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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
o•ri•en•tal /ˌɔriˈɛntəl/USA pronunciation
adj.
n. [countable* usually: Oriental]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- [usually: Oriental] of, relating to, or characteristic of the Orient, or the East;
Eastern. - eastern.
n. [countable* usually: Oriental]
- Language Varieties
- Language Varieties[Usually considered offensive.]a native or inhabitant of East Asia, or a person of East Asian descent.
o•ri•en•tal
(ôr′ē en′tl, ōr′-),USA pronunciation adj.
n.
o′ri•en ′tal•ly, adv.
- (usu. cap.) of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Orient, or East;
Eastern. - of the orient or east;
eastern. - Biology(cap.) [Zoogeog.]belonging to a geographical division comprising southern Asia and the Malay Archipelago as far as and including the Philippines, Borneo, and Java.
- Jewelry
- Jewelry(usu. cap.) designating various gems that are varieties of corundum: Oriental aquamarine;
Oriental ruby. - Jewelryfine or precious;
orient: oriental agate;
oriental garnet. - Jewelrydesignating certain natural saltwater pearls found esp. in the Orient.
- Jewelry(usu. cap.) designating various gems that are varieties of corundum: Oriental aquamarine;
n.
- Language Varieties(usually cap.) a native or inhabitant of the Orient.
- Latin orientālis = orient- the east (see orient) + -ālis -al1
- Middle French
- Middle English 1350–1400
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oriental /ˌɔːrɪˈɛntəl/ adj
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Oriental /ˌɔːrɪˈɛntəl/ adj
- (sometimes not capital) of or relating to the Orient
- of or denoting a zoogeographical region consisting of southeastern Asia from India to Borneo, Java, and the Philippines
- (sometimes not capital) offensive an inhabitant, esp a native, of the Orient
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- P & O
- Sierra Madre
- terrace
- topaz
- Veracruz
- Wallace's line
- acre
- alabaster
- Anáhuac
- anti-Oriental
- arsenic
- Asiatic beetle
- belly dance
- blackbeetle
- camel's hair
- cheongsam
- Chinese cabbage
- cooch
- Cordillera Oriental
- diadem
- divan
- dragon lady
- eastern
- eunuch
- frogmouth
- Fu Manchu mustache
- ghoul
- grab
- half-oriental
- Indian
- japan
- Kashmir rug
- lacquer
- magot
- mandala
- mansion
- martial arts
- Neoplatonism
- nunchaku
- olethreutid
- orient
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