west

See also: West

English

Etymology

From Middle English west, from Old English west, 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, Catalan oest, Galician oeste, Italian ovest (all ultimately borrowings of the English word). Compare also Latin vesper.

Pronunciation

• enPR: wĕst, IPA^(key): /wɛst/

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• Rhymes: -ɛst

Noun

west (uncountable)

1. One of the four principal compass points, specifically 270°, conventionally directed to the left on maps; the direction of the setting sun at an equinox, abbreviated as W.

Coordinate terms

• (compass point): east, north, south

Derived terms

• Cheshire West and Chester
• Helena-West Helena
• Key West
• King's Lynn and West Norfolk
• north-northwest
• northwest
• Somerset West and Taunton
• south-southwest
• southwest
• West Baton Rouge Parish
• West Berkshire
• West Branch
• West Bridgford
• West Bromwich
• west by north
• west by south
• West Carroll Parish
• West Chester, Westchester
• West Coast
• West Country
• West Dean, Westdean
• West Devon
• West Dorset
• West Drayton
• West Dunbartonshire
• West End
• wester
• westerly
• western
• westerner
• West European
• West Feliciana Parish
• West Ham
• West Hampstead
• westing
• West Kilbride
• West Kirby
• West Lancashire
• Westland
• West Lindsey
• West Lothian
• West Oxfordshire
• West Palm Beach
• West Quincy
• west side
• West Somerset
• West Suffolk
• West Sussex
• West Thurrock
• West Union
• westward
• westwardly
• westwards

 

Translations

Also see Appendix:Cardinal directions for translations of all compass points

compass point

• Afrikaans: wes (af)
• Ainu: チュッポㇰ (cuppok)
• Albanian: perëndim (sq)
• Amharic: ምዕራብ (məʿrab)
• Arabic: غَرْب (ar) m (ḡarb)

  Egyptian Arabic: غرب m (ġarb)

• Aramaic:

  Hebrew: מערבא f (ma‘rbā, ma‘rbo)

  Syriac: ܡܥܪܒܐ f (ma‘rbā, ma‘rbo)

• Armenian: արևմուտք (arewmutkʻ)
• Aromanian: vestu, Vestu, ascãpitatã
• Assamese: পশ্চিম (possim)
• Asturian: oeste m
• Azerbaijani: qərb (az)
• Bashkir: көнбайыш (könbayış)
• Basque: sartalde, mendebal
• Belarusian: за́хад m (záxad)
• Bengali: পশ্চিম (pościm)
• Breton: kornôg (br) m
• Bulgarian: за́пад (bg) m (západ)
• Burmese: အနောက် (my) (a.nauk), ပစ္ဆိမ (pachci.ma.)
• Catalan: oest (ca) m, ponent (ca) m, occident (ca)
• Cebuano: kasadpan
• Central Melanau: laan, barat
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 西 (yue) (sai¹)

  Dungan: щи (xi), щифон (xifon)

  Mandarin: 西 (zh) (xī), 西方 (zh) (xīfāng)

• Chukchi: ӄэралгын (qėralgyn)
• Cornish: west m, howlsedhes m, gorlewin f
• Czech: západ (cs) m
• Danish: vest (da)
• Dhuwal: ^{(please verify)} bärra
• Dutch: westen (nl) n
• Egyptian: (jmn m), (jmnt f), (jmntt f)
• Esperanto: okcidento
• Estonian: lääs
• Finnish: länsi (fi)
• French: ouest (fr) m, occident (fr) m, ponant (fr)
• Gagauz: batı
• Galician: oeste (gl) m, occidente m, poñente m
• Georgian: დასავლეთი (dasavleti)
• German: West (de) m, Westen (de) m
• Greek: δύση (el) f (dýsi)

  Ancient: δύσις f (dúsis), δυσμή f (dusmḗ)

