East
- Korean: 동양의 (dong'yang-ui) — of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East
- Korean: 동방의 (dongbang-ui) — of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East
- Malay: Timur — of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East
- Malay: ketimuran — of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East
- Pashto: شرقي (šarqi) — of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East
- Iranian Persian: شَرْقی (šarġi) — of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East
- Polish: orientalny — of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East
- Portuguese: oriental — of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East
- Romanian: oriental — of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East
- Russian: восто́чный (vostóčnyj) — of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East
- Slovak: orientálny — of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East
- Spanish: oriental — of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East
- Tajik: шарқӣ (šarqi) — of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East
- Tamil: கீழை (kīḻai) — of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East
- Tamil: கிழக்கத்திய (kiḻakkattiya) — of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East
- Turkish: doğu — of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East
- Turkish: oryantal — of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East
- Turkish: şarki — of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East
- Ukrainian: схі́дний (sxídnyj) — of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East
- Urdu: مَشْرِقی (maśriqī) — of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East
- Urdu: شَرْقی (śarqī) — of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East
- Uzbek: sharqiy — of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East
- Bulgarian: ориенталец (orientalec) — person
- Catalan: oriental — person
- Chinese Mandarin: 東方人 /东方人 (dōngfāngrén) — person
- Dutch: Oosterling — person
- Finnish: itämaalainen — person
- French: Oriental — person
- Galician: oriental — person
- German: Ostler — person
- German: Ostlerin — person
- German: Orientale — person
- German: Orientalin — person
- Greek: ανατολίτης (anatolítis) — person
- Greek: Ασιάτης (Asiátis) — person
- Malay: orang Timur — person
- Navajo: Binááʼádaałtsʼózí dineʼé — person
- Polish: Azjata — person
- Polish: Azjatka — person
- Portuguese: oriental — person
- Russian: жи́тель Восто́ка (žítelʹ Vostóka) — person
- Russian: жи́тельница Восто́ка (žítelʹnica Vostóka) — person
- Russian: уроже́нец Восто́ка (urožénec Vostóka) — person
- Russian: уроже́нка Восто́ка (urožénka Vostóka) — person
- Spanish: oriental — person
- Turkish: doğulu — person
- Turkish: şarklı — person
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