East

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English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /iːst/, SAMPA: /i:st/

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• Rhymes: -iːst

Etymology

From Old English ēast.

Noun

Singular East

Plural -

East (-)

1. One of the four principal compass points, specifically 90°, conventionally directed to the right on maps; the direction of the rising sun at an equinox.
   • 1895: Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure — In a few hours the birds come to it from all points of the compass – east, west, north, and south...

Coordinate terms

• (compass point): north, south, west

Derived terms

terms derived from east

east by north east by south easterliness easterly eastern easterner easting

eastward eastwardly eastwards northeast north-northeast southeast south-southeast

Translations

compass point

Arabic: شرق (šarq), اتجاه الشرق (ittijāh aš-šarq) Aramaic: Syriac: ܡܕܢܚܐ (madnkhā, madnkho) f. Hebrew: מדנחא (madnkhā, madnkho) f. Armenian: արևելք hy(hy) (arevelk’) Old Armenian: արեւելք (arewelkʿ) Azeri: şərq Bashkir: көнсығыш (könsığış), шәреҡ (şäreq) Basque: sortalde, eguzkialde, ekialde Belarusian: усход be(be) (usxód) m., uschod be(be) m. Bosnian: istok bs(bs) m. Breton: reter Bulgarian: изток bg(bg) (ístok) m. Catalan: est Chechen: малхбале (malxbale) Chinese: 東, 东 Mandarin: (dōng) Corsican: estu Crimean Tatar: şarq, kündoğuş Croatian: istok hr(hr) m. Czech: východ cs(cs) m. Danish: øst da(da) Dutch: oosten nl(nl) n. Esperanto: oriento eo(eo) Estonian: ida et(et), idakaar et(et) Finnish: itä fi(fi) French: est fr(fr) m. Galician: leste German: Osten de(de) m., Ost de(de) Greek: ανατολή el(el) f. (anatolí) Ancient Greek: ἀνατολή Hebrew: מזרח he(he) Hungarian: kelet hu(hu) Icelandic: austur is(is) Ido: esto Indonesian: timur id(id) Interlingua: est, oriente Italian: est it(it) m., oriente it(it) m. Japanese: 東 (ひがし, higashi) Javanese: wetan Karachay-Balkar: [[кюнчыгъыш#Template:Krc|кюнчыгъыш]] (künçığış) Kazakh: шығыс kk(kk) (şığıs), күншығыс kk(kk) (künşığıs) Khakas: [[іскер#Template:Kjh|іскер]] (ísker) Korean: 동 (東, dong), (nautical) 새 (sae) Koryak: [[тэйкэнэнэны#Template:Kpy|тэйкэнэнэны]] (teykenenenə) Kumyk: [[гюнтувуш#Template:Kum|гюнтувуш]] (güntuvuş) Kurdish: rojhilat, ڕۆژهه‌ڵات Kyrgyz: чығыш ky(ky) (çığış), күн чығыш ky(ky) (kün çığış) Lao: ທິດຕາເວັນອອກ lo(lo) (thit-taa-wen-'öök) Latin: oriens la(la) Lingala: monyɛlɛ

Lithuanian: rytai lt(lt) Macedonian: исток mk(mk) (ístok) m. Malay: timur ms(ms) Malayalam: കിഴക്ക് (kizhakku) Maltese: lvant mt(mt) Manchu: (dergi) Navajo: ha'a'aah Norman: Êt Norwegian: øst no(no), aust no(no) Nynorsk: aust Occitan: èst Ojibwe: waabano, waabang Okinawan: 東 (アガリ, agari) Old Church Slavonic: [[въстокъ#Template:Cu|Template:Cyrs]] (vŭstokŭ) m. Persian: مشرق (mashregh), خاور fa(fa) (xâvar), شرق fa(fa) (šarq) Polish: wschód pl(pl) m. Portuguese: este pt(pt) m., leste pt(pt) m. Quechua: intichay Romanian: est ro(ro) Russian: восток (vostók) m., ост (ost) m. Scots: aist Scottish Gaelic: ear gd(gd) Serbian: Cyrillic: исток m. Roman: istok m. Shor: [[шығыш#Template:Cjs|шығыш]] (şığış), [[кӱн-шығыш#Template:Cjs|кӱн-шығыш]] (kün-şığış) Slovak: východ sk(sk) m. Slovene: vzhod sl(sl) m. Southern Altai: [[кӱнчыгыш#Template:Alt|кӱнчыгыш]] (künçığış) Spanish: este es(es) m., oriente es(es) m. Swahili: mashariki sw(sw) Swedish: öster sv(sv) Tajik: шарқ tg(tg) (şarq) Tamil: கிழக்கு Tatar: könçığış tt(tt), şäreq tt(tt) Telugu: తూర్పు (toorpu) Thai: ทิศตะวันออก (tít dtàwan òk) Turkish: doğu, şark (obsolete) Turkmen: gündogar tk(tk) Tuvan: [[чөөн чүк#Template:Tyv|чөөн чүк]] (çöön çük) Ukrainian: схід (sxid) m. Urdu: مشرق ur(ur) (mashriq) m. Uzbek: sharq uz(uz) Vietnamese: Hướng Đông Welsh: dwyrain cy(cy) West Frisian: easten n. !Xóõ: ǂáʻã Yakut: [[илин#Template:Sah|илин]] (ilin) Yiddish: מזרח yi(yi) (mizrekh) m. Yolngu: dhimurru

Adjective

East (not comparable)

Positive East

Comparative not comparable

Superlative none (absolute)

1. Situated or lying in or towards the east; eastward.
2. Template:Meteorology wind from the east
3. Of or pertaining to the east; eastern.
4. From the East; oriental.

