occident

See also: Occident

English

Etymology

Borrowed 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/
  • (file)

Noun

occident

  1. The part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west.
  2. The Western world; the part of the world excluding Asia

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Derived terms

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  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/accident' title='accident'>accident</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/cadence' title='cadence'>cadence</a>
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  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/deciduous' title='deciduous'>deciduous</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/incidence' title='incidence'>incidence</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/incident' title='incident'>incident</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/occident' title='occident'>occident</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/Occident' title='Occident'>Occident</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/occidental' title='occidental'>occidental</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/occiduous' title='occiduous'>occiduous</a>

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin occidens, occidentem.

Pronunciation

Noun

occident m (plural occidents)

  1. west

Synonyms

Antonyms


French

Etymology

From Old French, borrowed from Latin occidēns, occidēntem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔk.si.dɑ̃/
  • (file)

Noun

occident m (plural occidents)

  1. west (compass point)
  2. Alternative letter-case form of Occident

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

Further reading


Latin

Etymology 1

Form of the verb occidō.

Verb

occident

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of occidō

Etymology 2

Form of the verb occīdō.

Verb

occīdent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of occīdō

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin occidens, occidentem.

Noun

occident m (nominative singular occidenz or occidentz)

  1. the west

Antonyms

Descendants


Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French occident, Latin occidens, occidentem.

Noun

occident n (uncountable)

  1. west, Occident

Synonyms

  • vest (standard), apus (somewhat uncommon today)
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