oriente

See also: Oriente, and orienté

Esperanto

Etymology

oriento ‎ -e

Pronunciation

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Adverb

oriente

1. easterly

French

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Verb

oriente

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

Galician

Alternative forms

• E
• L

Etymology

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

Noun

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

Coordinate terms

• leste
• norte
• occidente
• sur

Related terms

• oriental
• Oriente

Further reading

• “oriente”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

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)

1. (geography) east, orient

   Synonyms: est, levante

   Antonym: occidente

2. orient (of a pearl)
3. (Freemasonry) lodge

Derived terms

• orientare

Related terms

• orientale

See also

• (compass points) punto cardinale;

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

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Eritone, neoteri, noterei, noterie, tonerei

Latin

Noun

oriente

1. ablative singular of oriēns

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.ɾiˈẽ.t͡ʃi/ [o.ɾɪˈẽ.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /oˈɾjẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (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.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: o‧ri‧en‧te

Etymology 1

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

Noun

oriente m (plural orientes)

1. 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

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

Further reading

• “oriente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin orientem.

Noun

oriente m (plural orientes)

1. 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

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

Further reading

• “oriente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28