"occidental" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌɒk.səˈdɛn.təl/ Audio: en-us-occidental.ogg [US] Forms: more occidental [comparative], most occidental [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛntəl Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French occidental, from Latin occidentalis. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱh₂d-}}, {{bor|en|frm|occidental|}} Middle French occidental, {{der|en|la|occidentalis|}} Latin occidentalis Head templates: {{en-adj}} occidental (comparative more occidental, superlative most occidental)
  1. Of, pertaining to, or situated in, the occident, or west; western. Translations (of the occident): западен (zapaden) (Bulgarian), 西方的 (Chinese Mandarin), länsimainen (Finnish), occidental (French), abendländisch (German), okzidental (German), oksidantal (Haitian Creole), rietumu (Latvian), പശ്ചിമ (paścima) (Malayalam), vestlig (Norwegian), oksidentalsk (Norwegian), за́падный (západnyj) [masculine] (Russian), zahóden (Slovene), occidental (Spanish), poniente (Spanish), batı (Turkish), batısal (Turkish), vesüdänik (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-occidental-en-adj-yn8KFatp Disambiguation of 'of the occident': 95 5
  2. Of a gem or precious stone: of inferior value or quality.
    Sense id: en-occidental-en-adj-cnBYBtFc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 67 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: western Derived forms: occidentalism, occidentalist Related terms: Occident

Noun

IPA: /ˌɒk.səˈdɛn.təl/ Audio: en-us-occidental.ogg [US] Forms: occidentals [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛntəl Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French occidental, from Latin occidentalis. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱh₂d-}}, {{bor|en|frm|occidental|}} Middle French occidental, {{der|en|la|occidentalis|}} Latin occidentalis Head templates: {{en-noun}} occidental (plural occidentals)
  1. A Western Christian of the Latin rite Related terms: oriental, boreal, austral
    Sense id: en-occidental-en-noun-myLyeflC

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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