east

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /iːst/
• SAMPA: /i:st/

Noun

east

1. One of the four principal compass points: the direction of the rising sun at an equinox, and conventionally on the right of maps.
2. The right part of anything.
3. (the East) The Orient.
4. (the East) The Eastern bloc.
5. (the East) The Eastern states of the United States.
6. The wind from the east.

Translations

compass point

Basque: sortalde, eguzkialde, ekialde Catalan: est m, naixent m Chinese: 東, 东 (dōng) Czech: východ m Dutch: oosten n Esperanto: oriento Estonian: ida, idakaar, ost (in seamen's language) Finnish: itä French: est m Frisian: easten n Greek: ἀνατολή Greek, modern: ανατολή f Hungarian: kelet

Indonesian: timur Interlingua: est, oriente Italian: est Japanese: 東 (ひがし, higashi) Javanese: wetan Korean: 동 (dong: Hanja) Manchu: dergi Polish: wschód m Portuguese: este m, leste m Russian: восток m Slovak: východ m Spanish: este m, oriente m Swedish: öster Turkish: doğu

right part

Finnish: oikea puoli

the Orient

Estonian: idamaa, idamaad, hommikumaa, hommikumaad, orient, Idamaa Finnish: itä, itämaat, Orientti French: orient m, levant m Italian: oriente m, levante m

Portuguese: levante m, nascente m, oriente m Russian: Восток Spanish: oriente Swedish: orienten, fjärran östern

the Eastern bloc

Estonian: idablokk Finnish: itäblokki

Swedish: östblocket, öst

the Eastern states of the US

Estonian: idaosariigid Finnish: (Yhdysvaltain) itäiset osavaltiot French: les états de l'est des États-Unis

Italian: gli stati dell'est degli Stati Uniti

wind from the east

Estonian: idatuul Finnish: itätuuli

Italian: levante m

Adjective

east

1. From the east; eastern, oriental.

Translations

from the east

Esperanto: orienta Finnish: itä- (in compounds), itäinen, orientaalinen, orientaali- (in compounds) French: de l'est, oriental m, orientale f Interlingua: del est, oriental

Italian: dell'est, orientale m & f Portuguese: do leste, oriental m & f Spanish: oriental m & f Swedish: ostlig (esp. about winds), östlig, öst-, .... från öster

Adverb

east

1. Towards the east, eastwards.

towards the east

Finnish: itään päin, itää kohti French: vers l'est

Spanish: (con) rumbo este, (con) rumbo al este/oriente, hacia el este/oriente, hacia oriente, al este/oriente. Swedish: österut

The translations below need to be checked by native speakers and inserted into the table for the adjective or the table for the adverb, or both. These two sections were formerly (incorrectly) combined into one.

• Basque: sortialdeko, ekialdeko
• Czech: východní
• Dutch: oostelijk, oosters
• Estonian: idapoolne, ida-, Ida-
• Frisian: eastlik, eastersk
• Greek: ανατολικός
• Polish: wschodni m, wschodnia f, wschodnie n
• Slovak: východný m, východná f, východné n
• Turkish: doğu

Derived terms

• easterly
• eastern
• eastward, eastwards

See also

• north
• south
• west