oest

See also: öst

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French ouest, from Old English west. First attested in 1803.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [uˈest]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [oˈest]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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Noun

oest m (uncountable)

1. west

   Synonyms: occident, ponent

   Antonyms: est, orient, llevant

Derived terms

• nord-oest
• Oest Mitjà
• sud-oest

See also

compass points: punts cardinals:  ^[edit]

nord-oest nord-occidental	nord septentrional	nord-est nord-oriental
oest occidental		est oriental
sud-oest sud-occidental	sud meridional	sud-est sud-oriental

Further reading

• “oest”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “oest” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “oest” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ust/
• Hyphenation: oest
• Rhymes: -ust

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch *oest (attested only with proclitic n as noest), from Old Dutch *uost, *ōst, from Proto-West Germanic *ōst.

Alternative forms

• noest

Noun

oest m (plural oesten, no diminutive)

1. a knot or knurl in a tree or wood; gnarl

   Synonym: knoest

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch oest, from Old French aoust, from Latin Augustus.

Noun

oest m (plural oesten, no diminutive)

1. (Southern, dialectal) alternative form of oogst

Descendants

• Afrikaans: oes