"Oriental" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɔːɹiˈɛntəl/ [UK], /ɒɹiˈɛntəl/ [UK] Forms: more Oriental [comparative], most Oriental [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛntəl Etymology: 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 (“I rise”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₃er-}}, {{inh|en|enm|oriental}} Middle English oriental, {{der|en|xno|oriental}} Anglo-Norman oriental, {{der|en|frm|oriental}} Middle French oriental, {{der|en|la|orientālis||eastern}} Latin orientālis (“eastern”), {{m|la|oriēns||rising (of the Sun)}} oriēns (“rising (of the Sun)”), {{m|la|orior||I rise}} orior (“I rise”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} Oriental (comparative more Oriental, superlative most Oriental)
  1. Of a pearl or other precious stone: having a superior lustre.
    Sense id: en-Oriental-en-adj-j3aXHjCO
  2. (astronomy, astrology) Pertaining to the eastern part of the sky; happening before sunrise. Categories (topical): Astrology, Astronomy
    Sense id: en-Oriental-en-adj-aVtZNcG3 Topics: astrology, astronomy, human-sciences, mysticism, natural-sciences, philosophy, sciences
  3. (obsolete) Happening in the eastern part of a given place or location. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-Oriental-en-adj-czKSNWpK
  4. 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. Synonyms: oriental Related terms: orientate, orientally, orientational Translations (of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East): شَرْقِيّ (šarqiyy) (Arabic), արևելյան (arewelyan) (Armenian), източен (iztočen) (Bulgarian), ориенталски (orientalski) (Bulgarian), oriental (Catalan), 東方 (Chinese Mandarin), 东方 (dōngfāng) (Chinese Mandarin), oriëntaal (Dutch), oosters (Dutch), itämainen (Finnish), orientaalinen (Finnish), oriental [masculine] (French), oriental (Galician), orientalisch (German), ασιατικός (asiatikós) [masculine] (Greek), keleti (Hungarian), orientale (Italian), 東洋の (tōyō no) (alt: とうようの) (Japanese), 東方 (tōhō no) (alt: とうほうの) (Japanese), Timur (Malay), ketimuran (Malay), orientalny (Polish), oriental (Portuguese), восто́чный (vostóčnyj) (Russian), doğu (Turkish), oryantal (Turkish), şarki (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-Oriental-en-adj-6caWR87- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 3 9 45 6 18 3 4 2 Derived forms: AADAOPA, Oriental carpet, Oriental darter, Oriental fruit moth, Orientalism, orientalism, Orientalist, orientalist, orientality, Orientalize, Orientalise, orientalize, orientalise, Oriental poppy, Oriental radish, oriental radish, Oriental Region, Oriental rug, oriental rug, Oriental stork, Oriental tobacco, oriental tongue, oriental turquoise Disambiguation of 'of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East': 1 1 1 96 1
  5. Designating various types of aromatic tobacco grown in Turkey and the Balkans.
    Sense id: en-Oriental-en-adj-oogLVCcv

