oriental

1. 1.

   denoting or characteristic of countries of the Far East

   “oriental civilization”

   Similareastern

Questions about oriental

What does oriental mean?

oriental means "denoting or characteristic of countries of the Far East".

How many syllables are in oriental?

oriental has 4 syllables: o-ri-en-tal. The stress falls on "en". In IPA it is /ˌɔɹiˈɛntəl/.

Is oriental a common word?

oriental is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with oriental?

1 word rhymes with oriental. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.