Synonyms

• (situated or lying in or towards the east): eastward
• (meteorology: wind from the east): easterly
• (of or pertaining to the east): eastern
• (from the East): oriental

Antonyms

• (situated or lying in or towards the east): westward
• (meteorology: wind from the east): westerly
• (of or pertaining to the east): western

Translations

in or towards the east

Armenian: արևելյան hy(hy) (arevelyan) Czech: východní cs(cs) Dutch: oostelijk nl(nl) Esperanto: orienta eo(eo) Finnish: itä- (in compounds), itäinen French: à l'est, de l'est Italian: orientale it(it) Japanese: 東 ja(ja) (ひがし, higashi) Macedonian: источно mk(mk) (ístočno) Maltese: lejn il-lvant

Polish: wschodni pl(pl) Portuguese: ao leste, oriental Russian: восточный ru(ru) (vostóčnyj) Scottish Gaelic: sear gd(gd), an ear gd(gd) Slovak: východný m. Swedish: ost-, öst-, östra Telugu: తూర్పు (toorpu) Turkish: doğu Welsh: dwyrain cy(cy) West Frisian: eastlik fy(fy)

meteorology: wind from the east

Armenian: արևելյան hy(hy) (arevelyan) Czech: východní cs(cs) Esperanto: orienta eo(eo) Finnish: itäinen fi(fi) French: d'est Italian: di levante Macedonian: источен mk(mk) (ístočen) m.

Maltese: mil-lvant Polish: wschodni pl(pl) Portuguese: do leste. Russian: восточный ru(ru) (vostóčnyj) Slovak: východný m. Swedish: ostlig sv(sv), östlig sv(sv) Welsh: dwyreiniol

of or pertaining to the east

Armenian: արևելյան hy(hy) (arevelyan) Czech: východní cs(cs) Dutch: oostelijk nl(nl) Esperanto: orienta eo(eo) Finnish: itä- (in compounds), itäinen French: d'est, de l'est Greek: ανατολικός el(el) (anatolikós) m. Italian: orientale it(it) Japanese: 東部 ja(ja) (とうぶ, tōbu) Macedonian: источен mk(mk) (ístočen) m., источна mk(mk) (ístočna) f., источно mk(mk) (ístočno) n. Maltese: tal-lvant

Polish: wschodni pl(pl) Portuguese: oriental pt(pt) Russian: восточный ru(ru) (vostóčnyj) Scottish Gaelic: sear gd(gd), an ear gd(gd) Slovak: východný m. Swedish: ostlig sv(sv), östlig sv(sv) Telugu: తూర్పు (toorpu) Turkish: doğulu tr(tr) Welsh: dwyreiniol West Frisian: eastlik fy(fy)

from the East

Armenian: արևելյան hy(hy) (arevelyan) Czech: východní cs(cs) Dutch: oosters nl(nl) Esperanto: orienta eo(eo) Finnish: itäinen, orientaalinen, orientaali- (in compounds) French: oriental fr(fr) m., orientale fr(fr) f. Greek: ανατολικός el(el) (anatolikós) m. Italian: da est Macedonian: источен mk(mk) (ístočen) m., источна mk(mk) (ístočna) f., источно mk(mk) (ístočno) n.

Maltese: mil-lvant Polish: wschodni pl(pl) Portuguese: oriental pt(pt) Russian: восточный ru(ru) (vostóčnyj) Swedish: österländsk, orientalisk Telugu: తూర్పు (toorpu) Turkish: doğudan Welsh: o'r dwyrain

Adverb

East (not comparable)

Positive East

Comparative not comparable

Superlative none (absolute)

1. towards the east; eastwards

Synonyms

• (towards the east): eastwards

Antonyms

• (towards the east): west. westwards

Translations

towards the east

Czech: východně, na východ, k východu, východním směrem Dutch: oostwaarts nl(nl) Esperanto: orienten eo(eo) Finnish: itään päin, itää kohti French: vers l'est Italian: a est, verso est Polish: na wschód, ku wschodowi Portuguese: a leste, para o leste, em direção ao leste

Scottish Gaelic: an ear gd(gd) Slovak: na východ Swedish: ostvart, österut Taos: tə́ybu Telugu: తూర్పుగా (toorpugaa) Welsh: tua'r dwyrain West Frisian: eastlik fy(fy)

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Translations to be checked

Basque: sortialdeko, ekialdeko Estonian: idapoolne, ida-, Ida-

Interlingua: del est, oriental Spanish: oriental m. & f., (con) rumbo este, (con) rumbo al este/oriente, hacia el este/oriente, hacia oriente, al este/oriente.

Anagrams

• AEST,
• eats
• etas
• sate, saté
• seat
• seta
• tase
• teas

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *austam from Proto-Indo-European *aus- (“‘eastern’”). Cognate with Old Frisian [[āst#Template:Ofs|āst]], Old Saxon ost, Dutch oost, Old High German ōst, German Osten, Old Norse austr The IE root is also the source of Latin auster (“‘southerly’”), Latvian austrumi (“‘easterly’”), Proto-Slavic *utro.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /æ:ast/

Noun

ēast m.

1. the east

Adjective

ēast

1. eastern, easterly

Adverb

ēast

1. from the east
2. towards the east

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West Frisian

Noun

East [[Category:Template:Fy nouns|East]]

1. east

Adjective

East [[Category:Template:Fy adjectives|East]]

1. east, eastern, easterly

ar:east da:east de:east et:east es:east fa:east fr:east ga:east ko:east hy:east hr:east io:east id:east it:east kn:east ka:east kk:east ku:east lt:east li:east hu:east ml:east my:east nl:east ja:east no:east pl:east pt:east ro:east ru:east simple:east fi:east ta:east te:east th:east tr:east uk:east vi:east zh:east