Noun

IPA: /ɔːɹiˈɛntəl/ [UK], /ɒɹiˈɛntəl/ [UK] Forms: Orientals [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛntəl Etymology: 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 (“I rise”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₃er-}}, {{inh|en|enm|oriental}} Middle English oriental, {{der|en|xno|oriental}} Anglo-Norman oriental, {{der|en|frm|oriental}} Middle French oriental, {{der|en|la|orientālis||eastern}} Latin orientālis (“eastern”), {{m|la|oriēns||rising (of the Sun)}} oriēns (“rising (of the Sun)”), {{m|la|orior||I rise}} orior (“I rise”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} Oriental (plural Orientals)
  1. A precious stone, especially an orient pearl.
    Sense id: en-Oriental-en-noun-9Xx2Iz82
  2. A member or descendant of the peoples and cultures of the Orient.
    Sense id: en-Oriental-en-noun-yGaSN94u
  3. A lily cultivar of a widely varied group, with strong scent.
    Sense id: en-Oriental-en-noun-BfpK50-I
  4. (archaic) A person from the eastern region of a place. Tags: archaic Translations (person): ориенталец (orientalec) [masculine] (Bulgarian), oriental (Catalan), 東方人 (Chinese Mandarin), 东方人 (dōngfāngrén) (Chinese Mandarin), Oosterling [masculine] (Dutch), itämaalainen (Finnish), Oriental [masculine] (French), oriental (Galician), Ostler [masculine] (German), Ostlerin [feminine] (German), Orientale [masculine] (German), Orientalin [feminine] (German), ανατολίτης (anatolítis) [masculine] (Greek), Ασιάτης (Asiátis) [masculine] (Greek), orang Timur (Malay), Binááʼádaałtsʼózí dineʼé (Navajo), oriental [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), жи́тель Восто́ка (žítelʹ Vostóka) [masculine] (Russian), жи́тельница Восто́ка (žítelʹnica Vostóka) (english: inhabitant) [feminine] (Russian), уроже́нец Восто́ка (urožénec Vostóka) [masculine] (Russian), уроже́нка Восто́ка (urožénka Vostóka) [feminine] (Russian), doğulu (Turkish), şarklı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-Oriental-en-noun-nbUROVHv Disambiguation of 'person': 4 10 0 85
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      "_dis1": "20 37 3 40",
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      "_dis1": "20 37 3 40",
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      "_dis1": "20 37 3 40",
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      "_dis1": "20 37 3 40",
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        }
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          "tags": [
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          "sense": "person",
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        {
          "_dis1": "4 10 0 85",
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          "sense": "person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "sense": "person",
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          "sense": "person",
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          "sense": "person",
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          "_dis1": "4 10 0 85",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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        {
          "_dis1": "4 10 0 85",
          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "person",
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            "feminine"
          ],
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          "_dis1": "4 10 0 85",
          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "person",
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          "_dis1": "4 10 0 85",
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          "sense": "person",
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          "tags": [
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          ],
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        {
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          "sense": "person",
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          "sense": "person",
          "word": "Binááʼádaałtsʼózí dineʼé"
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          "sense": "person",
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          "tags": [
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        {
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        {
          "_dis1": "4 10 0 85",
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "person",
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        {
          "_dis1": "4 10 0 85",
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      "ipa": "/ɒɹiˈɛntəl/",
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      "word": "AADAOPA"
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      "word": "Oriental carpet"
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      "word": "Oriental fruit moth"
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      "word": "Oriental poppy"
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      "word": "Oriental radish"
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    {
      "word": "Oriental Region"
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    {
      "word": "Oriental rug"
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      "word": "oriental rug"
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    {
      "word": "Oriental stork"
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    {
      "word": "Oriental tobacco"
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      "ipa": "/ɒɹiˈɛntəl/",
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      "word": "شَرْقِيّ"
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      "word": "արևելյան"
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      "word": "източен"
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      "word": "ориенталски"
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      "word": "oriental"
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      "word": "東方"
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      "word": "oriëntaal"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East",
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      "sense": "of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East",
      "word": "itämainen"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East",
      "word": "orientaalinen"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "oriental"
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East",
      "word": "oriental"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East",
      "word": "orientalisch"
    },
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      "code": "el",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East",
      "word": "keleti"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East",
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      "alt": "とうようの",
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      "word": "東洋の"
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      "word": "東方"
    },
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      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East",
      "word": "Timur"
    },
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      "code": "ms",
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      "sense": "of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East",
      "word": "ketimuran"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East",
      "word": "orientalny"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East",
      "word": "oriental"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "word": "восто́чный"
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      "sense": "of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East",
      "word": "doğu"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East",
      "word": "oryantal"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East",
      "word": "şarki"
    }
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}

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      "word": "Persian rug"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A precious stone, especially an orient pearl."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "precious stone",
          "precious stone"
        ],
        [
          "orient pearl",
          "orient pearl"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A member or descendant of the peoples and cultures of the Orient."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Orient",
          "Orient"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A lily cultivar of a widely varied group, with strong scent."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lily",
          "lily"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "1848, National anthem of Uruguay\nOrientals, the Fatherland or the grave, Liberty or with glory we die!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person from the eastern region of a place."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) A person from the eastern region of a place."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔːɹiˈɛntəl/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɒɹiˈɛntəl/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛntəl"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "oriental"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "orientalec",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ориенталец"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "person",
      "word": "oriental"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "person",
      "word": "東方人"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dōngfāngrén",
      "sense": "person",
      "word": "东方人"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Oosterling"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person",
      "word": "itämaalainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Oriental"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "person",
      "word": "oriental"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ostler"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ostlerin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Orientale"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Orientalin"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anatolítis",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ανατολίτης"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Asiátis",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ασιάτης"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "person",
      "word": "orang Timur"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "person",
      "word": "Binááʼádaałtsʼózí dineʼé"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oriental"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "žítelʹ Vostóka",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "жи́тель Восто́ка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "inhabitant",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "žítelʹnica Vostóka",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "жи́тельница Восто́ка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "urožénec Vostóka",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "уроже́нец Восто́ка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "urožénka Vostóka",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "уроже́нка Восто́ка"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "person",
      "word": "doğulu"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "person",
      "word": "şarklı"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Oriental"
}

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