occidente
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See also: Occidente
Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin occidēns, occidēntem (“the west”).
Noun
occidente m (uncountable)
- west (cardinal direction)
- the western portion of a territory or region
- Synonym: oeste
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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin occidentem, present participle of occidō (“to fall down; pass away”), in reference to the setting of the Sun.
Pronunciation
Noun
occidente m (plural occidenti)
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See also
- (compass points) punto cardinale;
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Participle
occidente (plural occidenti)
Latin
Etymology 1
Form of the verb occidō (“I fall down; I die”).
Participle
occidente
Etymology 2
Form of the verb occīdō (“I cut down; I kill”).
Participle
occīdente
Portuguese
Noun
occidente m (plural occidentes)
- Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of ocidente.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin occidentem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /oɡθiˈdente/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /oɡsiˈdente/
- Rhymes: -ente
- Syllabification: oc‧ci‧den‧te
Noun
occidente m (plural occidentes)
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Further reading
- “occidente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014