oeste

oeste

See also: öste

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈus.tə/

Noun

oeste

1. plural of oes

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Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ouest, from Old English west.

Noun

oeste m (plural oestes)

1. west

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Galician

Alternative forms

• ueste
• O
• W

Etymology

Borrowed from French ouest, from Old English west.

Noun

oeste m (plural oestes)

1. (uncountable) west (cardinal direction)
2. (uncountable) the western portion of a territory or region
3. (countable) a western; a wind blowing from the west

Synonyms

• (west): occidente, poñente
• (western portion): occidente

Antonyms

• (west): leste, levante, nacente, oriente

Coordinate terms

• leste
• norde
• occidente
• sul

Derived terms

• Alemaña do Oeste
• noroeste
• suroeste

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French ouest,[1][2] from Old French west, from Old English west, from Proto-Germanic *westrą.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈɛs.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈɛs.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /oˈɛʃ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈɛs.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈwɛʃ.t(ɨ)/

• (Nordestino) IPA^(key): /ɔ.ˈɛʃ.ti/
• Hyphenation: o‧es‧te

Noun

oeste m (plural oestes)

1. west (compass point)

   Synonyms: ocidente, poente

Coordinate terms

• (compass points) ponto cardeal;

noroeste	norte	nordeste
oeste poente ocidente		leste este nascente oriente
sudoeste	sul	sudeste

References

1. “oeste” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
2. “oeste” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French ouest, from Middle French ouest, from Old French ouest or west, from Old English west.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈeste/ [oˈes.t̪e]

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• Rhymes: -este
• Syllabification: o‧es‧te

Noun

oeste m (uncountable)

1. west

   Synonyms: poniente, occidente

   Antonym: este

Coordinate terms

• occidental
• este
• norte
• sur

Derived terms

• Asia del Oeste

Further reading

• “oeste”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Tagalog

Alternative forms

• weste

Etymology

From Spanish oeste (“west”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: o‧es‧te
• IPA^(key): /ʔoˈeste/, [ʔoˈes.te]

Noun

oeste

1. west (compass point)

   Synonyms: kanluran, oksidente

   Antonyms: silangan, oryente, este

Coordinate terms

hilagang kanluran norweste	hilaga norte	hilagang silangan nordeste
oksidente kanluran oeste		oryente silangan este
salatan/sur oeste timog-kanluran	sur timog	sur este timog-silangan

Derived terms

• Oeste
• Weste

 

Related terms

• este
• norte
• sur

 

Further reading

• “oeste”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018