occidente

Alternative forms

• O
• W

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin occidēns, occidēntem (“the west”).

Noun

occidente m (uncountable)

1. west (cardinal direction)

   Synonyms: oeste, poñente

   Antonyms: leste, levante, nacente, oriente

2. the western portion of a territory or region

   Synonym: oeste

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin occidentem, present participle of occidō (“to fall down; pass away”), in reference to the setting of the Sun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ot.t͡ʃiˈdɛn.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: oc‧ci‧dèn‧te

Noun

occidente m (plural occidenti)

1. west, occident

   Synonyms: ovest, ponente

   Antonym: oriente

See also

• (compass points) punto cardinale;

More information From Latin, From Germanic ...

From Latin
settentrione occidente ponente oriente levante meridione mezzogiorno
From Germanic
nordovest nord nordest ovest est sudovest sud sudest

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Participle

occidente (plural occidenti)

1. present participle of occidere

Etymology 1

Form of the verb occidō (“I fall down; I die”).

Etymology 2

Form of the verb occīdō (“I cut down; I kill”).

Noun

occidente m (plural occidentes)

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of ocidente.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin occidentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /oɡθiˈdente/ [oɣ̞.θiˈð̞ẽn̪.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /oɡsiˈdente/ [oɣ̞.siˈð̞ẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: oc‧ci‧den‧te

Noun

occidente m (plural occidentes)

1. west, occident

   Synonyms: oeste, poniente

   Antonyms: este, oriente, levante

Further reading

• “occidente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10