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]

• (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)

1. west; western (of, facing, situated in, or related to the west)

   Synonym: oeste

2. Western (pertaining to the West)

Derived terms

• ocidentalidade
• ocidentalismo
• ocidentalista
• ocidentalização
• ocidentalizado
• ocidentalizante
• ocidentalizar
• ocidentalmente

Noun

ocidental m or f by sense (plural ocidentais)

1. someone who was born in the western world

Antonyms

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

Related terms

• ocidente

Further reading

• “ocidental”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “ocidental”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025