East

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English

Etymology

Old English Äast.

Pronunciation

IPA: /iËst/
SAMPA: /i:st/

Noun

east

One of the four principal compass points, specifically 90Â°, conventionally directed to the right on maps; the direction of the rising sun at an equinox.
- 1895: Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure — In a few hours the birds come to it from all points of the compass – east, west, north, and south...

Translations

compass point

Basque: sortalde, eguzkialde, ekialde
Bosnian: istok m.
Catalan: est m., naixent m.
Chinese: æ±, ä¸ (dÅng)
Czech: vÃ½chod m.
Dutch: oosten n.
Esperanto: oriento, malokcidento
Estonian: ida, idakaar, ost (in seamen's language)
Finnish: itÃ¤
French: est m.
Frisian: easten n.
German: Osten m., Ost
Greek:

Ancient: á¼Î½Î±ÏÎ¿Î»Î®

Modern: Î±Î½Î±ÏÎ¿Î»Î® (anatolÃ) f.

Hungarian: kelet
Ido: esto
Indonesian: timur
Interlingua: est, oriente
Italian: est m., oriente m.
Japanese: æ± (ã²ãã, higashi)

Javanese: wetan
Korean: ë (dong: Hanja)
Kurdish: rojhilat
Latin: oriens
Manchu: (dergi)
Norwegian: Ã¸st
Okinawan: æ± (ã¢ã¬ãª, agari)
Polish: wschÃ³d m.
Portuguese: este m., leste m.
Russian: Ð²Ð¾ÑÑÐ¾Ðº m., Ð¾ÑÑ m.
Serbian:
Cyrillic: Ð¸ÑÑÐ¾Ðº m.
Latin: istok m.
Slovak: vÃ½chod m.
Slovene: vzhod m.
Spanish: este m., oriente m.
Swedish: Ã¶ster
Telugu: à°¤à±à°°à±à°ªà± (toorpu)
Ukrainian: ÑÑÑÐ´ (sxid) m.
Turkish: doÄu, Åark (obsolete)
Yolngu: dhimurru

Adjective

east

Situated or lying in or towards the east; eastward.
(meteorology) wind from the east
Of or pertaining to the east; eastern.
From the East; oriental.

Synonyms

(situated or lying in or towards the east): eastward
(meteorology: wind from the east): easterly
(of or pertaining to the east): eastern
(from the East): oriental

Antonyms

(situated or lying in or towards the east): westward
(meteorology: wind from the east): westerly
(of or pertaining to the east): western

Translations

in or towards the east

Czech: vÃ½chodnÃ
Finnish: itÃ¤- (in compounds), itÃ¤inen
French: Ã l'est, de l'est
Italian: orientale

Dutch: oostelijk
Swedish: ost-, Ã¶st-, Ã¶stra
Turkish: doÄu

meteorology: wind from the east

Czech: vÃ½chodnÃ
Finnish: itÃ¤inen
Italian: di levante

French: d'est
Swedish: ostlig, Ã¶stlig

of or pertaining to the east

Czech: vÃ½chodnÃ
Dutch: oostelijk
Finnish: itÃ¤- (in compounds), itÃ¤inen

French: d'est, de l'est
Greek: Î±Î½Î±ÏÎ¿Î»Î¹ÎºÏÏ (anatolikÃ³s) m.
Italian: orientale
Swedish: ostlig, Ã¶stlig
Turkish: doÄulu

from the East

Czech: z vÃ½chodu
Dutch: oosters
Finnish: itÃ¤inen, orientaalinen, orientaali- (in compounds)

French: oriental m., orientale f.
Greek: Î±Î½Î±ÏÎ¿Î»Î¹ÎºÏÏ (anatolikÃ³s) m.
Italian: da est
Swedish: Ã¶sterlÃ¤ndsk, orientalisk
Turkish: doÄudan

Adverb

east

towards the east; eastwards

Synonyms

(towards the east): eastwards

Antonyms

(towards the east): westwards

Translations

towards the east

Czech: vÃ½chodnÄ, na vÃ½chod, k vÃ½chodu, vÃ½chodnÃm smÄrem
Dutch: oostwaarts
Finnish: itÃ¤Ã¤n pÃ¤in, itÃ¤Ã¤ kohti

French: vers l'est
Italian: a est, verso est
Spanish: (con) rumbo este, (con) rumbo al este/oriente, hacia el este/oriente, hacia oriente, al este/oriente.
Swedish: ostvart, Ã¶sterut

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Basque: sortialdeko, ekialdeko
Esperanto: orienta
Estonian: idapoolne, ida-, Ida-
Frisian: eastlik, eastersk
Interlingua: del est, oriental
Polish: wschodni m., wschodnia f., wschodnie n.
Portuguese: do leste, oriental m. & f.
Slovak: vÃ½chodnÃ½ m., vÃ½chodnÃ¡ f., vÃ½chodnÃ© n.
Spanish: oriental m. & f.

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Derived terms

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Frisian

Noun

east

east

Old English

Etymology

From Germanic *austa- (adverb), from Indo-European *austro-, *austero- âeasternâ. Cognate with Old Frisian Äst, Old Saxon ost (Dutch oost), Old High German Åst (German ost). The IE root is also the source of Avestan uÅ¡astara- âeasternâ, Latin auster âsoutherlyâ, Latvian austrumi âeasterlyâ, Old Church Slavonic Ð·Ð°ÑÑÑÑÐ°.

Pronunciation

IPA: /Ã¦:ast/

Adverb

Äast

from the east
towards the east

Noun

Äast m.

the east

Adjective

Äast

eastern, easterly et:east

fr:east ko:east io:east it:east hu:east ja:east pt:east ru:east fi:east ta:east zh:east

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