occident

== English == === 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/ === Noun === occident (plural occidents) 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, levant The Western world; the part of the world excluding Asia and Africa. ==== Derived terms ==== occidental occidentosis ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === incocted == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin occidentem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [uk.siˈðen] IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ok.siˈðent] === Noun === occident m (plural occidents) west Synonyms: ponent, oest Antonym: orient == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French, borrowed from Latin occidentem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔk.si.dɑ̃/ === Noun === occident m (plural occidents) west (compass point) alternative letter-case form of Occident ==== Synonyms ==== ponant, ouest ==== Antonyms ==== orient ==== Derived terms ==== occidental === Further reading === “occident”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Etymology 1 === Form of the verb occidō. ==== Verb ==== occident third-person plural future active indicative of occidō === Etymology 2 === Form of the verb occīdō. ==== Verb ==== occīdent 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) the west ==== Antonyms ==== oriant ==== Related terms ==== occidental, occidentel ==== Descendants ==== → Middle English: occident English: occident, Occident French: occident == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French occident, Latin occidens, occidentem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ok.t͡ʃiˈdent/ === Noun === occident n (uncountable) west, Occident ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== vest (standard), apus (somewhat uncommon today) ==== Related terms ==== occidental