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Etymology [edit]
From Middle English est, from Old English ēast, from Proto-Germanic *austą, from Proto-Indo-European *aus-. Compare West Frisian east, Dutch oost, German Ost, Norwegian aust.
east (uncountable)
- One of the four principal compass points, specifically 90°, 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...
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compass point
- Afrikaans: oos (af)
- Albanian: lindje (sq)
- Arabic: شرق (ar) (šarq) m
- Aramaic:
- Syriac: ܡܕܢܚܐ (madnkhā, madnkho) f
- Armenian: արևելք (hy) (arevelk’)
- Old Armenian: արեւելք (arewelkʿ)
- Azeri: şərq (az)
- Bashkir: көнсығыш (könsïğï), шәреҡ (šäreq)
- Basque: sortalde (eu), eguzkialde (eu), ekialde (eu)
- Belarusian: усход (be) (usxód) m
- Bengali: পূর্ব (bn) (purbô)
- Breton: reter (br) m
- Bulgarian: изток (bg) (ístok) m
- Burmese: အရှေ့ (my) (ăshe.)
- Catalan: est (ca)
- Chechen: малхбале (malxbale)
- Chinese:
- Dungan: дун
- Mandarin: 東 (cmn), 东 (cmn) (dōng), 東方 (cmn), 东方 (cmn) (dōngfāng)
- Corsican: estu (co)
- Crimean Tatar: şarq, kündoğuş
- Czech: východ (cs) m
- Danish: øst (da)
- Dutch: oosten (nl) n
- Esperanto: oriento (eo), eosto (eo)
- Estonian: ida (et), idakaar (et)
- Faroese: eystur (fo)
- Finnish: itä (fi)
- French: est (fr) m
- Galician: leste (gl)
- Georgian: აღმოსავლეთი (ka) (ağmosavlet'i)
- German: Osten (de) m, Ost (de) m
- Greek: ανατολή (el) (anatolí) f
- Ancient Greek: ἀνατολή
- Gujarati: પૂર્વ (gu) (pūrva) m
- Hawaiian: hikina
- Hebrew: מדנחא (madnkhā, madnkho) f
- Hebrew: מזרח (he) (mizrakh) m
- Hindi: पूर्व (hi) (pūrva) m
- Hungarian: kelet (hu)
- Icelandic: austur (is)
- Ido: esto (io)
- Indonesian: timur (id)
- Interlingua: est (ia), oriente (ia)
- Italian: est (it) m, oriente (it) m, levante (it) m
- Japanese: 東 (ja) (ひがし, higashi), 東方 (ja) (とうほう, tōhō)
- Javanese: wetan (jv)
- Kannada: ಪೂರ್ವ (kn) (pūrva)
- Karachay-Balkar: кюнчыгъыш (künçığış)
- Kazakh: шығыс (kk) (şığıs) , күншығыс (kk) (künşığıs)
- Khakas: іскер (ísker)
- Khmer: ទិសខាងកើត (km) (tɨh khaang kaət)
- Korean: 동 (ko) (dong) (東 (ko)), (nautical) 새 (ko) (sae)
- Koryak: тэйкэнэнэны (teykenenenə)
- Kumyk: гюнтувуш (güntuvuş)
- Kurdish: rojhilat (ku), ڕۆژههڵات (ku)
- Kyrgyz: чығыш (ky) (çığış) , күн чығыш (ky) (kün çığış)
- Lao: ທິດຕາເວັນອອກ (lo) (thit-taa-wen-'öök)
- Latgalian: reiti
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- Latin: oriens (la)
- Latvian: austrumi (lv)
- Lingala: monyɛlɛ (ln)
- Lithuanian: rytai (lt)
- Macedonian: исток (mk) (ístok) m
- Malay: timur (ms)
- Malayalam: കിഴക്ക് (ml) (kiḻakku)
- Maltese: lvant (mt)
- Manchu: (dergi)
- Maori: rawhiti (mi)
- Mongolian: зүүн (mn) (züün) , дорно (mn) (dorno)
- Navajo: haʼaʼaah
- Norman: Êt
- Norwegian: øst (no), aust (no)
- Nynorsk: aust (nn)
- Occitan: èst (oc)
- Ojibwe: waabano, waabang
- Okinawan: あがり (agari)
