oriente
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Adverb
oriente
French
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Verb
oriente
- inflection of orienter:
Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese ouriente, borrowed from Latin oriēns, oriēntem (“the east”).
Noun
oriente m (uncountable)
- east (cardinal direction)
- the eastern portion of a territory or region
- Synonym: leste
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Further reading
- “oriente” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Italian
Etymology
From Latin orientem (possibly a borrowing), accusative form of oriēns, present participle of orior (“to rise, get up”), in reference to the rising of the Sun. Early Christian maps were "oriented" with the direction to Jerusalem always at the top.
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Noun
oriente m (plural orienti)
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See also
- (compass points) punto cardinale;
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Further reading
- oriente in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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Latin
Noun
oriente
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: o‧ri‧en‧te
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese ouriente, borrowed from Latin orientem, present participle of orior (“to rise”).
Noun
oriente m (plural orientes)
Coordinate terms
- (compass points) ponto cardeal;
| noroeste | norte | nordeste |
| oeste poente ocidente |
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leste este nascente oriente |
| sudoeste | sul | sudeste |
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Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
oriente
- inflection of orientar:
Further reading
Spanish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
oriente m (plural orientes)
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Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
oriente
- inflection of orientar:
Further reading
- “oriente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
References
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos