oriant

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Old French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

orient

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin oriens, orientem.

Noun[edit]

oriant oblique singular, m (nominative singular orianz or oriantz)

Orient (the East)
- c. 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci encoumence la vie de Sainte Marie l'Egypcienne:
  Lors c'est vers oriant tornee
  When she turned herself towards the Orient

Antonyms[edit]

occident

Descendants[edit]

French: orient
→ English: orient, Orient

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