occident

See also: Occident

English

Etymology

From Middle English occident, from Old French occident, from Latin occidentem (“western sky, part of the sky in which the sun sets”), from occido (“go down, set”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɒksɪdənt/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

occident (usually uncountable, plural occidents)

1. The part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west.

   Synonyms: ponent, west

   Antonyms: orient, east

2. The Western world; the part of the world excluding Asia and Africa.

Derived terms

• occidental

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱh₂d- (0 c, 32 e)

Translations

part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west

• Bulgarian: запад (bg) m (zapad)
• French: occident (fr) m
• Galician: occidente
• German: Okzident (de) m
• Italian: occidente (it) m
• Portuguese: ocidente (pt) m
• Romanian: occident (ro) n
• Spanish: occidente (es) m

Anagrams

• incocted

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin occidentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [uk.siˈðen]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ok.siˈðent]

Noun

occident m (plural occidents)

1. west

   Synonyms: ponent, oest

   Antonym: orient

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French, borrowed from Latin occidentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔk.si.dɑ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

occident m (plural occidents)

1. west (compass point)
2. Alternative letter-case form of Occident

Synonyms

• ponant, ouest

Antonyms

• orient

Derived terms

• occidental

Further reading

• “occident”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Etymology 1

Form of the verb occidō.

Verb

occident

1. third-person plural future active indicative of occidō

Etymology 2

Form of the verb occīdō.

Verb

occīdent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of occīdō

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin occidens, occidentem.

Noun

occident oblique singular, m (nominative singular occidenz or occidentz)

1. the west

Antonyms

• oriant

Related terms

• occidental, occidentel

Descendants

• → Middle English: occident
  • English: occident, Occident
• French: occident

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French occident, Latin occidens, occidentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ok.t͡ʃiˈdent/

Noun

occident n (uncountable)

1. west, Occident

Declension

declension of occident (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) occident	occidentul
genitive/dative	(unui) occident	occidentului
vocative	occidentule

Synonyms

• vest (standard), apus (somewhat uncommon today)

Related terms

• occidental