• Gujarati: પશ્ચિમ (paścim)
• Hawaiian: komohana
• Hebrew: מַעֲרָב (he) m (ma'aráv), יָם (he) m (yam)
• Hindi: पश्चिम (hi) m (paścim)
• Hungarian: nyugat (hu)
• Icelandic: vestur (is) n
• Ido: ocidento (io), westo (io)
• Indonesian: barat (id)
• Interlingua: west
• Irish: siar m, iarthar m
• Italian: ovest (it), occidente (it), ponente (it)
• Japanese: 西 (ja) (にし, nishi), 西方 (ja) (せいほう, seihō)
• Javanese: kulon, kilen
• Kannada: ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ (kn) (paścima)
• Karachay-Balkar: кюнбатыш (künbatış)
• Kazakh: күнбатыс (künbatys), батыс (kk) (batys)
• Khakas: кидер (kider)
• Khmer: ទិសខាងលិច (tɨh khaang lɨc), ខាងលិច (khaang lɨc), បស្ចិម (km) (bahcəm), បច្ចិមទិស (bahcəm tɨh), លិច (km) (lɨc)
• Korean: 서 (ko) (seo) (西 (ko)), (nautical) 하늬 (hanui), 서쪽 (ko) (seojjok)
• Koryak: тэйкыялӄэвыны (teykəyalqevənə)
• Kumyk: гюнбатыш (günbatış)
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: rojava (ku) f, xerb (ku) f

  Sorani: ڕۆژئاوا (roj'awa), خۆرئاوا (xor'awa)

• Kyrgyz: батыш (ky) (batış), күн батыш (kün batış)
• Lao: ຕາວັນຕົກ (taː wán tók), ຕາເວັນຕົກ (tàːwéntók), ທິດຕາເວັນຕົກ (tʰīttàːwéntók), ປະຈິມ (pácìm)
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• Latgalian: vokori
• Latin: occidens (la)
• Latvian: rietumi, vakari (lv) pl
• Lithuanian: vakarai (lt)
• Macedonian: за́пад m (západ)
• Malay:

  Jawi: بارت, کولون, مغرب

  Rumi: barat (ms), kulon, maghrib

• Malayalam: പടിഞ്ഞാറ് (ml) (paṭiññāṟŭ)
• Maltese: punent
• Manchu: [script needed] (wargi)
• Maori: hauauru
• Middle English: west
• Mongolian: баруун (mn) (baruun), ᠪᠠᠷᠠᠭᠤᠨ (baraɣun)
• Nahuatl: cihuatlampa
• Navajo: eʼeʼaah
• Norman: vouest m (Guernsey), vouêt m (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vest (no)

  Nynorsk: vest

• Occitan: oèst (oc) m
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: западъ m (zapadŭ), заходъ m (zaxodŭ)

• Oriya: ପଶ୍ଚିମ (or) (pôścimô)
• Pashto: مغرب m (maǧréb), باختر (ps) m (bāxtár)
• Persian: باختر (fa) (bâxtar), غرب (fa) (ğarb), مغرب (fa) (mağreb), خوربران (xwarbarān) (archaic)
• Polish: zachód (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: oeste (pt) m, ocidente (pt) m, poente (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਪੱਛਮ m (paccham)
• Romanian: vest (ro) n, apus (ro) n, occident (ro)
• Romansch: vest
• Russian: за́пад (ru) m (západ), вест (ru) m (vest) (nautical), захо́д (ru) m (zaxód) (dated, now means "sunset")
• Rusyn: за́ход m (záxod), за́пад m (západ)
• Sanskrit: पश्चिमा (sa) f (paścimā)
• Scots: wast
• Scottish Gaelic: iar f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: запад m

