Oriental

• oriental

From Middle English oriental, from Anglo-Norman oriental, Middle French oriental, from Latin orientālis (“eastern”), from oriēns (“rising (of the Sun)”), present active participle of orior (“I rise”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɔːɹiˈɛntəl/, /ɒɹiˈɛntəl/
• Rhymes: -ɛntəl

Oriental (comparative more Oriental, superlative most Oriental)

1. Of a pearl or other precious stone: having a superior lustre. [from 14th c.]
2. (astronomy, astrology) Pertaining to the eastern part of the sky; happening before sunrise. [from 14th c.]
3. (obsolete) Happening in the eastern part of a given place or location. [15th–19th c.]
4. 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.]
5. Designating various types of aromatic tobacco grown in Turkey and the Balkans. [from 19th c.]

• orientate
• orientally
• orientational

Oriental (plural Orientals)

1. A precious stone, especially an orient pearl. [from 14th c.]
2. A member or descendant of the peoples and cultures of the Orient. [from 15th c.]
3. A lily cultivar of a widely varied group, with strong scent.
4. (archaic) A person from the eastern region of a place. [15th–19th c.]
   • 1848, National anthem of Uruguay

     Orientals, the Fatherland or the grave, Liberty or with glory we die!

• Use of the term Oriental to describe a person is considered dated and potentially offensive in North America.

See Thesaurus:Asian

• austral
• boreal
• Asia
• Asiatic
• East Asia
• Far East
• Middle East
• Occident
• occidental
• Persia
• Persian rug

• Tirolean, relation, taileron, tenorial

Oriental m (plural Orientals)

1. An Oriental lily