east
English
Etymology
From Middle English est, from Old English ēast, from Proto-Germanic *austrą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-.
Compare West Frisian east, Dutch oost, German Ost, Norwegian Nynorsk aust, Swedish öst.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iːst/, enPR: ēst
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Noun
east (countable and uncountable, plural easts)
- One of the four principal compass points, specifically 90°, conventionally directed to the right on maps; the direction of the rising sun at an equinox. Abbreviated as E.
- 1895, Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure
- In a few hours the birds come to it from all points of the compass – east, west, north, and south […]
- 1895, Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure
Derived terms
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Cheshire East
- East Ayrshire
- east by north
- east by south
- East Cambridgeshire
- East Carroll Parish
- East Devon
- easterliness
- easterly
- eastern
- easterner
- East Feliciana Parish
- East Fishkill
- East Hampshire
- East Hertfordshire
- easting
- East Kilbride
- East Lindsey
- East Lothian
- East Naples
- East Northamptonshire
- east side, eastside
- East Staffordshire
- East Suffolk
- East Sussex
- eastward
- eastwardly
- eastwards
- northeast
- North East Derbyshire
- North East Lincolnshire
- north-northeast
- southeast
- south-southeast
Translations
- Also see Appendix:Cardinal directions for translations of all compass points
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Adjective
east (not comparable)
- Situated or lying in or towards the east; eastward.
- (meteorology) wind from the east
- Of or pertaining to the east; eastern.
- From the East; oriental.
- (ecclesiastical) Designating, or situated in, that part of a church which contains the choir or chancel.
- the east front of a cathedral
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
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Synonyms
- (towards the east): eastwards
Translations
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- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.
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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *austrą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- (“eastern”). Cognate with Old Frisian āst, Old Saxon ost, Dutch oost, Old High German ōst, German Osten, Old Norse austr. The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin auster (“southerly”) and aurora (“dawn”), Latvian austrumi (“easterly”), Albanian ag (“dawn, early morning; black mark round the eyes”), Proto-Slavic *utro.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /æːɑ̯st/
Declension
Case | Singular | Plural |
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nominative | ēast | ēastas |
accusative | ēast | ēastas |
genitive | ēastes | ēasta |
dative | ēaste | ēastum |
Descendants
Declension
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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Nominative | ēast | ēast | ēast |
Accusative | ēastne | ēaste | ēast |
Genitive | ēastes | ēastre | ēastes |
Dative | ēastum | ēastre | ēastum |
Instrumental | ēaste | ēastre | ēaste |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | ēaste | ēasta, -e | ēast |
Accusative | ēaste | ēasta, -e | ēast |
Genitive | ēastra | ēastra | ēastra |
Dative | ēastum | ēastum | ēastum |
Instrumental | ēastum | ēastum | ēastum |
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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Nominative | ēasta | ēaste | ēaste |
Accusative | ēastan | ēastan | ēaste |
Genitive | ēastan | ēastan | ēastan |
Dative | ēastan | ēastan | ēastan |
Instrumental | ēastan | ēastan | ēastan |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | ēastan | ēastan | ēastan |
Accusative | ēastan | ēastan | ēastan |
Genitive | ēastra, ēastena | ēastra, ēastena | ēastra, ēastena |
Dative | ēastum | ēastum | ēastum |
Instrumental | ēastum | ēastum | ēastum |
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian āst, from Proto-Germanic *austrą.
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- “east”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Further reading
- “east”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Further reading
- “east”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011