west
English
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Etymology
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*wek(ʷ)speros |
From Middle English west, from Old English west, from Proto-West Germanic *westr, from Proto-Germanic *westrą.
Cognate with Scots wast, Saterland Frisian Wääste, West Frisian west, Dutch west, German West, Danish vest. Cognate also with Old French west, French ouest, Spanish oeste, Portuguese oeste, Catalan oest, Galician oeste, Italian ovest (all ultimately borrowings of the English word). Compare also Latin vesper (“evening”), with which it is possibly cognate via Proto-Indo-European.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]west (plural wests)
- The direction opposite to that of the earth's rotation, specifically 270°.
- Alternative form: (abbreviation) W
- We used to live in the west of the country.
- Portugal lies to the west of Spain.
- The western region or area; the inhabitants thereof. [circa 1300]
- (ecclesiastical) In a church: the direction of the gallery, opposite to the altar, and opposite to the direction faced by the priest when celebrating ad orientem.
- 1997, John Haskell, John Callanan, Sydney Architecture, UNSW Press, →ISBN:
- In two respects, however, the cathedral [of St. Mary's in Sydney, Australia] differs from English traditions: it is oriented north-south, not east-west; and its main entry is from the south (liturgical west) between the two towers, in the French manner.
- 2000, Mark L. MacDonald, The Chant of Life: Liturgical Studies Four, Church Publishing, Inc., →ISBN, page 98:
- The seating for honored persons (clergy) is at the liturgical west, opposite the entrance and lectern.
- 2007, Patrick Malloy, Celebrating the Eucharist: A Practical Ceremonial Guide for Clergy and Other Liturgical Ministers, Church Publishing, Inc., →ISBN, page 155:
- In most worship spaces, this will put the thurifer and gospeller facing liturgical west, book bearer facing liturgical east (or the book on the reading desk), and the torch bearers turned inward, facing the book.
- 2014, Paul Porwoll, Against All Odds: History of Saint Andrew's Parish Church, Charleston, 1706-2013, WestBow Press, →ISBN, page 365:
- Throughout the book I refer directionally to the altar and chancel of St. Andrew's as situated at ecclesiastical east (to avoid overcomplicating matters), not geographical or magnetic southeast. Thus, the altar is located at the east end of the church, and the gallery, at the west.
Coordinate terms
[edit]northwest | north | northeast |
west | ![]() |
east |
southwest | south | southeast |
Derived terms
[edit]- Barunga West
- Barunga West
- Broughton West
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Clayton West
- Collective West
- East and West Buckland
- east-west
- Gateway to the West
- Geelong West
- go west
- Greenock West
- Helena-West Helena
- hell west and crooked
- Hounslow West
- Inner West
- Key West
- King's Lynn and West Norfolk
- Knowle West
- Mashonaland West
- Mecklenburg-West Pomerania
- Mexican west coast rattlesnake
- Mid West
- Newcastle West
- north-northwest
- northwest
- Passage West
- Quinte West
- Robeston West
- Slender West Lake
- Somerset West and Taunton
- south-southwest
- southwest
- South West Rocks
- South West Slopes
- Sun City West
- Tritlington and West Chevington
- Wessex
- West
- West Africa
- West Africa Time
- West Alvington
- West Amwell
- West Ardsley
- West Auckland
- West Azerbaijan
- West Baton Rouge Parish
- West Bay
- West Bedlington
- West Bend
- West Berkshire
- West Bird's Head
- West Bletchley
- West Boylston
- West Branch
- West Bridgford
- West Brompton
- West Bromwich
- West Buckland
- West Burton
- Westbury
- West Byfleet
- west by north
- west by south
- West Calder
- West Carlton
- West Carroll Parish
- West Chester, Westchester
- West Chevington
- West Clandon
- West Cliffe, Westcliffe
- West Coast
- West Cornforth
- Westcott
- West Country
- West Crewkerne
- West Curthwaite
- West Dean, Westdean
- West Deer
- West Derby
- West Dereham
- West Devon
- West Didsbury
- West Dorset
- West Down
- West Drayton
- West Dunbartonshire
- West Ealing
- West Earl
- West Elgin
- West Elk Mountains
- West Elk Mountains
- West End
- wester
- Westerham
- westerly
- western
- westerner
- West European
- West Falkland
- West Feliciana Parish
- West Felton
- West Ferry
- West Germany
- West Gippsland
- West Grey
- West Grinstead
- West Hagley
- West Hallam
- West Ham
- West Hampstead
- West Harrow
- West Hartford
- West Hartford
- West Hartlepool
- West Harton
- West Haven
- West Helmsdale
- West Hill
- West Hill
- West Hills
- West Hoathly
- West Holywell
- West Horndon
- West Horsley
- West Huntspill
- West Hyde
- West Indies
- westing
- West Jesmond
- West Kensington
- West Kilbride
- West Kirby
- West LA
- Westlake
- West Lake
- West Lancashire
- Westland
- West Lavington
- West Liberty
- West Lincoln
- West Lindsey
- West Los Angeles
- West Lothian
- West Malling
- West Manchester
- West Markham
- West Markham
- West Mersea
- West Mersea
- West Milford
- Westminster
- West Monkseaton
- West Monkton
- Westmont
- West Moor
- West Moors
- Westmoreland, Westmorland
- Westmount
- West Nicholson
- West Nipissing
- West Northamptonshire
- West Norwood
- Weston
- West Oxfordshire
- West Palm Beach
- West Pennsboro
- West Pennsboro
- West Philadelphia
- West Plains
- West Quincy
- West Riding, West Riding of Yorkshire
- West Ruislip
- West Runton
- west side
- West Sleekburn
- West Somerset
- West Sopris Creek
- West Southbourne
- West Southbourne
- West Springfield
- West Suffolk
- West Sussex
- West Tanfield
- West Texas Intermediate
- West Thurrock
- West Torrens
- West Town
- West Trenton
- West Union
- West Vale
- West Valley City
- West Virginia
- westward
- westwardly
- westwards
- West Watford
- West Wemyss
- West Whittier
- West Wickham
- West Winch
- Westwood
- West Woodburn
- West Woodhay
- West Worthing
- West Wycombe
Translations
[edit]- Also see Appendix:Cardinal directions for translations of all compass points
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Adjective
[edit]west
- Situated or lying in or toward the west; westward.
