Oriental

oriental English Alternative forms en oriental Etymology en ine-pro *h₃er- From en enm oriental, from en xno oriental, en frm oriental, from en la orientālis eastern, from la oriēns rising (of the Sun), present active participle of la orior to rise. Pronunciation en /ɔːɹiˈɛntəl/ /ɒɹiˈɛntəl/ UK en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Oriental.wav Southern England en ɛntəl 4 Adjective Of a pearl or other precious stone: having a superior lustre. from 14th c. en astronomy astrology Pertaining to the eastern part of the sky; happening before sunrise. from 14th c. en obsolete Happening in the eastern part of a given place or location. 15th–19th c. en dated often offensive 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. from 15th c. Designating various types of aromatic tobacco grown in Turkey and the Balkans. from 19th c. Derived terms en nonoriental semioriental unoriental Victoriental AADAOPA Oriental giant squirrel Oriental Asian Oriental carpet Oriental Jew Oriental darter Oriental dormouse Oriental fruit moth Oriental greenfinch 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 Related terms en orientate en orientally en orientational Translations of or relating to the Orient or Asia, especially the Far East Arabic: ar شَرْقِيّ Armenian: hy արևելյան Azerbaijani: az şərqi Belarusian: be усхо́дні, be ўсхо́дні Bulgarian: bg и́зточен, bg ориента́лски Catalan: ca oriental Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 東方 dōngfāng Czech: cs orientální Dutch: nl oriëntaal, nl oosters Finnish: fi itämainen, fi orientaalinen French: fr oriental m Galician: gl oriental German: de orientalisch, de oriental, de östlich Greek: el ασιατικός Hindi: hi पूर्वीय, hi पूर्वी, hi पूरबी Hungarian: hu keleti Italian: it orientale Japanese: ja 東洋 とうようの, tōyō no 東洋の, ja 東方 とうほうの, tōhō no 東方の Korean: ko 동양 동양-의, ko 동방 동방-의 Malay: ms Timur, ms ketimuran Pashto: ps شرقي šarqi Persian: Iranian Persian: fa-ira شَرْقی Polish: pl orientalny Portuguese: pt oriental Romanian: ro oriental Russian: ru восто́чный Slovak: sk orientálny Spanish: es oriental Tajik: tg шарқӣ Tamil: ta கீழை, ta கிழக்கத்திய Turkish: tr doğu, tr oryantal, tr şarki Ukrainian: uk схі́дний Urdu: ur مَشْرِقی, ur شَرْقی Uzbek: uz sharqiy Noun A precious stone, especially an orient pearl. from 14th c. en dated often offensive A member or descendant of the peoples and cultures of the Orient. from 15th c. en 2022 w:Gabrielle Zevin w:Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Vintage (2023) 200 He looked at her face. He ran his index finger down the bridge of her nose.“Exotic. The last one was an Oriental, too.”“Orientals are rugs and furniture,” Anna said. “Not people.” A lily cultivar of a widely varied group, with strong scent. en archaic A person from the eastern region of a place. 15th–19th c. 1848, en National anthem of Uruguay Orientals, the Fatherland or the grave, Liberty or with glory we die! Usage notes Use of the term Oriental to describe a person is considered dated and potentially offensive in North America. Synonyms See Thesaurus:Asian Translations person Bulgarian: bg ориенталец m Catalan: ca oriental Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 東方人 dōngfāngrén Dutch: nl Oosterling m Finnish: fi itämaalainen French: fr Oriental m Galician: gl oriental German: de Ostler m, de Ostlerin f, de Orientale m, de Orientalin f Greek: el ανατολίτης m, el Ασιάτης m Malay: ms orang Timur Navajo: nv Binááʼádaałtsʼózí dineʼé Polish: pl Azjata m, pl Azjatka f Portuguese: pt oriental m f Russian: ru жи́тель Восто́ка m, ru жи́тельница Восто́ка f inhabitant, ru уроже́нец Восто́ка m, ru уроже́нка Восто́ка f Spanish: es oriental m f Turkish: tr doğulu, tr şarklı Proper noun thumb|The National steamer Oriental, on shore on the sandpit near Nag's Head, N.C. en coastal town co/Pamlico County s/North Carolina c/USA, named after a shipwrecked steamship, the Oriental (steamship) Oriental. References Oriental, North Carolina TopoZone: Oriental See also en austral boreal Asia Asiatic East Asia Far East Middle East Occident occidental Persia Persian rug Anagrams en aeilnort Tirolean relation taileron tenorial Dutch Noun m -s - an en Oriental lily