western

== English == === Alternative forms === Western === Etymology === From Middle English westerne, from Old English westerne, from Proto-Germanic *westrōnijaz. By surface analysis, west +‎ -ern. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈwɛstɚn/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈwɛstən/ Rhymes: -ɛstə(ɹ)n Hyphenation: west‧ern === Adjective === western (comparative more western, superlative most western or westernmost) Of, facing, situated in, or related to the west. Of a wind, blowing from the west; westerly. Occidental. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Russian: ве́стерн (véstern) → Kazakh: вестерн (vestern) → Serbo-Croatian: вестерн → Ukrainian: ве́стерн (véstern) ==== Translations ==== === Noun === western (plural westerns) (Should we move, merge or split(+) this sense?) (film) A film, or some other dramatic work, set in, the historic (c. 1850–1910) American West (west of the Mississippi river) focusing on conflict between whites and Indians, lawmen and outlaws, ranchers and farmers, or industry (railroads, mining) and agriculture. Synonyms: horse opera, oater Coordinate term: northern ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === northern eastern southern north-eastern south-eastern south-western north-western === Anagrams === enstrew == Cebuano == === Etymology === From English western, from Old English westerne, from Proto-Germanic *westrōnijaz. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: wes‧tern === Noun === western (film) a western == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English western. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʋɛs.tərn/ Hyphenation: wes‧tern === Noun === western m (plural westerns, no diminutive) western (work set in the Old West) [from early 20th c.] ==== Derived terms ==== westernfilm westernverhaal == Finnish == === Etymology === < English western === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʋestern/, [ˈʋe̞s̠te̞rn] Rhymes: -estern === Noun === western western (film or other dramatic work set in American West) Synonyms: länkkäri, lännenfilmi ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “western”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 14 May 2026 == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English western. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /wɛs.tɛʁn/ === Noun === western m (plural westerns) western (film genre) === Further reading === “western”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Hungarian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English western. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈvɛstɛrn] Hyphenation: west‧ern Rhymes: -ɛrn === Noun === western (plural westernek) western (film genre) ==== Declension ==== === References === == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English western. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈwɛs.tern/ Rhymes: -ɛstern Hyphenation: wè‧stern === Noun === western m (invariable) western (film genre) == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === Borrowed from English western. === Noun === western m (definite singular westernen, indefinite plural westerner, definite plural westernene) a western (film or movie, novel) ==== Derived terms ==== spagettiwestern westernfilm ==== See also ==== country and western === References === “western” in The Bokmål Dictionary. “western” in The Ordnett Dictionary == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === Borrowed from English western. === Noun === western m (definite singular westernen, indefinite plural westernar, definite plural westernane) a western (film or movie, novel) ==== Derived terms ==== spagettiwestern westernfilm ==== See also ==== country and western === References === “western” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Polish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English western. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈwɛs.tɛrn/ Rhymes: -ɛstɛrn Syllabification: wes‧tern === Noun === western m inan (related adjective westernowy) western (adventure film set in the Wild West in the 19th century) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “western”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “western”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[4] (in Polish) western in PWN's encyclopedia == Romanian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English western. === Noun === western n (plural westernuri) western film ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English western. === Noun === western m (plural westerns) misspelling of wéstern == Swedish == === Alternative forms === västern === Noun === western c a western (movie) ==== Derived terms ==== spaghettivästern (“spaghetti western”) === References === “western”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “western”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “western”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)