English
Etymology
From south + east.
Pronunciation
Noun
southeast (plural southeasts)
- The intercardinal compass point halfway between east and south; specifically at a bearing of 135°.
- Antonym: northwest
Coordinate terms
compass points: [edit]
Derived terms
Translations
compass point
- Armenian: հարավ-արևելք (hy) (harav-arewelkʻ)
- Asturian: sureste m, sueste m
- Basque: hego-sortalde, hego-ekialde
- Belarusian: паўднёвы ўсход m (paŭdnjóvy ŭsxod)
- Bikol Central: sur-subangan
- Bulgarian: югои́зток m (jugoíztok)
- Burmese: အရှေ့တောင် (my) (a.hre.taung)
- Catalan: sud-est (ca) m
- Central Melanau: wab daya, wab tarak
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 東南 / 东南 (zh) (dōngnán)
- Czech: jihovýchod (cs) m
- Danish: sydøst
- Dutch: zuidoosten (nl) n
- Esperanto: sudoriento, sudeosto
- Estonian: kagu (et)
- Faroese: landsynningur m
- Finnish: kaakko (fi)
- French: sud-est (fr) m
- Galician: sueste (gl) m
- Georgian: სამხრეთ-აღმოსავლეთი (samxret-aɣmosavleti)
- German: Südosten (de) m
- Greek: νοτιοανατολικά (el) (notioanatoliká)
- Hindi: दक्षिण-पूर्व (hi) m (dakṣiṇ-pūrv)
- Hungarian: délkelet (hu)
- Icelandic: suðaustur (is) n, landsuður n
- Ido: sud-esto (io)
- Indonesian: tenggara (id)
- Ingrian: itälounat, kakko (dated or poetic)
- Interlingua: sud-est
- Italian: sudest m
- Japanese: 南東 (ja) (なんとう, nantō), (less common) 東南 (ja) (とうなん, tōnan), (obsolete) 辰巳 (たつみ, tatsumi), (obsolete) 巽 (ja) (たつみ, tatsumi)
- Javanese: kidul wétan (krama-ngoko), byabya (jv) (literary)
- Karo Batak: aguni
- Khmer: អាគ្នេយ៍ (km) (aknei)
- Korean: 동남(東南) (ko) (dongnam)
- Lao: ບຸບພະທັກຂິນ (bup pha thak khin), ອາຄະເນ (ʼā kha nē)
- Latvian: dienvidaustrumi m
- Lithuanian: pietryčių m pl
- Macedonian: југои́сток m (jugoístok)
- Madurese: tèmor lao'
- Malay: tenggara
- Malayalam: തെക്കുകിഴക്ക് (ml) (tekkukiḻakkŭ)
- Maltese: xlokk
- Maori: tonga-mā-rāwhiti
- Mon: အနဲ
- Mongolian: зүүн өмнөд зүгийн (züün ömnöd zügiin)
- Navajo: shádiʼááh dóó haʼaʼaah
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: sørøst (no)
- Nynorsk: søraust
- Old Norse: landsuðr n
- Persian: جنوب شرقی (jonub-e šarqi)
- Polish: południowy wschód m inan
- Portuguese: sudeste (pt) m
- Romanian: sud-est (ro) n
- Romansch: sidost
- Russian: ю́го-восто́к (ru) m (júgo-vostók), зюйд-о́ст (ru) m (zjujd-óst) (wind or nautical)
- Sanskrit: आग्नेय (sa) (āgneya)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: југоисток m
- Roman: jugoistok (sh) m
- Slovak: juhovýchod m
- Slovene: jugovzhod m
- Spanish: sudeste (es) m, sureste (es) m, sueste m
- Swahili: kusini-mashariki
- Swedish: sydost (sv), sydöst (sv)
- Telugu: ఆగ్నేయం (te) (āgnēyaṁ)
- Thai: ตะวันออกเฉียงใต้ (th) (dtà-wan-ɔ̀ɔk-chǐiang-dtâai), อาคเนย์ (aa-ká-nee)
- Toba Batak: anggoni
- Turkish: güneydoğu (tr)
- Ukrainian: півде́нний схід m (pivdénnyj sxid), зюйд-о́ст m (zjujd-óst) (wind or nautical)
- Vietnamese: phía đông nam, hướng đông nam, đông nam (東南)
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Adjective
southeast (not generally comparable, comparative more southeast, superlative most southeast)
- Of, in or pertaining to the southeast; southeastern.
2014, Robert Barr, For the Love of Flight, Dorrance Publishing, →ISBN, page 61:The first rocket exploded on the southeast camp fire perimeter, and the second dropped in to the northwest, a few hundred meters from the center of the workforce complex.
- Situated toward or in the direction of the southeast; southeastward; southeasterly.
A southeast course.
- Coming from the southeast; southeasterly.
A southeast wind.
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Adverb
southeast (not generally comparable, comparative more southeast, superlative most southeast)
- Towards or in the direction of the southeast; southeastwards.
We are travelling southeast at the moment.
Valencia is southeast of Madrid.
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