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See also:West

English

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West.
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Etymology

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PIE word
*wek(ʷ)speros

FromMiddle Englishwest, fromOld Englishwest, fromProto-West Germanic*westr, fromProto-Germanic*westrą.

Cognate withScotswast,Saterland FrisianWääste,West Frisianwest,Dutchwest,GermanWest,Danishvest. Cognate also withOld Frenchwest,Frenchouest,Spanishoeste,Portugueseoeste,Catalanoest,Galicianoeste,Italianovest (all ultimately borrowings of the English word). Compare alsoLatinvesper(“evening”), with which it is possibly cognate viaProto-Indo-European.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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west (pluralwests)

  2. The directionopposite to that of the earth'srotation, specifically 270°.
    Alternative form:(abbreviation)W
    We used to live in thewest of the country.
    Portugal lies to thewest of Spain.
  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 celebratingad orientem.
    • 1997, John Haskell, John Callanan,Sydney Architecture, UNSW Press,→ISBN:
      In two respects, however, the cathedral [of St. Mary's in Sydney, Australia] differs from English traditions: it is oriented north-south, not east-west; and its main entry is from the south (liturgicalwest) between the two towers, in the French manner.
    • 2000, Mark L. MacDonald,The Chant of Life: Liturgical Studies Four, Church Publishing, Inc.,→ISBN, page98:
      The seating for honored persons (clergy) is at the liturgicalwest, opposite the entrance and lectern.
    • 2007, Patrick Malloy,Celebrating the Eucharist: A Practical Ceremonial Guide for Clergy and Other Liturgical Ministers, Church Publishing, Inc.,→ISBN, page155:
      In most worship spaces, this will put the thurifer and gospeller facing liturgicalwest, book bearer facing liturgical east (or the book on the reading desk), and the torch bearers turned inward, facing the book.
    • 2014, Paul Porwoll,Against All Odds: History of Saint Andrew's Parish Church, Charleston, 1706-2013, WestBow Press,→ISBN, page365:
      Throughout the book I refer directionally to the altar and chancel of St. Andrew's as situated atecclesiastical east (to avoid overcomplicating matters), notgeographical ormagnetic southeast. Thus, the altar is located at the east end of the church, and the gallery, at thewest.

Coordinate terms

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compass points: [edit]

northwestnorthnortheast
westeast
southwestsouthsoutheast

Derived terms

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Translations

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Also seeAppendix:Cardinal directions for translations of all compass points
compass point

Adjective

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west

  1. Situated or lying in or toward the west;westward.
  2. (meteorology) Ofwind: 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 achurch which is opposite to, and farthest from, the part containing thechancel.
    • 2008, Philip Temple,Northern Clerkenwell and Pentonville, Paul Mellon Ctr for Studies,→ISBN, page356:
      Interior in 1925, (left) looking north to chancel and (right) looking south (to liturgicalwest end) It was on account of this connection that St James's became the clowns 'church', an annual clowns' service being held there ...
    • 2017, Stephen Kite,Building Ruskin's Italy: Watching Architecture, Routledge,→ISBN, page48:
      as in the mosaic of the ascension on San Frediano's liturgicalwest (geographically east) façade.
    • 2019, Sarah Hosking, "Coventry Cathedral", in Prickett Stephen Prickett,Edinburgh Companion to the Bible and the Arts, Edinburgh University Press,→ISBN, page371:
      Spence had decided on a huge image of Christ on the [liturgical] east end [which is the geographic north], filling the entire wall and to be visible through the [liturgical]West Window (Fig. 24.2).

Translations

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towards the west
western
occidental
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Adverb

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west (notcomparable)

  1. Towards the west;westwards.

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towards the west

Verb

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west (third-person singular simple presentwests,present participlewesting,simple past and past participlewested)

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

Anagrams

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Cornish

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Etymology

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FromEnglishwest.

Noun

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west m

  1. west

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Dutch

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Dutchwest, fromOld Dutchwest, fromProto-West Germanic*westr, fromProto-Germanic*westrą. CompareGermanWest, English and West Frisianwest, Danishvest.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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west

  1. (only in compounds)west
  2. westwards

Synonyms

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Antonyms

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Coordinate terms

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compass point adverbs: [edit]

noordwestnoordnoordoost
westoost
zuidwestzuidzuidoost

Derived terms

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Italian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishwest.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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west m (invariable)

  1. West (historic area of America)

References

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  1. ^west inDizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
See also:ost

Kashubian

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromGermanWest.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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west m inan

  1. (fishing)west
    Synonyms:zôchód,zôpôd

Declension

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Declension ofwest
singularplural
nominativewestwestë
genitivewestuwestów
dativewestowiwestóm
accusativewestwestë
instrumentalwestãwestama
locativewescewestach
vocativewest/wescewestë

Coordinate terms

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compass points: [edit]

norda
północ
zôchódpòrénk
wschód
pôłnie

Further reading

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  • Jan Trepczyk (1994) “zachód”, inSłownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes1–2
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “zachód”, inSłownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎[1]
  • “west”, inInternetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby,2022

Low German

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Verb

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west

  1. pastparticiple ofwesen

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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FromOld Englishwest, fromProto-West Germanic*west,*westr, fromProto-Germanic*westrą, from*westraz, fromProto-Indo-European*wek(ʷ)speros(“evening”).

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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west

  2. west(compass point)
  3. A location to the south; the south
  4. Thewestwind
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Adjective

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west

  2. west,western
  3. At the west
Descendants
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Adverb

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west

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

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Adjective

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west

  1. Alternative form ofweste(“desolate”)

Etymology 3

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Verb

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west

  1. Alternative form ofwesten(“to move west”)

Northern Kurdish

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Noun

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west f

  1. act oftiring or gettingtired

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Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromProto-West Germanic*westr, see alsoOld High Germanwest,Old Norsevestr.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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west

  1. west
    • late 9th century,translation ofBede'sEcclesiastical History
      [Wiht] is þrittiġes mīla lang ēast ⁊west, ⁊ twelf mīla brād sūð ⁊ norð.
      [Wight] is thirty miles long east-to-west and twelve miles wide north-to-south.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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

Old French

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromOld Englishwest.

Adverb

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west

  1. west

Descendants

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Old Saxon

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Verb

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wēst

  1. second-personpresentindicative ofwitan
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