levante

See also: Levante and levanté

Esperanto

Adverb

levante

1. present adverbial active participle of levi

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lə.vɑ̃t/

• Audio (Paris):

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Adjective

levante

1. feminine singular of levant

Anagrams

• enlevât

Galician

Verb

levante

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

Interlingua

Participle

levante

1. present participle of levar

Italian

Etymology

Present participle of levarsi (“to rise”). Corresponds to Latin levantem (“raising”), in reference to the rising of the sun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leˈvan.te/
• Rhymes: -ante
• Hyphenation: le‧vàn‧te

Adjective

levante (plural levanti)

1. rising

   Synonym: sorgente

   Antonym: calante

Noun

levante m (plural levanti)

1. east

   Synonyms: est, oriente

   Antonym: ponente

2. levanter (easterly wind)

   Synonyms: (obsolete) apeliota, (obsolete, rare) euro, (regional) levantara

Derived terms

• Riviera di Levante

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

Participle

levante (plural levanti)

1. present participle of levare

Related terms

• levare
• levantino

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• valente, velante

Latin

Participle

lēvante

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of lēvāns

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /leˈvɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /leˈvɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /leˈvɐ̃.te/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɨˈvɐ̃.tɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɨˈvɐ̃.tɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɨˈbɐ̃.tɨ/ [lɨˈβɐ̃.tɨ]

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɐ̃tʃi, (Portugal) -ɐ̃tɨ
• Hyphenation: le‧van‧te

Etymology 1

Noun

levante m (plural levantes)

1. east, orient
2. revolt, rebellion

Etymology 2

Verb

levante

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leˈbante/ [leˈβ̞ãn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: le‧van‧te

Etymology 1

From the old present active participle of levar (Old Spanish form of llevar). Corresponds to Latin levantem (“raising”), in reference to the rising of the sun.

Noun

levante m (plural levantes)

1. east

   Synonyms: este, oriente

   Antonyms: oeste, poniente, occidente

2. East (wind), levanter

Related terms

• levantar
• leve

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

levante

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

Further reading

• “levante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28