oriente

== Esperanto == === Etymology === oriento +‎ -e === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /oriˈente/ Rhymes: -ente Syllabification: o‧ri‧en‧te === Adverb === oriente easterly == French == === Pronunciation === === Verb === oriente inflection of orienter: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative == Galician == === Alternative forms === E L === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese ouriente, borrowed from Latin oriēns, oriēntem (“the east”). === Noun === oriente m (uncountable) east (cardinal direction) Synonyms: leste, levante, nacente Antonyms: occidente, oeste, poñente the eastern portion of a territory or region Synonym: leste ==== Coordinate terms ==== leste norte occidente sur ==== Related terms ==== oriental Oriente === Further reading === “oriente”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 == 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /oˈrjɛn.te/ Rhymes: -ɛnte Hyphenation: o‧rièn‧te === Noun === oriente m (plural orienti) (geography) east, orient Synonyms: est, levante Antonym: occidente orient (of a pearl) (Freemasonry) lodge ==== Coordinate terms ==== compass points (Latin-origin): punti cardinali: [edit] ==== Derived terms ==== orientare ==== Related terms ==== orientale === Further reading === oriente in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Anagrams === Eritone, neoteri, noterei, noterie, tonerei == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔ.riˈɛn.tɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [o.riˈɛn.te] === Participle === oriente ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of oriēns === Noun === oriente ablative singular of oriēns == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ẽti 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) east Synonyms: leste, nascente Antonyms: ocidente, poente, oeste ===== Coordinate terms ===== compass points: pontos cardeais: [edit] ===== Related terms ===== oriental orientar === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== oriente inflection of orientar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative === Further reading === “oriente”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “oriente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /oˈɾjente/ [oˈɾjẽn̪.t̪e] Rhymes: -ente Syllabification: o‧rien‧te === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Latin orientem. ==== Noun ==== oriente m (plural orientes) east Synonyms: este, levante Antonyms: oeste, occidente, poniente ===== Coordinate terms ===== compass points: puntos cardinales: [edit] ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== oriente inflection of orientar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative === Further reading === “oriente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 === References ===