ocidental

Portuguese

Alternative forms

occidental (obsolete)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin occidentālis (“western”), from occidēns (“west”), occidō (“fall down; pass away”). By surface analysis, ocidente +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.si.dẽˈtaw/ [o.si.dẽˈtaʊ̯]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.si.dẽˈtal/ [ɔ.si.ðẽˈtaɫ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.si.dẽˈta.li/ [ɔ.si.ðẽˈta.li]

Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
Hyphenation: o‧ci‧den‧tal

Adjective

ocidental m or f (plural ocidentais)

west; western (of, facing, situated in, or related to the west)
Synonym: oeste
Western (pertaining to the West)

Derived terms

ocidentalidade
ocidentalismo
ocidentalista
ocidentalização
ocidentalizado
ocidentalizante
ocidentalizar
ocidentalmente

Noun

ocidental m or f by sense (plural ocidentais)

someone who was born in the western world

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “west; western”): leste, oriental
(antonym(s) of “Western”): oriental

Related terms

ocidente

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