- Old Church Slavonic: въстокъ (vŭstokŭ) m
- Oriya: ପୂର୍ବ (or) (pūrba)
- Persian: مشرق (fa) (mašreq), خاور (fa) (xâvar), شرق (fa) (šarq)
- Polish: wschód (pl) m
- Portuguese: este (pt) m, leste (pt) m
- Quechua: intichay (qu)
- Romanian: est (ro)
- Romansch: ost (rm), (Sutselvisch) oriaint (rm)
- Russian: восток (ru) (vostók) m , ост (ru) (ost) m (wind, nautical)
- Sanskrit: पूर्वा (sa) (pūrvā) f
- Scots: aist
- Scottish Gaelic: ear (gd)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: исток (sh) m
- Roman: istok (sh) m
- Shor: шығыш (şığış), кӱн-шығыш (kün-şığış)
- Sinhalese: නැගෙනහිර (si) (nægenahira, nægenaira)
- Slovak: východ (sk) m
- Slovene: vzhod (sl) m
- Southern Altai: кӱнчыгыш (künçığış)
- Spanish: este (es) m, oriente (es) m, levante (es) m
- Swahili: mashariki (sw)
- Swedish: öster (sv)
- Tajik: шарқ (tg) (šarq)
- Tamil: கிழக்கு (ta) (kiḻakku)
- Tatar: көнчыгыш (tt) (könçığış), шәреҡ (tt) (şäreq)
- Telugu: తూర్పు (te) (tūrpu)
- Thai: ทิศตะวันออก (th) (tít dtàwan òk)
- Turkish: doğu (tr), şark (tr) (obsolete)
- Turkmen: gündogar (tk)
- Tuvan: чөөн чүк (çöön çük)
- Ukrainian: схід (uk) (sxid) m
- Urdu: مشرق (ur) (maśriq) m
- Uzbek: sharq (uz)
- Vietnamese: đông (vi)phía đông (vi), hướng đông (vi), phương đông (vi)
- Welsh: dwyrain (cy)
- West Frisian: easten (fy) n
- Yakut: илин (ilin)
- Yiddish: מזרח (yi) (mizrekh) m
- Yolngu: dhimurru
- Yonaguni: アンガイ (aŋgayi)
- ǃXóõ: ǂa̰ã
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Adjective [edit]
east (not comparable)
- 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 [edit]
- (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 [edit]
- (situated or lying in or towards the east): westward
- (meteorology: wind from the east): westerly
- (of or pertaining to the east): western
Translations [edit]
of or pertaining to the east
Adverb [edit]
east (not comparable)
- towards the east; eastwards
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Anagrams [edit]
- AEST, eats, ESTA, etas, sate, saté, seat, SEAT, seta, tase, teas
Old English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Proto-Germanic *austą, from Proto-Indo-European *aus- (“eastern”). Cognate with Old Frisian āst, Old Saxon ost, Dutch oost, Old High German ōst, German Osten, Old Norse austr. The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin auster (“southerly”) and aurora (“dawn”), Latvian austrumi (“easterly”), Albanian ag (“dawn, early morning; black mark round the eyes”), Proto-Slavic *utro.
Pronunciation [edit]
ēast m
- the east
Descendants [edit]
Adjective [edit]
ēast
- eastern, easterly
Adverb [edit]
ēast
- from the east
- towards the east
West Frisian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old Frisian āst, from Proto-Germanic *austą. Compare English east, Dutch oost, German Ost, Norwegian aust.
east
- east
Adjective [edit]
east
- east, eastern, easterly