oriente

Signification (Anglais)

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

Concepts

est

orient

levant

Orient

Est

Levant

lever de soleil

état

Opposé de

occidente

Synonymes

est

levante

alba

terra temperata

Traductions

oriente

Osten

east

ανατολή

este

oriens

est

oriente

orient

Ost

شرق

East

Orient

rojhilat

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.