southeast

See also: south-east and South East

English

Southeast.

Alternative forms

• south-east (UK)
• sou'-east (nautical)
• SE (abbreviation)

Etymology

From Middle English southest, from Old English sūþēast, equivalent to south +‎ east.

Pronunciation

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Noun

southeast (plural southeasts)

1. The intercardinal compass point halfway between east and south; specifically at a bearing of 135°.

   Antonym: northwest

Coordinate terms

compass points:  ^[edit]

northwest	north	northeast
west		east
southwest	south	southeast

Derived terms

• south-southwest
• south-southwesterly
• south-southwestern
• south-southwestwards
• southwest by south
• southwest by west
• southwesterly
• southwestern
• southwestwards
• west-southwest
• west-southwesterly
• west-southwestern
• west-southwestwards

Translations

compass point

• Armenian: հարավ-արևելք (hy) (harav-arewelkʻ)
• Asturian: sureste m, sueste m
• Basque: hego-sortalde, hego-ekialde
• Belarusian: паўднёвы ўсход m (pawdnjóvy wsxod)
• Bikol Central: habagatan-sirangan
• Bulgarian: югои́зток m (jugoíztok)
• Burmese: အရှေ့တောင် (my) (a.hre.taung)
• Catalan: sud-est (ca) m
• Central Melanau: wab daya, wab tarak
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 東南 / 东南 (zh) (dōngnán)

• Czech: jihovýchod (cs) m
• Danish: sydøst
• Dutch: zuidoosten (nl) n
• Esperanto: sudoriento, sudeosto
• Estonian: kagu (et)
• Faroese: landsynningur m
• Finnish: kaakko (fi)
• French: sud-est (fr) m
• Galician: sueste (gl) m
• Georgian: სამხრეთ-აღმოსავლეთი (samxret-aɣmosavleti)
• German: Südosten (de) m
• Greek: νοτιοανατολικά (el) (notioanatoliká)
• Hindi: दक्षिणपूर्व (hi) m (dakṣiṇpūrv)
• Hungarian: délkelet (hu)
• Icelandic: suðaustur (is) n, landsuður n
• Ido: sud-esto (io)
• Indonesian: tenggara (id)
• Ingrian: itälounat, kakko (dated or poetic)
• Interlingua: sud-est
• Italian: sudest m
• Japanese: 南東 (ja) (なんとう, nantō), (less common) 東南 (ja) (とうなん, tōnan), (obsolete) 辰巳 (たつみ, tatsumi), (obsolete) 巽 (ja) (たつみ, tatsumi)
• Javanese: kidul wétan (krama-ngoko), byabya (jv) (literary)
• Karo Batak: aguni
• Khmer: អាគ្នេយ៍ (km) (aknei)
• Korean: 동남(東南) (ko) (dongnam)
• Lao: ບຸບພະທັກຂິນ (bup pha thak khin), ອາຄະເນ (ʼā kha nē)
• Latvian: dienvidaustrumi m
• Lithuanian: pietryčių m pl
• Macedonian: југои́сток m (jugoístok)
• Madurese: tèmor lao'
• Malay: tenggara
• Malayalam: തെക്കുകിഴക്ക് (ml) (tekkukiḻakkŭ)
• Maltese: xlokk
• Maori: tonga-mā-rāwhiti
• Mon: အနဲ
• Mongolian: зүүн өмнөд зүгийн (züün ömnöd zügiin)
• Navajo: shádiʼááh dóó haʼaʼaah
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sørøst (no)

  Nynorsk: søraust

• Old Norse: landsuðr n
• Persian: جنوب شرقی (jonub-e šarqi)
• Polish: południowy wschód m inan
• Portuguese: sudeste (pt) m
• Romanian: sud-est (ro) n
• Romansch: sidost
• Russian: ю́го-восто́к (ru) m (júgo-vostók), зюйд-о́ст (ru) m (zjujd-óst) (wind or nautical)
• Sanskrit: आग्नेय (sa) (āgneya)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: југоисток m

  Roman: jugoistok (sh) m

• Slovak: juhovýchod m
• Slovene: jugovzhod m
• Spanish: sudeste (es) m, sureste (es) m, sueste m, sudoriente m, suroriente m
• Swahili: kusini-mashariki
• Swedish: sydost (sv), sydöst (sv)
• Tamil: தென்கிழக்கு (ta) (teṉkiḻakku)
• Telugu: ఆగ్నేయం (te) (āgnēyaṁ)
• Thai: ตะวันออกเฉียงใต้ (th) (dtà-wan-ɔ̀ɔk-chǐiang-dtâai), อาคเนย์ (aa-ká-nee)
• Toba Batak: anggoni
• Turkish: güneydoğu (tr)
• Ukrainian: півде́нний схід m (pivdénnyj sxid), зюйд-о́ст m (zjujd-óst) (wind or nautical)
• Vietnamese: phía đông nam, hướng đông nam, đông nam (東南)
• Welsh: de-ddwyrain m

Adjective

southeast (not generally comparable, comparative more southeast, superlative most southeast)

1. Of, in or pertaining to the southeast; southeastern.
   • 2014, Robert Barr, For the Love of Flight, Dorrance Publishing, →ISBN, page 61:

     The first rocket exploded on the southeast camp fire perimeter, and the second dropped in to the northwest, a few hundred meters from the center of the workforce complex.

2. Situated toward or in the direction of the southeast; southeastward; southeasterly.

   A southeast course.

3. Coming from the southeast; southeasterly.

   A southeast wind.

Translations

southeastern — see southeastern

southeastward — see southeastward

southeasterly — see southeasterly

Adverb

southeast (not generally comparable, comparative further southeast or farther southeast, superlative furthest southeast or farthest southeast)

1. Towards or in the direction of the southeast; southeastwards.

   We are travelling southeast at the moment.

   Valencia is southeast of Madrid.

Translations

southeastward — see southeastward

Anagrams

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