oriental
Spanish, noun/oɾjenˈtal/
oriental is spelled O-R-I-E-N-T-A-L (8 letters) and appears 33 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,555th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oriental is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “easterner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does oriental mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineeastern
- 2
femininemasculineOriental
- 3
datedfemininemasculineUruguayan
noun
- 1
femininemasculineeasterner
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Originario, relativo a, o propio del Este. 2. Por antonomasia, propio de, relativo a u originario del Asia, en especial del Medio y Lejano Oriente. 3. Originario, relativo a, o propio de la Zona Oriental de Venezuela, que incluye los estados de Anzoátegui, Nueva Esparta, Monagas y Sucre. 4. Originario, relativo a, o propio de la República Oriental del Uruguay.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of oriental
- orientales feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce oriental?
- /oɾjenˈtal/
- [o.ɾjẽn̪ˈt̪al]
- [oɾjẽn̪ˈt̪al]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to oriental
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is oriental in Spanish?
oriental appears 33 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).