oriental
adjective /ˌɔːriˈentl/
/ˌɔːriˈentl/
- connected with or typical of the eastern part of the world, especially China and Japan, and the people who live there
- oriental languages
- She looks slightly oriental
Oxford Collocations DictionaryOriental is used with these nouns:- carpet
- medicine
- rug
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin orientalis, from orient- ‘rising or east’, from oriri ‘to rise’.