southeast

See also: south-east and South East

EnglishEdit

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Alternative formsEdit

south-east (British)
sou'-east (nautical)
SE (abbreviation)

EtymologyEdit

From south +‎ east.

PronunciationEdit

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NounEdit

southeast (usually uncountable, plural southeasts)

The intercardinal compass point halfway between east and south; specifically at a bearing of 135°.
Antonym: northwest

Coordinate termsEdit

(compass points)

northwest	north	northeast
west		east
southwest	south	southeast

Derived termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

compass point

Armenian: հարավ-արևելք (hy) (harav-arewelkʿ)
Asturian: sureste m, sueste m
Basque: hego-sortalde, hego-ekialde
Belarusian: паўднёвы ўсход m (paŭdnjóvy ŭsxod)
Bikol Central: sur-subangan
Bulgarian: югои́зток m (jugoíztok)
Burmese: အရှေ့တောင် (my) (a.hre.taung)
Catalan: sud-est (ca) m
Central Melanau: wab daya, wab tarak
Chinese:
Mandarin: 東南／东南 (zh) (dōngnán)
Czech: jihovýchod (cs) m
Danish: sydøst
Dutch: zuidoosten (nl) n
Esperanto: sudoriento, sudeosto
Estonian: kagu (et)
Faroese: landsynningur m
Finnish: kaakko (fi)
French: sud-est (fr) m
Galician: sueste m
Georgian: სამხრეთ-აღმოსავლეთი (samxret-aɣmosavleti)
German: Südosten (de) m
Greek: νοτιοανατολικά (el) (notioanatoliká)
Hungarian: délkelet (hu)
Ido: sud-esto (io)
Indonesian: tenggara (id)
Ingrian: itälounat, kakko (dated or poetic)
Interlingua: sud-est
Italian: sudest m
Japanese: 南東 (ja) (なんとう, nantō), (less common) 東南 (ja) (とうなん, tōnan), (obsolete) 辰巳 (たつみ, tatsumi), (obsolete) 巽 (ja) (たつみ, tatsumi)
Javanese: kidul wétan (krama-ngoko), byabya (jv) (literary)
Karo Batak: aguni
Khmer: អាគ្នេយ៍ (km) (aknei)
Korean: 동남(東南) (ko) (dongnam)
Lao: ບຸບພະທັກຂິນ (bup pha thak khin), ອາຄະເນ (ʼā kha nē)
Latvian: dienvidaustrumi m
Lithuanian: pietryčių m pl
Macedonian: југои́сток m (jugoístok)
Madurese: tèmor lao'
Malay: tenggara
Malayalam: തെക്കുകിഴക്ക് (ml) (tekkukiḻakkŭ)
Maltese: xlokk
Maori: tonga-mā-rāwhiti
Mon: အနဲ
Mongolian: зүүн өмнөд зүгийн (züün ömnöd zügiin)
Navajo: shádiʼááh dóó haʼaʼaah
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sørøst (no)

Nynorsk: søraust
Old Norse: landsuðr n
Persian: جنوب شرقی‎ (jonub-e šarqi)
Polish: południowy wschód m inan
Portuguese: sudeste (pt) m
Romanian: sud-est (ro) n
Romansch: sidost
Russian: ю́го-восто́к (ru) m (júgo-vostók), зюйд-о́ст (ru) m (zjujd-óst) (wind or nautical)
Sanskrit: आग्नेय (sa) (āgneya)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: југоисток m

Roman: jugoistok (sh) m
Slovak: juhovýchod m
Slovene: jugovzhod m
Spanish: sudeste (es) m, sureste (es) m, sueste m
Swahili: kusini-mashariki
Swedish: sydost (sv), sydöst
Telugu: ఆగ్నేయం (te) (āgnēyaṁ)
Thai: ตะวันออกเฉียงใต้ (th) (dtà-wan-ɔ̀ɔk-chǐiang-dtâai), อาคเนย์ (aa-ká-nee)
Toba Batak: anggoni
Turkish: güneydoğu (tr)
Ukrainian: півде́нний схід m (pivdénnyj sxid), зюйд-о́ст m (zjujd-óst) (wind or nautical)
Vietnamese: phía đông nam, hướng đông nam, đông nam (東南)

AdjectiveEdit

southeast (not generally comparable, comparative more southeast, superlative most southeast)

Of, in or pertaining to the southeast; southeastern.
- 2014, Robert Barr, For the Love of Flight, Dorrance Publishing, →ISBN, page 61:
  The first rocket exploded on the southeast camp fire perimeter, and the second dropped in to the northwest, a few hundred meters from the center of the workforce complex.
Situated toward or in the direction of the southeast; southeastward; southeasterly.
A southeast course.
Coming from the southeast; southeasterly.
A southeast wind.

TranslationsEdit

southeastern — see southeastern

southeastward — see southeastward

southeasterly — see southeasterly

AdverbEdit

southeast (not generally comparable, comparative more southeast, superlative most southeast)

Towards or in the direction of the southeast; southeastwards.
We are travelling southeast at the moment.

TranslationsEdit

southeastward — see southeastward

AnagramsEdit

out the ass