occident

From Middle English occident, from Old French occident, from Latin occidentem (“western sky, part of the sky in which the sun sets”), from occido (“go down, set”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɒksɪdənt/

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occident (plural occidents)

1. The part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west.

   Synonyms: ponent, west

   Antonyms: orient, east, levant

2. The Western world; the part of the world excluding Asia and Africa.

• occidental
• occidentosis

• incocted

Borrowed from Latin occidentem.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [uk.siˈðen]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ok.siˈðent]

occident m (plural occidents)

1. west

   Synonyms: ponent, oest

   Antonym: orient

Inherited from Old French, borrowed from Latin occidentem.

• IPA^(key): /ɔk.si.dɑ̃/

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occident m (plural occidents)

1. west (compass point)
2. alternative letter-case form of Occident

• ponant, ouest

• orient

• occidental

• “occident”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Form of the verb occidō.

occident

1. third-person plural future active indicative of occidō

Form of the verb occīdō.

occīdent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of occīdō

Borrowed from Latin occidens, occidentem.

occident oblique singular, m (nominative singular occidenz or occidentz)

1. the west

• oriant

• occidental, occidentel

• → Middle English: occident
  • English: occident, Occident
• French: occident

Borrowed from French occident, Latin occidens, occidentem.

• IPA^(key): /ok.t͡ʃiˈdent/

occident n (uncountable)

1. west, Occident

• vest (standard), apus (somewhat uncommon today)

• occidental