west

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English

Etymology

From Middle English west, from Old English west, from Proto-West Germanic *westr, from Proto-Germanic *westrą.

Cognate with Scots wast, Saterland Frisian Wääste, West Frisian west, Dutch west, German West, Danish vest. Cognate also with Old French west, French ouest, Spanish oeste, Portuguese oeste, Catalan oest, Galician oeste, Italian ovest (all ultimately borrowings of the English word). Compare also Latin vesper (“evening”), with which it is possibly cognate via Proto-Indo-European.

Pronunciation

• enPR: wĕst, IPA^(key): /wɛst/
• Rhymes: -ɛst

Noun

west (plural wests)

2. The direction opposite to that of the earth's rotation, specifically 270°.

   Alternative form: (abbreviation) W

3. The western region or area; the inhabitants thereof. [circa 1300]
4. (ecclesiastical) In a church: the direction of the gallery, opposite to the altar, and opposite to the direction faced by the priest when celebrating ad orientem.

Coordinate terms

(compass points)

Derived terms

Translations

Also see Appendix:Cardinal directions for translations of all compass points

Adjective

west

1. Situated or lying in or toward the west; westward.
2. (meteorology) Of wind: from the west.
3. Of or pertaining to the west; western.
4. From the West; occidental.
5. (ecclesiastial) Designating, or situated in, the liturgical west, that part of a church which is opposite to, and farthest from, the part containing the chancel.

Translations

Adverb

west (not comparable)

1. Towards the west; westwards.

Translations

Verb

west (third-person singular simple present wests, present participle westing, simple past and past participle wested)

1. To move to the west; (of the sun) to set. [from 15th c.]

Anagrams

• ESWT, Stew, Tews, ewts, stew, tews, wets

Cornish

Etymology

From English west.

Noun

west m

1. west

Synonyms

• gorlewin
• howlsedhes

Antonyms

• howldrehevel
• howldrevel

Derived terms

• north-west (“north-west”)
• soth-west (“south-west”)

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch west, from Old Dutch west, from Proto-West Germanic *westr, from Proto-Germanic *westrą. Compare German West, English and West Frisian west, Danish vest.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋɛst/
• Hyphenation: west
• Rhymes: -ɛst

Adverb

west

1. (only in compounds) west
2. westwards

Synonyms

• westwaarts

Antonyms

• oost

Coordinate terms

• (compass points)

Derived terms

• westen
• westelijk

Descendants

• Afrikaans: wes
• Negerhollands: west
• → Papiamentu: wèst

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English west.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɛst/
• Rhymes: -ɛst
• Hyphenation: wèst

Noun

west m (invariable)

1. West (historic area of America)

References

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from German West.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛst/
• Rhymes: -ɛst
• Syllabification: west

Noun

west m inan

1. (fishing) west

   Synonyms: zôchód, zôpôd

Declension

Coordinate terms

• (compass points)

Further reading

• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “zachód”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “zachód”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]
• “west”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Low German

Verb

west

1. past participle of wesen

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English west, from Proto-West Germanic *west, *westr, from Proto-Germanic *westrą, from *westraz, from Proto-Indo-European *wek(ʷ)speros (“evening”).

Alternative forms

• wæst, weeste, weste

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɛst/
• Rhymes: -ɛst

Noun

west

2. west (compass point)
3. A location to the south; the south
4. The west wind

Coordinate terms

• (compass point): north, east, south

Derived terms

• Westmestre
• westen (“to move west”)

Related terms

• westen (“west”)
• westerne
• westward

Descendants

• English: west
• Scots: wast

Adjective

west

2. west, western
3. At the west

Descendants

• English: west
• Scots: wast

Adverb

west

2. To the west, westwards, westbound
3. From the west, western
4. In the west

Descendants

• English: west
• Scots: wast

References

• “west, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29-03-2018.
• “west, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29-03-2018.
• “west, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29-03-2018.

Etymology 2

Adjective

west

1. Alternative form of weste (“desolate”)

Etymology 3

Verb

west

1. Alternative form of westen (“to move west”)

Northern Kurdish

Noun

west f

1. act of tiring or getting tired

Derived terms

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *westr, see also Old High German west, Old Norse vestr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /west/

Adverb

west

1. west
   • late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

Derived terms

• westdǣl
• westrihte
• westweard

Descendants

• Middle English: west
  • English: west
  • Scots: wast
• → Old French: west (see there for further descendants)

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Old English west.

Adverb

west

1. west

Descendants

• French: ouest
  • → Catalan: oest
  • → Galician: oeste
  • → Italian: ovest
  • → Portuguese: oeste
  • → Spanish: oeste

Old Saxon

Verb

wēst

1. second-person present indicative of witan