orientalis

See also: orientális

Latin

Etymology

From oriēns (“east”) +‎ -ālis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /o.ri.enˈtaː.lis/, [ɔriɛn̪ˈt̪äːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /o.ri.enˈta.lis/, [orien̪ˈt̪äːlis]

Adjective

orientālis (neuter orientāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. of the east, eastern
2. rising

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	orientālis	orientāle		orientālēs	orientālia
Genitive	orientālis			orientālium
Dative	orientālī			orientālibus
Accusative	orientālem	orientāle		orientālēs orientālīs	orientālia
Ablative	orientālī			orientālibus
Vocative	orientālis	orientāle		orientālēs	orientālia

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “of the east”): occidentālis

Coordinate terms

• borealis
• australis

Descendants

• Catalan: oriental
• English: Oriental
• French: oriental
• Galician: oriental
• Hungarian: orientális
• Italian: orientale
• Occitan: oriental
• Portuguese: oriental
• Romanian: oriental
• Sicilian: urintali
• Spanish: oriental

References

• “orientalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• orientalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.