Meanings
occidental1
comparative more occidental · superlative most occidental
plural occidentals
- A Western Christian of the Latin rite
Most occidentals resident in South China have joined the Chinese in their zealous enthusiasm for the lychee.
1921, George Weidman Groff, The Lychee and Lungan, Canton, page i
Occidental2
- An artificial language, created by Edgar de Wahl later renamed Interlingue shortly before the publication of Interlingua
- not comparableAlternative letter-case form of occidental.
Synonyms & antonyms
antonym(s) of “western”
adjectivedenoting or characteristic of countries of Europe and the western hemisphere
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinoccidentalis
- Middle Frenchoccidental
- Englishoccidental
Borrowed from Middle French occidental, from Latin occidentalis, equivalent to occident + -al.
More words from Middle French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian западен
- западен (zapaden)of the occident
Chinese Mandarin 西方的
- 西方的 (xīfāng de)of the occident
Esperanto Interlingveo, Okcidentalo
- Interlingveoartificial language
- Okcidentaloartificial language
Finnish länsimainen
- länsimainenof the occident
French occidental, occidental
- occidentalof the occident
- occidentalartificial language
German abendländisch, okzidental
- abendländischof the occident
- okzidentalof the occident
- Interlingueartificial language
- Occidentalartificial language
Latvian rietumu
- rietumuof the occident
Norwegian vestlig, oksidentalsk
- vestligof the occident
- oksidentalskof the occident
Polish zachodni, okcydentalny
- zachodniof the occident
- okcydentalnyof the occident
Russian за́падный, окцидента́ль
- за́падный (západnyj)of the occident
- окцидента́ль (okcidentálʹ)artificial language
- оксиденталь (oksidentalʹ)artificial language
Spanish occidental, poniente
- occidentalof the occident
- ponienteof the occident
Swedish västerländsk
- västerländskof the occident
Turkish batı, batısal
- batıof the occident
- batısalof the occident
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with occidental
Cite this entry
occidental. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/occidental
“occidental.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/occidental. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “occidental,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/occidental.
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