See also: Oriente and orienté

Esperanto

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Etymology

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oriento +‎ -e

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Adverb

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oriente

  1. easterly

French

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Verb

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oriente

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

Galician

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Etymology

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

Noun

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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

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Italian

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Etymology

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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.

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

Noun

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oriente m (plural orienti)

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

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

Further reading

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

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Latin

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Noun

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oriente

  1. ablative singular of oriēns

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • (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

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

Noun

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oriente m (plural orientes)

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


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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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oriente

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

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Spanish

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

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin orientem.[1]

Noun

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oriente m (plural orientes)

  1. east
    Synonym: este
    Antonyms: occidente, oeste
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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oriente

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

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