compass point

English

compass point (plural compass points)

Any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass. There may be 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, or even 128 compass points on a compass, depending on its size and accuracy.

For the names of the individual compass points see the Wikipedia article on Points of the compass

any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass

Catalan: punt cardinal (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 羅經點 / 罗经点 (luójīngdiǎn)
Dutch: windstreek (nl) f, windrichting (nl) f
Estonian: ilmakaar, kompassisuund
Finnish: kompassisuunta, ilmansuunta (fi)
French: point cardinal (fr) m
Georgian: ჰორიზონტის მხარეები (horizonṭis mxareebi)
German: Himmelsrichtung (de) f
Hungarian: égtáj (hu), világtáj (hu)
Indonesian: mata angin (id)
Irish: rinn f, rinn compáis f, aird an chompáis f
Italian: punto cardinale m
Japanese: 方角 (ja) (ほうがく, hōgaku)
Latin: ^{(please verify)} plaga caeli
Latvian: debespuse f
Macedonian: страна на светот f (strana na svetot)
Malay: mata angin
Polish: strona świata f
Portuguese: ponto cardeal (pt) m
Romanian: direcție cardinală f, punct cardinal (ro) n
Romansch: direcziun f, direcziùn f (Sutsilvan)
Russian: сторона́ све́та (ru) f (storoná svéta), страна́ све́та f (straná svéta)
Sanskrit: दिशा (sa) f (diśā)
Scottish Gaelic: àird f
Spanish: punto cardinal m
Swedish: väderstreck (sv) n