- (meteorology) Of wind: from the west.
- Of or pertaining to the west; western.
- From the West; occidental.
- (ecclesiastial) Designating, or situated in, the liturgical west, that part of a church which is opposite to, and farthest from, the part containing the chancel.
- 2008, Philip Temple, Northern Clerkenwell and Pentonville, Paul Mellon Ctr for Studies, →ISBN, page 356:
- Interior in 1925, (left) looking north to chancel and (right) looking south (to liturgical west end) It was on account of this connection that St James's became the clowns 'church', an annual clowns' service being held there ...
- 2017, Stephen Kite, Building Ruskin's Italy: Watching Architecture, Routledge, →ISBN, page 48:
- as in the mosaic of the ascension on San Frediano's liturgical west (geographically east) façade.
- 2019, Sarah Hosking, "Coventry Cathedral", in Prickett Stephen Prickett, Edinburgh Companion to the Bible and the Arts, Edinburgh University Press, →ISBN, page 371:
- Spence had decided on a huge image of Christ on the [liturgical] east end [which is the geographic north], filling the entire wall and to be visible through the [liturgical] West Window (Fig. 24.2).
Translations
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Adverb
[edit]west (not comparable)
Translations
[edit]Verb
[edit]west (third-person singular simple present wests, present participle westing, simple past and past participle wested)
- To move to the west; (of the sun) to set. [from 15th c.]
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Prologue”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- Foure times his place he shifted hath in sight, / And twice has risen, where he now doth West, / And wested twice, where he ought rise aright.
Anagrams
[edit]Cornish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]west m
Synonyms
[edit]Antonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- north-west (“north-west”)
- soth-west (“south-west”)
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch west, from Old Dutch west, from Proto-West Germanic *westr, from Proto-Germanic *westrą. Compare German West, English and West Frisian west, Danish vest.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]west
Synonyms
[edit]Antonyms
[edit]Coordinate terms
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noordwest | noord | noordoost |
west | ![]() |
oost |
zuidwest | zuid | zuidoost |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English west.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]west m (invariable)
- West (historic area of America)
References
[edit]Kashubian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]west m inan
Declension
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Further reading
[edit]- Jan Trepczyk (1994) “zachód”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “zachód”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[1]
- “west”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
Low German
[edit]Verb
[edit]west
- past participle of wesen
Middle English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old English west, from Proto-West Germanic *west, *westr, from Proto-Germanic *westrą, from *westraz, from Proto-Indo-European *wek(ʷ)speros (“evening”).
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]west
Coordinate terms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- Westmestre
- westen (“to move west”)
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Adjective
[edit]west
Descendants
[edit]Adverb
[edit]west
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “west, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29-03-2018.
- “west, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29-03-2018.
- “west, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29-03-2018.
Etymology 2
[edit]Adjective
[edit]west
- Alternative form of weste (“desolate”)
Etymology 3
[edit]Verb
[edit]west
- Alternative form of westen (“to move west”)
Northern Kurdish
[edit]Noun
[edit]west f
Derived terms
[edit]Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *westr, see also Old High German west, Old Norse vestr.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]west
Descendants
[edit]Old French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old English west.
Adverb
[edit]west
Descendants
[edit]Old Saxon
[edit]Verb
[edit]wēst
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *wek(ʷ)speros
- English terms inherited from Middle English
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- Dutch terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɛst
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- Rhymes:Italian/ɛst
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- Italian lemmas
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- Rhymes:Kashubian/ɛst
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- Kashubian lemmas
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- Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
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- Rhymes:Middle English/ɛst
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- enm:Compass points
- Northern Kurdish lemmas
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