oriente
Esperanto
Etymology
oriento + -e
Pronunciation
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Adverb
oriente
- easterly
French
Pronunciation
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Verb
oriente
- inflection of orienter:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Galician
Alternative forms
- E
- L
Etymology
From Old Portuguese ouriente, borrowed from Latin oriēns, oriēntem (“the east”).
Noun
oriente m (uncountable)
- east (cardinal direction)
- the eastern portion of a territory or region
Synonyms
- (east): leste, levante, nacente
- (eastern portion): leste
Antonyms
- (east): occidente, oeste, poñente
Coordinate terms
- leste
- norte
- occidente
- sur
Related terms
- oriental
- Oriente
Further reading
- “oriente” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Italian
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oˈrjɛn.te/
- Rhymes: -ɛnte
- Hyphenation: o‧rièn‧te
Noun
oriente m (plural orienti)
- (geography) east, orient
- Synonyms: est, levante
- Antonym: occidente
- orient (of a pearl)
- (Freemasonry) lodge
Derived terms
- orientare
Related terms
- orientale
See also
- (compass points) punto cardinale;
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Further reading
- oriente in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
- Eritone, neoteri, noterei, noterie, tonerei
Latin
Noun
oriente
- ablative singular of oriēns
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (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/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔˈɾjẽ.t(ɨ)/
- Hyphenation: o‧ri‧en‧te
Etymology 1
From Old Portuguese ouriente, borrowed from Latin orientem, present participle of orior (“to rise”).
Noun
oriente m (plural orientes)
- east
- Synonyms: leste, nascente
- Antonyms: ocidente, poente, oeste
Coordinate terms
- (compass points) ponto cardeal;
noroeste | norte | nordeste |
oeste poente ocidente | ![]() | leste este nascente oriente |
sudoeste | sul | sudeste |
Related terms
- oriental
- orientar
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
oriente
- inflection of orientar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “oriente” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oˈɾjente/ [oˈɾjẽn̪.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ente
- Syllabification: o‧rien‧te
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin oriens, orientem.[1]
Noun
oriente m (plural orientes)
- east
- Synonym: este
- Antonyms: occidente, oeste
Derived terms
- nororiente
Related terms
- oriental
- orientar
- origen
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
oriente
- inflection of orientar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “oriente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
References
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos