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levante

See also: Levante and levanté

Esperanto edit

Adverb edit

levante

  1. present adverbial active participle of levi

French edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /lə.vɑ̃t/
  • Audio (Paris)(file)

Adjective edit

levante

  1. feminine singular of levant

Anagrams edit

Galician edit

Verb edit

levante

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

Interlingua edit

Participle edit

levante

  1. present participle of levar

Italian edit

Etymology edit

Present participle of levarsi (“to rise”). Corresponds to Latin levantem (“raising”), in reference to the rising of the sun.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /leˈvan.te/
  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Hyphenation: le‧vàn‧te

Adjective edit

levante (plural levanti)

  1. rising
    Synonym: sorgente
    Antonym: calante

Noun edit

levante m (plural levanti)

  1. east
    Synonyms: est, oriente
    Antonym: ponente
  2. levanter (easterly wind)
    Synonyms: (obsolete) apeliota, (obsolete, rare) euro, (regional) levantara

Derived terms edit

See also edit

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

Participle edit

levante (plural levanti)

  1. present participle of levare

Related terms edit

Further reading edit

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

Anagrams edit

Latin edit

Participle edit

lēvante

  1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of lēvāns

Portuguese edit

Pronunciation edit

 
 

Etymology 1 edit

Noun edit

levante m (plural levantes)

  1. east, orient
  2. revolt, rebellion

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

levante

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

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /leˈbante/ [leˈβ̞ãn̪.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Syllabification: le‧van‧te

Etymology 1 edit

From the old present active participle of levar (Old Spanish form of llevar). Corresponds to Latin levantem (“raising”), in reference to the rising of the sun.

Noun edit

levante m (plural levantes)

  1. east
    Synonyms: este, oriente
    Antonyms: oeste, poniente, occidente
  2. East (wind), levanter
Related terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

levante

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

Further reading edit

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