occidente
See also: Occidente
Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin occidēns, occidēntem (“the west”).
Noun
occidente m (uncountable)
- west (cardinal direction)
- the western portion of a territory or region
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin occidentem, accusative form of occidēns, present participle of occidō (“I fall down; pass away”), in reference to the setting of the Sun.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ot͡ːʃiˈdɛnte/, [ot.t͡ʃiˈd̪ɛn̪.t̪e]
- Hyphenation: oc‧ci‧dèn‧te
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Latin
Etymology 1
Form of the verb occidō (“I fall down; I die”).
Participle
occidente
Etymology 2
Form of the verb occīdō (“I cut down; I kill”).
Portuguese
Noun
occidente m (plural occidentes)
- Superseded spelling of ocidente. (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin occidens, occidentem.
Pronunciation
- (Castilian) IPA(key): /oɡθiˈdente/, [oɣθiˈðẽn̪t̪e]
- (Latin America) IPA(key): /oɡsiˈdente/, [oɣsiˈðẽn̪t̪e]
Noun
occidente m (plural occidentes)
Related terms
Further reading
- “occidente” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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