adj
Meaning 1
Of, facing, situated in, or related to the west.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- the western approaches
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
western
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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General-American: /ˈwɛstɚn/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈwɛstən/
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rhymes with -ɛstə(ɹ)n
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈwɛs.tən/
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General-American: /ˈwɛs.təɹn/
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CMU ARPABET: W EH1 S T ER0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: HH W EH1 S T ER0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Of a wind, blowing from the west; westerly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Meaning 3
Occidental.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Meaning 4
Of, situated in, or related to the West (in any sense thereof).
Of or pertaining to the cultures and traditions of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand (the West).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: non-Western
adj
Meaning 5
Of, situated in, or related to the West (in any sense thereof).
Of or pertaining to the Western Bloc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Antonyms: non-Western
adj
Meaning 6
Of, situated in, or related to the West (in any sense thereof).
Of or pertaining to the western United States (the West).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He was not the first Northeastern banker to be surprised by what he saw when he stepped off the train into this Western city.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: non-Western
adj
Meaning 7
Of, situated in, or related to the West (in any sense thereof).
Originating from Europe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: South-Korea
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: non-Western
name
Meaning 8
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 9
A village in Saline County, Nebraska, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 10
A town in Oneida County, New York, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 11
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: horse opera, oater
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 12
An inhabitant of a western region or country.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Westerner
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 13
A certain genre of fiction (in literature, film, or gaming) dealing with the American Old West; a work in this genre.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- If I'm going to watch a Western, it needs to be a good one. I had my fill of the bad ones long ago.
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Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 14
relating to or characteristic of the western parts of the world or the West as opposed to the eastern or oriental parts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the Western world
- Western thought
- Western thought
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: eastern
adjective
Meaning 15
of or characteristic of regions of the United States west of the Mississippi River
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a Western ranch
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: eastern
adjective satellite
Meaning 16
lying toward or situated in the west
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- our company's western office
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adjective satellite
Meaning 17
of wind; from the west
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: westerly
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 18
a film about life in the western United States during the period of exploration and development
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: horse opera
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: feature, feature film
Narrower terms: spaghetti Western
noun
Meaning 19
a sandwich made from a western omelet
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: western sandwich
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sandwich
History
Etymology
From Middle English westerne, from Old English westerne, from Proto-Germanic *westrōnijaz. By surface analysis, west + -ern.
Across languages
Translations
182 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: perëndimor — pertaining to the west
- Arabic: غَرْبِيّ (ḡarbiyy) — pertaining to the west
- Armenian: արեւմտյան (arewmtyan) — pertaining to the west
