oriente

See also: Oriente and orienté

Esperanto

Etymology

oriento + -e

Pronunciation

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Adverb

oriente

  1. easterly

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

oriente

  1. inflection of orienter:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ouriente, borrowed from Latin oriēns, oriēntem (the east).

Noun

oriente m (uncountable)

  1. east (cardinal direction)
    Synonyms: leste, levante, nacente
    Antonyms: occidente, oeste, poñente
  2. the eastern portion of a territory or region
    Synonym: leste

Coordinate terms

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

From Latin orientem (possibly a borrowing), accusative form of oriēns, present participle of orior (to rise, get up), in reference to the rising of the Sun. Early Christian maps were "oriented" with the direction to Jerusalem always at the top.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oˈrjɛn.te/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnte
  • Hyphenation: o‧rièn‧te

Noun

oriente m (plural orienti)

  1. (geography) east, orient
    Synonyms: est, levante
    Antonym: occidente
  2. orient (of a pearl)
  3. (Freemasonry) lodge

Derived terms

See also

From Latin
settentrione
occidente
ponente
oriente
levante
meridione
mezzogiorno
From Germanic
nordovest nord nordest
ovest est
sudovest sud sudest

Further reading

  • oriente in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

oriente

  1. ablative singular of oriēns

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /o.ɾiˈẽ.t͡ʃi/ [o.ɾɪˈẽ.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /oˈɾjẽ.t͡ʃi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /o.ɾiˈẽ.te/ [o.ɾɪˈẽ.te], (faster pronunciation) /oˈɾjẽ.te/

  • Hyphenation: o‧ri‧en‧te

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese ouriente, borrowed from Latin orientem, present participle of orior (to rise).

Noun

oriente m (plural orientes)

  1. east
    Synonyms: leste, nascente
    Antonyms: ocidente, poente, oeste
Coordinate terms
noroeste norte nordeste
oeste
poente
ocidente
leste
este
nascente
oriente
sudoeste sul sudeste

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

oriente

  1. inflection of orientar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oˈɾjente/ [oˈɾjẽn̪.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ente
  • Syllabification: o‧rien‧te

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin orientem.[1]

Noun

oriente m (plural orientes)

  1. east
    Synonym: este
    Antonyms: occidente, oeste
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

oriente

  1. inflection of orientar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

References

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