occident

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English

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Etymology

From Middle English occident, from Old French occident, from Latin occidentem (“western sky, part of the sky in which the sun sets”), from occido (“go down, set”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɒksɪdənt/
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Noun

occident (usually uncountable, plural occidents)

  1. The part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west.
    Synonyms: ponent, west
    Antonyms: orient, east
  2. The Western world; the part of the world excluding Asia and Africa.

Derived terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱh₂d- (0 c, 32 e)

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin occidentem.

Pronunciation

Noun

occident m (plural occidents)

  1. west
    Synonyms: ponent, oest
    Antonym: orient

French

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Etymology

Inherited from Old French, borrowed from Latin occidentem.

Pronunciation

Noun

occident m (plural occidents)

  1. west (compass point)
  2. Alternative letter-case form of Occident

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Latin

Etymology 1

Form of the verb occidō.

Verb

occident

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of occidō

Etymology 2

Form of the verb occīdō.

Verb

occīdent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of occīdō

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin occidens, occidentem.

Noun

occident oblique singular, m (nominative singular occidenz or occidentz)

  1. the west

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Descendants

  • → Middle English: occident
  • French: occident

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French occident, Latin occidens, occidentem.

Pronunciation

Noun

occident n (uncountable)

  1. west, Occident

Declension

singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative occident occidentul
genitive-dative occident occidentului
vocative occidentule

Synonyms

  • vest (standard), apus (somewhat uncommon today)
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