oriente

See also: Oriente and orienté

Esperanto

Etymology

oriento +‎ -e

Pronunciation

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Adverb

oriente

1. easterly

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French

Verb

oriente

1. first-person singular present indicative of orienter
2. third-person singular present indicative of orienter
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of orienter
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of orienter
5. second-person singular imperative of orienter

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Galician

Alternative forms

• E
• L

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ouriente, borrowed from Latin oriēns, oriēntem (“the east”).

Noun

oriente m (uncountable)

1. east (cardinal direction)
2. the eastern portion of a territory or region

Synonyms

• (east): leste, levante, nacente
• (eastern portion): leste

Antonyms

• (east): occidente, oeste, poñente

Coordinate terms

• leste
• norte
• occidente
• sur

Related terms

• oriental
• Oriente

Further reading

• “oriente”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin orientem (possibly a borrowing), accusative form of oriēns, present participle of orior (“I rise, get up”), in reference to the rising of the Sun. Early Christian maps were "oriented" with the direction to Jerusalem always at the top.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈrjɛn.te/, [oˈr̺jɛn̪t̪e]
• Hyphenation: o‧rièn‧te

Noun

oriente m (plural orienti)

1. (geography) east, orient

   Synonyms: est, levante

   Antonym: occidente

2. (of a pearl) orient
3. (Freemasonry) lodge

Derived terms

• orientare

Related terms

• orientale

Anagrams

• noterei
• tonerei

Further reading

• oriente in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) oriente

1. ablative singular of oriēns

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Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese ouriente, borrowed from Latin oriens, orientem, present participle of oriri (“to rise”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.ˈɾjẽ.tɨ/
• Hyphenation: o‧ri‧en‧te

Noun

oriente m (plural orientes)

1. east

   Synonyms: leste, nascente

   Antonyms: ocidente, poente, oeste

Related terms

• oriental
• orientar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

oriente

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of orientar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of orientar
3. first-person singular imperative of orientar
4. third-person singular imperative of orientar

Further reading

• Template:R:Priberam

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈɾjente/ [oˈɾjẽn̪.t̪e]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin oriens, orientem.

Noun

oriente m (plural orientes)

1. east

   Synonym: este

   Antonyms: occidente, oeste

Derived terms

• nororiente

Related terms

• oriental
• orientar
• origen

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

oriente

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of orientar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of orientar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of orientar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of orientar.

Further reading

• “oriente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014