- Azerbaijani: qərbi — pertaining to the west
- Azerbaijani: qərb — pertaining to the west
- Belarusian: захо́дні (zaxódni) — pertaining to the west
- Bengali: পশ্চিমা (pościma) — pertaining to the west
- Bengali: পশ্চিমী (pościmi) — pertaining to the west
- Bulgarian: за́паден (západen) — pertaining to the west
- Burmese: အနောက် (a.nauk) — pertaining to the west
- Catalan: occidental — pertaining to the west
- Chinese Mandarin: 西方的 (xīfāng de) — pertaining to the west
- Chinese Mandarin: 西 (xī) — pertaining to the west
- Czech: západní — pertaining to the west
- Danish: vestlig — pertaining to the west
- Dutch: westelijk — pertaining to the west
- Dutch: westers — pertaining to the west
- Esperanto: okcidenta — pertaining to the west
- Estonian: lääne- — pertaining to the west
- Estonian: läänelik — pertaining to the west
- Finnish: länsi- — pertaining to the west
- Finnish: läntinen — pertaining to the west
- Finnish: länsimainen — pertaining to the west
- French: occidental — pertaining to the west
- Galician: occidental — pertaining to the west
- Georgian: დასავლური (dasavluri) — pertaining to the west
- Georgian: დასავლეთის (dasavletis) — pertaining to the west
- German: westlich — pertaining to the west
- German: West- — pertaining to the west
- Greek: δυτικός (dytikós) — pertaining to the west
- Ancient Greek: δυτικός (dutikós) — pertaining to the west
- Gujarati: આથમણું (āthamṇũ) — pertaining to the west
- Hebrew: מַעֲרָבִי (ma'araví) — pertaining to the west
- Hindi: पश्चिमी (paścimī) — pertaining to the west
- Hungarian: nyugati — pertaining to the west
- Icelandic: vestur — pertaining to the west
- Ingrian: länsiin — pertaining to the west
- Irish: thiar — pertaining to the west
- Irish: an iarthair — pertaining to the west
- Italian: occidentale — pertaining to the west
- Japanese: 西の (nishi no) — pertaining to the west
- Japanese: 西方の (seihō no) — pertaining to the west
- Kazakh: батыс (batys) — pertaining to the west
- Khmer: ខាងលិច (khaang lɨc) — pertaining to the west
- Korean: 서쪽의 (seojjogui) — pertaining to the west
- Northern Kurdish: rojavayî — pertaining to the west
- Kyrgyz: батыштык (batıştık) — pertaining to the west
- Kyrgyz: батыш (batış) — pertaining to the west
- Lao: ຕາເວັນຕົກ (tā wen tok) — pertaining to the west
- Latin: occidentalis — pertaining to the west
- Latin: occidentale — pertaining to the west
- Latvian: rietumu — pertaining to the west
- Lithuanian: vakarinis — pertaining to the west
- Lithuanian: vakarų — pertaining to the west
- Macedonian: западен (zapaden) — pertaining to the west
- Malayalam: പടിഞ്ഞാറൻ (paṭiññāṟaṉ) — pertaining to the west
- Māori: māuru — pertaining to the west
- Marathi: पाश्चात्य (pāścātya) — pertaining to the west
- Norwegian Bokmål: vestlig — pertaining to the west
- Norwegian Bokmål: vestre — pertaining to the west
- Norwegian Nynorsk: vestleg — pertaining to the west
- Norwegian Nynorsk: vestre — pertaining to the west
- Occitan: occidental — pertaining to the west
- Pashto: غربي (ǧarbi) — pertaining to the west
- Persian: غربی (ġarbi) — pertaining to the west
- Polish: zachodni — pertaining to the west
- Portuguese: ocidental — pertaining to the west
- Romanian: vestic — pertaining to the west
- Romanian: occidental — pertaining to the west
- Romanian: apusean — pertaining to the west
- Russian: за́падный (západnyj) — pertaining to the west
- Scottish Gaelic: siar — pertaining to the west
- Scottish Gaelic: an iar — pertaining to the west
- Serbo-Croatian: zapadnjački — pertaining to the west
- Serbo-Croatian: за̑паднӣ — pertaining to the west
- Serbo-Croatian: zȃpadnī — pertaining to the west
- Slovak: západný — pertaining to the west
- Slovene: zahoden — pertaining to the west
- Upper Sorbian: zapadny — pertaining to the west
- Spanish: occidental — pertaining to the west
- Spanish: oesteño — pertaining to the west
- Swedish: västlig — pertaining to the west
- Tajik: ғарбӣ (ġarbi) — pertaining to the west
- Tatar: көнбатыш (könbatış) — pertaining to the west
- Telugu: పడమటి (paḍamaṭi) — pertaining to the west
- Thai: ตะวันตก (dtà-wan-dtòk) — pertaining to the west
- Turkish: batı — pertaining to the west
- Turkish: batısal — pertaining to the west
- Turkmen: günbatar — pertaining to the west
- Udmurt: ӝытпал (džytpal) — pertaining to the west
- Ukrainian: за́хідний (záxidnyj) — pertaining to the west
- Urdu: مَغْرِبی (maġribī) — pertaining to the west
- Urdu: غَرْبی (ġarbī) — pertaining to the west
- Uyghur: غەربىي (gherbiy) — pertaining to the west
- Uzbek: gʻarbiy — pertaining to the west
- Vietnamese: tây — pertaining to the west
- Volapük: vesüdik — pertaining to the west
- Volapük: vesüdänik — pertaining to the west
