western en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈwɛstən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈwɛstɚn/ (General-American)
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Etymology
From Middle English westerne, from Old English westerne, from Proto-Germanic *westrōnijaz. By surface analysis, west + -ern.
Meanings
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Of, facing, situated in, or related to the west.
the western approaches
Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
- Of a wind, blowing from the west; westerly.
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Occidental.
Japanese is traditionally written downwards (tategaki) and you begin reading from the top right of a page. This means that books are opened from what we would consider to be the back. Nowadays, however, books, newspapers and magazines are often written western style, in horizontal lines (yokogaki) from left to right and, in these cases, the book is opened from our (western) understanding of the front.
2008, Helen Gilhooly, chapter 1, in Complete Japanese, →ISBN, page 31:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| westernmost | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| most western | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| Western | alternative | lexicographic | |
| more western | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
scrumpy and western · westerner · western yellow wagtail · western duck sickness · western sandpiper · western hemlock · pro-Western · Western Canadian Select · western tanager · western red lily · western brush wallaby · Western Creek · western omelet · western gray kangaroo · western plum · Western Mound · western chinquapin · South Western Slopes · western grey kangaroo · Western Palearctic · western spruce budworm · western olivaceous warbler · Western Ghats · Western Norway · western Asia · Western Australia · western pygmy blue · western Orphean warbler · western pleasure · western xenica · western spinebill · Western Bloc · western prickly juniper · western subalpine warbler · western sugar maple · western marsh harrier · Great Western · western flower thrips · western sulphur · western barn owl · Western Region · western poison ivy · western spindalis · western gull · Western European Time · Western parotia · western action shooting · pale western cutworm · Mid-Western · Western Cape · western roe deer · western honey bee · western capercaillie · Australian Western Standard Time · Western Downs · Western sugar maple · western blot analysis · western boubou · western redbud · western mastiff bat · western osprey · Delaware Tribe of Western Oklahoma · Western pattern diet · western poison oak · Western Junction · western fence lizard · Western chess · Western New Guinea · Western Bug · western world · western hemisphere · western red cedar · western rat snake · Western Springs · Western Palestine · western gorilla · western yellow pine · Western Greece · western spotted skunk · Western Armenia · western black-eared wheatear · western slaty antshrike · western honey mesquite · western taipan · western cattle egret · western diamondback rattlesnake
Descendants
Translations (115)
pt ocidental (blowing from the west) · km ខាងលិច (pertaining to the west) · fi läntinen (blowing from the west) · nl westelijk (blowing from the west) · es oesteño (pertaining to the west) · ps غربي (pertaining to the west) · az qərbi (pertaining to the west) · eo okcidenta (pertaining to the west) · tr batı (blowing from the west) · bn পশ্চিমী (pertaining to the west) · sk západný (pertaining to the west) · ca occidental (pertaining to the west) · sq perëndimor (pertaining to the west) · sv västanvind (blowing from the west) · hi पश्चिमी (pertaining to the west) · nb vestlig (pertaining to the west) · pl zachodni (blowing from the west) · be захо́дні (pertaining to the west) · mk западен (pertaining to the west) · te పడమటి (pertaining to the west) · sh zapadnjački (pertaining to the west) · vo vesüdänik (pertaining to the west) · bn পশ্চিমা (pertaining to the west) · hy արևմտյան (blowing from the west) · vi tây (pertaining to the west) · lv rietumu (pertaining to the west) · gd siar (pertaining to the west) · cmn 西方的 (pertaining to the west) · ro apusean (pertaining to the west) · ru за́падный (pertaining to the west) · fi länsi- (blowing from the west) · fi länsi- (pertaining to the west) · pt ocidental (pertaining to the west) · fi läntinen (pertaining to the west) · ky батыш (pertaining to the west) · pl zachodni (pertaining to the west) · ky батыштык (pertaining to the west) · ja 西方の (pertaining to the west) · sl zahoden (pertaining to the west) · ro occidental (pertaining to the west) · da vestlig (pertaining to the west) · sh zapadni (blowing from the west) · he מַעֲרָבִי (pertaining to the west) · gu આથમણું (pertaining to the west) · ka დასავლეთის (pertaining to the west) · nn vestleg (pertaining to the west) · ga thiar (pertaining to the west) · cy gorllewinol (pertaining to the west) · tr batısal (pertaining to the west) · tk günbatar (pertaining to the west) · it occidentale (pertaining to the west) · az qərb (pertaining to the west) · kk батыс (pertaining to the west) · nl westelijk (pertaining to the west) · nl westers (pertaining to the west) · ka დასავლეთიდან (blowing from the west) · tt көнбатыш (pertaining to the west) · ka დასავლური (pertaining to the west) · grc δυτικός (pertaining to the west) · ro vestic (pertaining to the west) · ru за́падный (blowing from the west) · et läänelik (pertaining to the west) · ka დასავლეთის (blowing from the west) · is vestur (pertaining to the west) · fr occidental (pertaining to the west) · uk за́хідний (pertaining to the west) · ga an iarthair (pertaining to the west) · izh länsiin (pertaining to the west) · ml പടിഞ്ഞാറൻ (pertaining to the west) · tg ғарбӣ (pertaining to the west) · la occidentalis (pertaining to the west) · bg за́паден (pertaining to the west) · fa غربی (pertaining to the west) · lt vakarinis (pertaining to the west) · hu nyugati (pertaining to the west) · ja 西の (pertaining to the west) · oc occidental (pertaining to the west) · ko 서의 (pertaining to the west) · sv västlig (pertaining to the west) · ur غَرْبی (pertaining to the west) · et lääne- (pertaining to the west) · ug غەربىي (pertaining to the west) · vo vesüdik (pertaining to the west) · ur مَغْرِبی (pertaining to the west) · sh за̑паднӣ (pertaining to the west) · ar غَرْبِيّ (pertaining to the west) · mr पाश्चात्य (pertaining to the west) · udm ӝытпал (pertaining to the west) · tr batısal (blowing from the west) · cmn 西的 (pertaining to the west) · sh zȃpadnī (pertaining to the west) · nn vestre (pertaining to the west) · hsb zapadny (pertaining to the west) · gl occidental (pertaining to the west) · de West- (pertaining to the west) · tr batı (pertaining to the west) · la occidentale (pertaining to the west) · gd an iar (pertaining to the west) · no vestlig (blowing from the west) · uz gʻarbiy (pertaining to the west) · lo ຕາເວັນຕົກ (pertaining to the west) · es occidental (pertaining to the west) · de westlich (pertaining to the west) · el δυτικός (pertaining to the west) · nb vestre (pertaining to the west) · lt vakarų (pertaining to the west) · cs západní (pertaining to the west) · fi länsimainen (pertaining to the west) · mi māuru (pertaining to the west) · my အနောက် (pertaining to the west) · hy արևմտյան (pertaining to the west) · kmr rojavayî (pertaining to the west) · yi מערבֿדיק (pertaining to the west) · ko 서쪽의 (pertaining to the west) · th ตะวันตก (pertaining to the west)