orienter

English

Etymology

orient + -er

Noun

orienter (plural orienters)

  1. A person or thing that orients.
    • 2009, Jerry D. Moore, Visions of Culture: An Annotated Reader, page 377:
      [] an agreement about their Significance in the sense that there is acceptance of the appropriateness of these signals and signs as orienters of interaction in a specific social situation and a commonality of response to them.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From orient + -er, from Old French oriant.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔ.ʁjɑ̃.te/
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Verb

orienter

  1. to orientate
  2. to set to north
  3. to guide

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: oryante (via past participle)

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

orienter

  1. imperative of orientere
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