oriant
Old French
Alternative forms
- orient
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin oriens, orientem.
Noun
oriant m (nominative singular orianz or oriantz)
- Orient (the East)
- circa 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci encoumence la vie de Sainte Marie l'Egypcienne:
- Lors c'est vers oriant tornee
- When she turned herself towards the Orient
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Antonyms
- occident
Descendants
- English: orient, Orient (borrowed)
- French: orient