occidental

Borrowed from Middle French occidental, from Latin occidentalis, equivalent to occident +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): /ˌɒk.səˈdɛn.təl/

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• Rhymes: -ɛntəl

occidental (comparative more occidental, superlative most occidental)

1. Of, pertaining to, or situated in, the occident, or west; western. [from 16th c.]

   occidental climates, or customs; an occidental planet.

2. Of a gem or precious stone: of inferior value or quality. [from 18th c.]

• western

• (antonym(s) of “western”): oriental

• Occident

occidental (plural occidentals)

1. A Western Christian of the Latin rite
   • 1921, George Weidman Groff, The Lychee and Lungan‎^[1], Canton, page i:

     Most occidentals resident in South China have joined the Chinese in their zealous enthusiasm for the lychee.

• oriental
• boreal
• austral

Borrowed from Latin occidentālis.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [uk.si.ðənˈtal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ok.si.ðənˈtal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ok.si.ðenˈtal]

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• Rhymes: -al

occidental m or f (masculine and feminine plural occidentals)

1. western

   Synonyms: de l'oest, ponentí

• occident

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Borrowed from Latin occidentālis.

• IPA^(key): /ɔk.si.dɑ̃.tal/
• Homophones: occidentale, occidentales

occidental (feminine occidentale, masculine plural occidentaux, feminine plural occidentales)

1. (relational) of the West; Western
2. western

• Sahara occidental

• Occidental (noun for Westerner)
• occident
• occidentalisation
• occidentaliser

• “occidental”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

• ocidental (reintegrationist)

• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: oc‧ci‧den‧tal

occidental m or f (plural occidentais)

1. western

occidental m or f by sense (plural occidentais)

1. westerner

• “occidental”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

• Hyphenation: oc‧ci‧den‧tal

occidental m or f (plural occidentais)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of ocidental

Borrowed from French occidental, Latin occidentalis. Equivalent to occident +‎ -al.

occidental m or n (feminine singular occidentală, masculine plural occidentali, feminine/neuter plural occidentale)

1. western

   Antonym: oriental

Borrowed from Latin occidentālis.

• IPA^(key): /oɡθidenˈtal/ [oɣ̞.θi.ð̞ẽn̪ˈt̪al] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /oɡsidenˈtal/ [oɣ̞.si.ð̞ẽn̪ˈt̪al] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: oc‧ci‧den‧tal

occidental m or f (masculine and feminine plural occidentales)

1. western

   Synonym: poniente

   Antonym: oriental

• oriental
• meridional, sureño
• septentrional, norteño

occidental m or f by sense (plural occidentales)

1. westerner

• “occidental”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

occidental

1. occidental, Western

   Synonym: västerländsk

   Antonym: orientalisk

• Occidenten

• “occidental”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)