levante
Esperanto
Adverb
levante
- present adverbial active participle of levi
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lə.vɑ̃t/
Audio (Paris): (file)
Adjective
levante
- feminine singular of levant
Anagrams
Galician
Verb
levante
- inflection of levantar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Interlingua
Participle
levante
- present participle of levar
Italian
Etymology
Present participle of levarsi (“to rise”). Corresponds to Latin levantem (“raising”), in reference to the rising of the sun.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /leˈvan.te/
- Rhymes: -ante
- Hyphenation: le‧vàn‧te
Adjective
levante m or f (plural levanti)
Noun
levante m (plural levanti)
Coordinate terms
compass points (Latin-origin): punti cardinali: [edit]
| settentrione | ||
| occidente ponente |
oriente levante | |
| meridione mezzogiorno |
Derived terms
Participle
levante m or f (plural levanti)
- present participle of levare
Related terms
Further reading
- levante in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Latin
Participle
lēvante
- ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of lēvāns
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /leˈvɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /leˈvɐ̃.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /lɨˈvɐ̃.tɨ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /lɨˈbɐ̃.tɨ/ [lɨˈβɐ̃.tɨ]
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɐ̃tʃi, (Portugal) -ɐ̃tɨ
- Hyphenation: le‧van‧te
Etymology 1
Noun
levante m (plural levantes)
Etymology 2
Verb
levante
- inflection of levantar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /leˈbante/ [leˈβ̞ãn̪.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ante
- Syllabification: le‧van‧te
Etymology 1
From the old present active participle of levar (Old Spanish form of llevar). Corresponds to Latin levantem (“raising”), in reference to the rising of the sun.
Noun
levante m (plural levantes)
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
levante
- inflection of levantar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “levante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024