- Welsh: gorllewinol — pertaining to the west
- Yiddish: מערבֿדיק (mayrevdik) — pertaining to the west
- Armenian: արեւմտյան (arewmtyan) — blowing from the west
- Dutch: westelijk — blowing from the west
- Finnish: länsi- — blowing from the west
- Finnish: läntinen — blowing from the west
- Georgian: დასავლეთის (dasavletis) — blowing from the west
- Georgian: დასავლეთიდან (dasavletidan) — blowing from the west
- Norwegian: vestlig — blowing from the west
- Polish: zachodni — blowing from the west
- Portuguese: ocidental — blowing from the west
- Russian: за́падный (západnyj) — blowing from the west
- Serbo-Croatian: zapadni — blowing from the west
- Swedish: västanvind — blowing from the west
- Turkish: batı — blowing from the west
- Turkish: batısal — blowing from the west
- Finnish: lännen- — of or pertaining to a genre dealing with the Old West
- Arabic: وِيسْتَرْن (wēstarn) — film or other dramatic work
- Arabic: الْغَرْب (al-ḡarb) — film or other dramatic work
- Arabic: فِيلْم غَرْب أَمْرِيكِيّ (fīlm ḡarb ʔamrīkiyy) — film or other dramatic work
- Armenian: վեստերն (vestern) — film or other dramatic work
- Azerbaijani: vestern — film or other dramatic work
- Belarusian: ве́стэрн (vjéstern) — film or other dramatic work
- Belarusian: вэ́стэрн (véstern) — film or other dramatic work
- Bulgarian: уе́стърн (uéstǎrn) — film or other dramatic work
- Chinese Mandarin: 西部片 (xībùpiàn) — film or other dramatic work
- Chinese Mandarin: 西部電影 /西部电影 (xībù diànyǐng) — film or other dramatic work
- Czech: western — film or other dramatic work
- Danish: westernfilm — film or other dramatic work
- Danish: western — film or other dramatic work
- Dutch: western — film or other dramatic work
- Dutch: cowboyfilm — film or other dramatic work
- Dutch: wildwestfilm — film or other dramatic work
- Dutch: wildwestverhaal — film or other dramatic work
- Finnish: lännenfilmi — film or other dramatic work
- Finnish: lännentarina — film or other dramatic work
- Finnish: länkkäri — film or other dramatic work
- French: western — film or other dramatic work
- Georgian: ვესტერნი (vesṭerni) — film or other dramatic work
- German: Western — film or other dramatic work
- Greek: γουέστερν (gouéstern) — film or other dramatic work
- Hebrew: מַעֲרָבוֹן (ma'arávon) — film or other dramatic work
- Hindi: वॅस्टर्न (vĕsṭarn) — film or other dramatic work
- Hungarian: westernfilm — film or other dramatic work
- Icelandic: vestri — film or other dramatic work
- Irish: iartharán — film or other dramatic work
- Italian: western — film or other dramatic work
- Japanese: 西部劇 (seibugeki) — film or other dramatic work
- Japanese: ウエスタン (uesutan) — film or other dramatic work
- Japanese: ウェスタン (wesutan) — film or other dramatic work
- Khmer: កុនខោវប៊យ (kon khaowbɔɔy) — film or other dramatic work
- Korean: 서부극 (seobugeuk) — film or other dramatic work
- Korean: 웨스턴 (weseuteon) — film or other dramatic work
- Korean: 서부영화 (seobuyeonghwa) — film or other dramatic work
- Latvian: vesterns — film or other dramatic work
- Lithuanian: vesternas — film or other dramatic work
- Macedonian: вестерн (vestern) — film or other dramatic work
- Māori: pikitia kaupoai — film or other dramatic work
- Norwegian Bokmål: western — film or other dramatic work
- Norwegian Bokmål: villvestfilm — film or other dramatic work
- Norwegian Bokmål: westernfilm — film or other dramatic work
- Norwegian Nynorsk: western — film or other dramatic work
- Norwegian Nynorsk: villvestfilm — film or other dramatic work
- Norwegian Nynorsk: westernfilm — film or other dramatic work
- Iranian Persian: وِسْتِرْن (vestern) — film or other dramatic work
- Polish: western — film or other dramatic work
- Portuguese: faroeste — film or other dramatic work
- Portuguese: bangue-bangue — film or other dramatic work
- Russian: ве́стерн (vɛ́stɛrn) — film or other dramatic work
- Serbo-Croatian: вѐстерн — film or other dramatic work
- Serbo-Croatian: каубојски филм — film or other dramatic work
- Serbo-Croatian: каубо́јац — film or other dramatic work
- Serbo-Croatian: western — film or other dramatic work
- Serbo-Croatian: vèstern — film or other dramatic work
- Serbo-Croatian: kaubojski film — film or other dramatic work
- Serbo-Croatian: kaubójac — film or other dramatic work
- Slovak: western — film or other dramatic work
- Slovak: indiánka — film or other dramatic work
- Spanish: western — film or other dramatic work
- Swedish: västern — film or other dramatic work
- Swedish: western — film or other dramatic work
- Swedish: västernfilm — film or other dramatic work
- Ukrainian: ве́стерн (véstern) — film or other dramatic work
- Urdu: ویسْٹَرْن (vesṭarn) — film or other dramatic work
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