oriente

See also: Oriente and orienté

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish oriente (“east”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: o‧rien‧te

Noun

oriente

1. orient; east

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Esperanto oriento

Proto-Italic *-ēd

Old Latin -ēd

Latin -ebor.

Russian -е (-e)influ.

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Polish -einflu.

Czech -einflu.

Esperanto -e

Esperanto oriente

From oriento + -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oriˈente/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: o‧ri‧en‧te

Adverb

oriente

1. easterly

Further reading

• “oriente”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “oriente”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.ʁjɑ̃t/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Verb

oriente

1. inflection of orienter:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Galician

Alternative forms

• E
• L

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-der.

Proto-Italic *oriōr

Latin orior

Latin oriens, orientemder.

Old Galician-Portuguese ouriente

Galician oriente

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ouriente, from Latin oriens, orientem.

Noun

oriente m (uncountable)

1. east (cardinal direction)

   Synonyms: leste, levante, nacente

   Antonyms: occidente, oeste, poñente

2. the eastern portion of a territory or region

   Synonym: leste

Coordinate terms

• leste
• norte
• occidente
• sur

Related terms

• oriental
• Oriente

Further reading

• “oriente”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Italian

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈrjɛn.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: o‧rièn‧te

Noun

oriente m (plural orienti)

1. (geography) east, orient

   Synonyms: est, levante

   Antonym: occidente

2. orient (of a pearl)
3. (Freemasonry) lodge

Coordinate terms

compass points (Latin-origin): punti cardinali:  ^[edit]

	settentrione
occidente ponente		oriente levante
	meridione mezzogiorno

Derived terms

• orientare

Related terms

• orientale

Further reading

• “oriente”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• Eritone, neoteri, noterei, noterie, tonerei

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɔ.riˈɛn.tɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [o.riˈɛn.te]

Participle

oriente

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of oriēns

Noun

oriente

1. ablative singular of oriēns

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.ɾiˈẽ.t͡ʃi/, (faster) /oˈɾjẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈɾjẽ.tɨ/

• Rhymes: -ẽti
• Hyphenation: o‧ri‧en‧te

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese ouriente, borrowed from Latin orientem, present participle of orior (“to rise”).

Noun

oriente m (plural orientes)

1. east

   Synonyms: leste, nascente

   Antonyms: ocidente, poente, oeste

Coordinate terms

compass points: pontos cardeais:  ^[edit]

noroeste	norte	nordeste
oeste poente ocidente		leste este nascente oriente
sudoeste	sul meio-dia	sudeste

Related terms

• oriental
• orientar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

oriente

1. inflection of orientar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “oriente”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “oriente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈɾjente/ [oˈɾjẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: o‧rien‧te

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-der.

Proto-Italic *oriōr

Latin orior

Latin orientemlbor.

Spanish oriente

Learned borrowing from Latin orientem.

Noun

oriente m (plural orientes)

1. east

   Synonyms: este, levante

   Antonyms: oeste, occidente, poniente

Coordinate terms

compass points: puntos cardinales:  ^[edit]

noroeste	norte septentrión	noreste
oeste occidente poniente		este oriente levante
suroeste	sur ostro austro	sureste

Derived terms

• nororiente

Related terms

• oriental
• orientar
• origen

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

oriente

1. inflection of orientar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “oriente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026