Masculin

oriente

(Anglais)

  1. (masculine) east, orient
  2. (masculine) orient (of a pearl)
  3. (masculine) lodge

Opposé de
occidente
Fréquence

C1
Coupé comme
o‧rièn‧te
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/oˈrjɛn.te/
Étymologie (Anglais)

From Latin orientem (possibly a borrowing), accusative form of oriēns, present participle of orior (“to rise, get up”), in reference to the rising of the Sun. Early Christian maps were "oriented" with the direction to Jerusalem always at the top.

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