southeast

English

Alternative forms

• south-east
• sou'-east

Noun

southeast (plural southeasts)

1. The direction of the cardinal compass point halfway between south and east, specifically 135°, abbreviated as SE.

Coordinate terms

• (compass point): northeast, northwest, southwest

Derived terms

• southeast by east
• southeast by south

Translations

compass point

• Armenian: հարավ-արևելք (harav-arewelkʻ)
• Asturian: sureste m, sueste m
• Basque: egosortalde, egoekialde
• Belarusian: паўднёвы ўсход m (paŭdnjóvy ŭsxod)
• 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), 东南 (zh) (dōngnán)

• Czech: jihovýchod (cs) m
• Danish: sydøst
• Dutch: zuidoosten (nl) n
• Esperanto: sudoriento, sudeosto
• Estonian: kagu
• Faroese: landsynningur m
• Finnish: kaakko (fi)
• French: sud-est (fr) m
• Galician: sueste m
• Georgian: სამხრეთ-აღმოსავლეთი (samxret-aɣmosavleti)
• German: Südosten (de) m
• Greek: νοτιοανατολικά (el) (notioanatoliká)
• Hungarian: délkelet (hu)
• Ido: sud-esto (io)
• Indonesian: tenggara (id)
• 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)
• Khmer: អាគ្នេយ៍ (km) (aknei)
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• Korean: 동남 (ko) (dongnam) (東南 (ko))
• Lao: ບຸບພະທັກຂິນ (bup pha thak khin), ອາຄະເນ (ʼā kha nē)
• Macedonian: југои́сток m (jugoístok)
• Malay: tenggara
• Malayalam: തെക്കുകിഴക്ക് (ml) (tekkukiḻakkŭ)
• Maltese: xlokk
• Maori: tonga-mā-rāwhiti
• Mongolian: зүүн өмнөд зүгийн (züün ömnöd zügiin)
• Navajo: shádiʼááh dóó haʼaʼaah
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sørøst (no)

  Nynorsk: søraust

• Persian: جنوب شرقی (jonub-e šarqi)
• Polish: południowy wschód m inan
• Portuguese: sudeste (pt) m
• Romansch: sidost
• Russian: ю́го-восто́к (ru) m (júgo-vostók), зюйд-о́ст (ru) m (zjujd-óst) (wind or nautical)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: југоисток m

  Roman: jugoistok (sh) m

• Slovak: juhovýchod m
• Slovene: jugovzhod m
• Spanish: sudeste (es) m, sureste m, sueste m
• Swedish: sydost (sv), sydöst
• Telugu: ఆగ్నేయం (te) (āgnēyaṁ)
• Thai: ตะวันออกเฉียงใต้ (th) (dtà-wan-ɔ̀ɔk-chǐiang-dtâai)
• Turkish: güneydoğu (tr)
• Ukrainian: півде́нний схід m (pivdénnyj sxid)
• Vietnamese: phía đông nam

Adjective

southeast (comparative more southeast, superlative most southeast)

1. Southeastern, southeasternmost; occupying a position that is relatively southeast of another.
   • 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. Towards the southeast; southeastwards.
3. From the southeast, southeasterly.

Translations

southeastern

• Armenian: հարավարևելյան (haravarewelyan)
• Belarusian: паўднёва-ўсхо́дні m (paŭdnjova-ŭsxódni)
• Czech: jihovýchodní (cs)
• Greek: νοτιοανατολικός (el) (notioanatolikós)
• Hungarian: délkeleti (hu)
• Macedonian: југоисточен m (jugoistočen), југоисточна f (jugoistočna), југоисточно n (jugoistočno)
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• Malayalam: തെക്കുകിഴക്കൻ (tekkukiḻakkaṉ)
• Polish: południowo-wschodni (pl)
• Portuguese: do sudeste
• Russian: ю́го-восто́чный (ru) (júgo-vostóčnyj)
• Spanish: del sudeste, al sudeste
• Vietnamese: đông nam

towards the southeast

• Armenian: հարավարևելյան (haravarewelyan)
• Greek: νοτιοανατολικά (el) (notioanatoliká)
• Macedonian: југоисточно (jugoistočno)
• Maori: ki te tonga-mā-rāwhiti
• Portuguese: sudeste (pt)
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• Romanian: sudestic, de sud-est
• Russian: ю́го-восто́чный (ru) (júgo-vostóčnyj)
• Spanish: al sudeste
• Vietnamese: đông nam

from the southeast

• French: sud-est (fr)
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• Maori: i te tonga-mā-rāwhiti

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} югоизточен m (jugoiztočen)
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} zuidoost (nl), ^{(please verify)} zuidoostelijk (nl)
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} sudesta
• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} del sud-est
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• Swedish: (3) ^{(please verify)} sydöstra (sv)
• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} ఆగ్నేయం (te) (āgnēyaṁ)
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} güneydoğu (tr)

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