  Roman: zapad (sh) m

• Shor: кӱн-қонужу (kün-qonuju)
• Sinhalese: බටහිර (baṭahira)
• Slovak: západ m
• Slovene: zahod (sl) m
• Southern Altai: кӱнбадыш (künbadïš)
• Spanish: oeste (es) m, poniente (es), occidente (es)
• Swahili: magharibi (sw)
• Swedish: väst (sv), väster (sv)
• Tagalog: kanluran (tl)
• Tajik: ғарб (tg) (ġarb), мағриб (tg) (maġrib)
• Tamil: மேற்கு (ta) (mēṟku)
• Tatar: көнбатыш (tt) (könbatış)
• Telugu: పడమర (te) (paḍamara), పశ్చిమం (paścimaṁ)
• Thai: ทิศตะวันตก (th) (tít dtà-wan dtòk), ตะวันตก (th) (dtà-wan-dtòk)
• Tibetan: ནུབ (nub)
• Turkish: batı (tr), garp (tr) (obsolete)
• Turkmen: günbatar
• Tuvan: барыын чүк (barıın çük)
• Ukrainian: за́хід (uk) m (záxid)
• Urdu: مغرب (maġrib)
• Uyghur: غەرب (gherb), كۈنپېتىش (künpëtish)
• Uzbek: gʻarb (uz), kunbotish (uz)
• Vietnamese: phía tây, hướng tây
• Volapük: vesüd (vo)
• Welsh: gorllewin (cy) m
• West Coast Bajau: barat
• West Frisian: westen (fy) n, west (fy)
• Yagnobi: ғарб (ġarb)
• Yakut: арҕаа (arğaa)
• Yiddish: מערבֿ m (mayrev)
• Yonaguni: イリ (yiri)
• Yámana: inal

Adjective

west

1. Situated or lying in or toward the west; westward.
2. (meteorology) Of wind: from the west.
3. Of or pertaining to the west; western.
4. From the West; occidental.
5. (ecclesiastial) Designating, or situated in, that part of a church which is opposite to, and farthest from, the east, or the part containing the chancel and choir.

Translations

towards the west

• Armenian: արևմտյան (arewmtyan)
• Central Melanau: laan, barat
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 西 (zh) (xī)

• Dutch: west (nl), westelijk (nl), westelijke (nl)
• Esperanto: okcidenta
• Finnish: länteen päin
• French: vers l’ouest
• German: westlich (de), westwärts (de)
• Greek: δυτικός (el) (dytikós)
• Japanese: 西 (ja) (にし, nishi)
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: ,

  Sorani: (berew) rojawa, (berew) xorawa

• Macedonian: за́падно (západno)
• Malay:

  Jawi: بارت, کولون, مغرب

  Rumi: barat (ms), kulon, maghrib

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• Navajo: eʼeʼaahjigo
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vestlig, vestre

  Nynorsk: vestleg, vestre

• Persian: خوروران (xōrvarân), غرب (fa) (ğarb)
• Polish: na zachód
• Portuguese: ocidental (pt)
• Rohingya: fosím
• Scottish Gaelic: siar, an iar
• Spanish: al oeste
• Swedish: västerut (sv)
• Telugu: పడమటి (te) (paḍamaṭi), పాశ్చాత్య (pāścātya)
• Volapük: vesüdio (vo), (older term) vesüvedo
• West Coast Bajau: barat
• West Frisian: westlik

western

• Armenian: արևմտյան (arewmtyan)
• Belarusian: захо́дні m (zaxódni)
• Central Melanau: laan, barat
• Czech: západní (cs)
• Finnish: läntinen (fi)
• French: occidental (fr)
• German: westlich (de)
• Greek: δυτικός (el) m (dytikós)
• Japanese: 西部 (ja) (せいぶ, seibu)
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: rojavayî (ku), xerbî (ku)

  Sorani: rojawayî, xorawayî

• Latin: occidentalis (la)
• Latvian: rietumu
• Macedonian: за́паден (západen)
• Malay:

  Jawi: بارت, کولون, مغرب

  Rumi: barat (ms), kulon, maghrib

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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vestlig, vestre (no)

  Nynorsk: vestleg, vestre

• Persian: غربی (fa) (ğarbi)
• Polish: zachodni (pl)
• Portuguese: ocidental (pt)
• Russian: за́падный (ru) (západnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: siar, an iar
• Slovak: západný (sk)
• Spanish: occidental (es)
• Swedish: västlig (sv)
• Telugu: పాశ్చాత్య (pāścātya)
• Ukrainian: за́хідний (uk) m (záxidnyj)
• Volapük: vesüdik (vo)
• West Coast Bajau: barat

occidental

• Armenian: արևմտյան (arewmtyan)
• Central Melanau: laan, barat
• Czech: západní (cs)
• Finnish: länsimaalainen
• French: occidental (fr)
• German: westlich (de), abendländisch (de)
• Greek: δυτικός (el) m (dytikós)
• Japanese: 西洋 (ja) (せいよう, seiyō), 欧米 (ja) (おうべい, ōbei)
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: rojavayî (ku), xerbî (ku)

