East
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English
Pronunciation
- IPA: /iːst/
- SAMPA: /i:st/
Noun
east
- One of the four principal compass points: the direction of the rising sun at an equinox, and conventionally on the right of maps.
- The right part of anything.
- (the East) The Orient.
- (the East) The Eastern bloc.
- (the East) The Eastern states of the United States.
- The wind from the east.
Translations
compass point
- Basque: sortalde, eguzkialde, ekialde
- Catalan: est m, naixent m
- Chinese: 東, 东 (dōng)
- Czech: východ m
- Dutch: oosten n
- Esperanto: oriento
- Estonian: ida, idakaar, ost (in seamen's language)
- Finnish: itä
- French: est m
- Frisian: easten n
- Greek: ἀνατολή
- Greek, modern: ανατολή f
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- Indonesian: timur
- Interlingua: est, oriente
- Italian: est
- Japanese: 東 (ひがし, higashi)
- Javanese: wetan
- Korean: 동 (dong: Hanja)
- Manchu: dergi
- Polish: wschód m
- Portuguese: este m, leste m
- Russian: восток m
- Slovak: východ m
- Spanish: este m, oriente m
- Swedish: öster
- Turkish: doğu
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right part
the Orient
- Estonian: idamaa, idamaad, hommikumaa, hommikumaad, orient, Idamaa
- Finnish: itä, itämaat, Orientti
- French: orient m, levant m
- Italian: oriente m, levante m
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- Portuguese: levante m, nascente m, oriente m
- Russian: Восток
- Spanish: oriente
- Swedish: orienten, fjärran östern
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the Eastern bloc
- Estonian: idablokk
- Finnish: itäblokki
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the Eastern states of the US
- Estonian: idaosariigid
- Finnish: (Yhdysvaltain) itäiset osavaltiot
- French: les états de l'est des États-Unis
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- Italian: gli stati dell'est degli Stati Uniti
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wind from the east
- Estonian: idatuul
- Finnish: itätuuli
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Adjective
east
- From the east; eastern, oriental.
Translations
from the east
- Esperanto: orienta
- Finnish: itä- (in compounds), itäinen, orientaalinen, orientaali- (in compounds)
- French: de l'est, oriental m, orientale f
- Interlingua: del est, oriental
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- Italian: dell'est, orientale m & f
- Portuguese: do leste, oriental m & f
- Spanish: oriental m & f
- Swedish: ostlig (esp. about winds), östlig, öst-, .... från öster
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Adverb
east
- Towards the east, eastwards.
towards the east
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- Spanish: (con) rumbo este, (con) rumbo al este/oriente, hacia el este/oriente, hacia oriente, al este/oriente.
- Swedish: österut
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The translations below need to be checked by native speakers and inserted into the table for the adjective or the table for the adverb, or both. These two sections were formerly (incorrectly) combined into one.
- Basque: sortialdeko, ekialdeko
- Czech: východní
- Dutch: oostelijk, oosters
- Estonian: idapoolne, ida-, Ida-
- Frisian: eastlik, eastersk
- Greek: ανατολικός
- Polish: wschodni m, wschodnia f, wschodnie n
- Slovak: východný m, východná f, východné n
- Turkish: doğu
Derived terms
- easterly
- eastern
- eastward, eastwards
See also
