ocidental

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Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • (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

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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

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Noun

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ocidental m or f by sense (plural ocidentais)

  1. someone who was born in the western world

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