  Sorani: rojawayî, xorawayî

• Latvian: rietumu
• Macedonian: за́паден (západen), оксидента́лен (oksidentálen)
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• Malay:

  Jawi: بارت, کولون, مغرب

  Rumi: barat (ms), kulon, maghrib

• Persian: غربی (fa) (ğarbi)
• Polish: zachodni (pl)
• Portuguese: ocidental (pt)
• Russian: за́падный (ru) (západnyj)
• Spanish: occidental (es)
• Swedish: västerländsk (sv)
• Volapük: vesüdänik (vo)
• West Coast Bajau: barat
• West Frisian: westlik

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

• Basque: ^{(please verify)} sartaldeko, ^{(please verify)} mendebaleko
• Breton: ^{(please verify)} kornôg (br)
• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} occidental, ^{(please verify)} del west
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• Italian: ^{(please verify)} occidentale (it)
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} batı (tr)

Adverb

west (not comparable)

1. Towards the west; westwards.

Translations

towards the west

• Dutch: westwaarts (nl)
• Estonian: läänes
• Greek: δυτικά (el) (dytiká)
• Icelandic: vestur (is)
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• Japanese: 西へ (nishi e)
• Latvian: uz rietumiem
• Scottish Gaelic: an iar

Verb

west (third-person singular simple present wests, present participle westing, simple past and past participle wested)

1. To move to the west; (of the sun) to set. [from 15th c.]
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.prologue:

     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

• Stew, Tews, ewts, stew, tews, wets

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Cornish

Etymology

From English west.

Noun

west m

1. west

Synonyms

• gorlewin
• howlsedhes

Antonyms

• howldrehevel
• howldrevel

Derived terms

• north-west (“north-west”)
• soth-west (“south-west”)

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Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch west, from Proto-Germanic *westrą. Compare German West, English and West Frisian west, Danish vest.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɛst
• IPA^(key): /ʋɛst/

Adverb

west

1. (only in compounds) west
2. westwards

Synonyms

• westwaarts

Antonyms

• oost

Derived terms

• westen
• westelijk

Related terms

noordwest	noord	noordoost
west		oost
zuidwest	zuid	zuidoost

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: wèst

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Italian

Noun

west m (uncountable)

1. West (historic area of America)

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Kurdish

Noun

1. act of tiring or getting tired

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Low German

Verb

west

1. past participle of wesen

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• weste, wæst, weeste

Etymology

From Old English west, in turn from Proto-Germanic *westrą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɛst/, /ˈwɛːst(ə)/
• Rhymes: -ɛst

Noun

west

1. west
2. A location to the south; the south
3. The west wind

Coordinate terms

• (compass point): north, east, south

Related terms

• westerne
• westward

Descendants

• English: west
• Scots: wast

References

• “west (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29-03-2018.

Adjective

west

1. west, western
2. At the west

Descendants

• English: west
• Scots: wast

References

• “west (adj.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29-03-2018.

Adverb

west

1. To the west, westards, westbound
2. From the west, western
3. In the west

Descendants

• English: west
• Scots: wast

References

• “west (adv,)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29-03-2018.

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Old English

Alternative forms

• ƿest — wynn spelling

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *westrą, whence also Old High German west, Old Norse vestr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /west/

Adverb

west

1. west

Descendants

• Middle English: west
  • English: west
  • Scots: wast
• → Old French: west
  • French: ouest

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Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Old English west.

Adverb

west

1. west

Descendants

• French: ouest
  • → Spanish: oeste
  • → Catalan: oest
  • → Galician: oeste
  • → Italian: ovest