oriant

Old French

Alternative forms

• orient

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin oriens, orientem.

Noun

oriant oblique singular, m (nominative singular orianz or oriantz)

1. Orient (the East)
   • c. 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci encoumence la vie de Sainte Marie l'Egypcienne:

     Lors c'est vers oriant tornee

     When she turned herself towards the Orient

Antonyms

• occident

Descendants

• French: orient
• → English: orient, Orient