occidente

• O
• W

Learned borrowing from Latin occidēns, occidēntem (“the west”).

occidente m (uncountable)

1. west (cardinal direction)

   Synonyms: oeste, poñente

   Antonyms: leste, levante, nacente, oriente

2. the western portion of a territory or region

   Synonym: oeste

• leste
• norte
• oeste
• sur

• Occidente

Borrowed from Latin occidentem, present participle of occidō (“to fall down; pass away”), in reference to the setting of the Sun.

• IPA^(key): /ot.t͡ʃiˈdɛn.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: oc‧ci‧dèn‧te

occidente m (plural occidenti)

1. west, occident

   Synonyms: ovest, ponente

   Antonym: oriente

• occidentale

• (compass points) punto cardinale;

From Latin
settentrione occidente ponente oriente levante meridione mezzogiorno
From Germanic
nordovest nord nordest ovest est sudovest sud sudest

occidente (plural occidenti)

1. present participle of occidere

Form of the verb occidō (“I fall down; I die”).

occidente

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of occidēns

Form of the verb occīdō (“I cut down; I kill”).

occīdente

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of occīdēns

occidente m (plural occidentes)

1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of ocidente.

Borrowed from Latin occidentem.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /oɡθiˈdente/ [oɣ̞.θiˈð̞ẽn̪.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /oɡsiˈdente/ [oɣ̞.siˈð̞ẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: oc‧ci‧den‧te

occidente m (plural occidentes)

1. west, occident

   Synonyms: oeste, poniente

   Antonyms: este, oriente, levante

• “occidente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28