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Pronunciation
IPA|/i�st/
SAMPA|/i:st/
audio|en-us-east.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-i�st|-i�st

Etymology
Old English �ast

Noun
east

1. One of the four principal compass points, specifically 90°, conventionally directed to the right on maps; the direction of the rising sun at an equinox.

#* 1895: w:Thomas Hardy|Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure — In a few hours the birds come to it from all points of the compass – east, west, north, and south...

Slovak: t-|sk|východ|m
Slovene: t+|sl|vzhod|m
Spanish: t+|es|este|m, t-|es|oriente|m
Slovak: t-|sk|východ|m
Slovene: t+|sl|vzhod|m
Serbo-Croatian: istok
Swedish: t+|sv|öster
Tamil: �ிழ����
Telugu: త�ర�ప� (toorpu)
Thai: �ิศ�ะวั�ออ�
Turkish: do�u, �ark (obsolete)
Ukrainian: ���д (sxid) m
Urdu: URchar|�شر� (mashriq) m
Vietnamese: Hư�ng �ông
Welsh: t-|cy|dwyrain|xs=Welsh
Yolngu: dhimurru
Yiddish: t-|yi|��ר�|scHebr|xsYiddish
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Adjective
east

1. Situated or lying in or towards the east; eastward.
2. meteorology wind from the east
3. Of or pertaining to the east; eastern.
4. From the East; oriental.

Synonyms
(situated or lying in or towards the east): eastward
(meteorology: wind from the east): easterly
(of or pertaining to the east): eastern
(from the East): oriental

Antonyms
(situated or lying in or towards the east): westward
(meteorology: wind from the east): westerly
(of or pertaining to the east): western

Translations
trans-top|in or towards the east
Czech: východní
Dutch: oostelijk
Esperanto: t-|eo|orienta|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: itä|itä- (in compounds), itäinen
French: à l'est, de l'est
Italian: t+|it|orientale
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Maltese: lejn il-lvant
Polish: t+|pl|wschodni
Portuguese: ao leste, oriental
Slovak: východný m
Swedish: ost-, öst-, östra
Turkish: do�u
Welsh: t-|cy|dwyrain|xs=Welsh
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trans-top|meteorology: wind from the east
Czech: východní
Esperanto: t-|eo|orienta|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t+|fi|itäinen
Italian: di levante
French: d'est
Maltese: mil-lvant
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Polish: t+|pl|wschodni
Portuguese: do leste.
Slovak: východný m
Swedish: t+|sv|ostlig, t+|sv|östlig
Welsh: dwyreiniol
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trans-top|of or pertaining to the east
Czech: východní
Dutch: oostelijk
Esperanto: t-|eo|orienta|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: itä|itä- (in compounds), itäinen
French: d'est, de l'est
Greek: t+|el|ανα�ολικ��|m|tranatolikós|scGrek
Italian: t+|it|orientale
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Maltese: tal-lvant
Polish: t+|pl|wschodni
Portuguese: t+|pt|oriental
Slovak: východný m
Swedish: t+|sv|ostlig, t+|sv|östlig
Turkish: t+|tr|do�ulu
Welsh: dwyreiniol
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trans-top|from the East
Czech: z východu
Dutch: t+|nl|oosters
Esperanto: t-|eo|orienta|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: itäinen, orientaalinen, orientaali- (in compounds)
French: t+|fr|oriental|m, t+|fr|orientale|f
Greek: t+|el|ανα�ολικ��|m|tranatolikós|scGrek
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Italian: da est
Maltese: mil-lvant
Polish: t+|pl|wschodni
Portuguese: t+|pt|oriental
Swedish: österländsk, orientalisk
Turkish: do�udan
Welsh: o'r dwyrain
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Adverb
east

1. towards the east; eastwards

Synonyms
(towards the east): eastwards

Antonyms
(towards the east): westwards

Translations
trans-top|towards the east
Czech: východn�, na východ, k východu, východním sm�rem
Dutch: oostwaarts
Esperanto: t-|eo|orienten|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: itä|itään päin, itä|itää kohti
French: vers l'est
Italian: a est, verso est
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Polish: na wschód, ku wschodowi
Portuguese: a leste, para o leste, em direção a|ao leste
Slovak: na východ
Spanish: (con) rumbo este, (con) rumbo al este/oriente, hacia el este/oriente, hacia oriente, al este/oriente.
Swedish: ostvart, österut
Welsh: tua'r dwyrain
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Translations to be checked

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ttbc|Basque: sortialdeko, ekialdeko
ttbc|Estonian: idapoolne, ida-, Ida-
ttbc|Frisian: eastlik, eastersk
ttbc|Interlingua: del est, oriental
ttbc|Spanish: oriental m & f

Anagrams
eats
sate
seat
seta

Derived terms
easterliness
easterly
eastern
easterner
easting
eastward
eastwardly
eastwards
northeast
north-northeast
southeast
south-southeast

Related terms
north
south
west

Category:1000 English basic words

Frisian

Noun
east

1. east

Category:Frisian nouns

Old English

Pronunciation
IPA|/æ:ast/

Etymology
Common Germanic *austam from the Proto-Indo-European root *aus- �eastern�. Cognate with Old Frisian �st, Old Saxon ost (Dutch oost), Old High German �st (German Osten), Old Norse austr. The IE root is also the source of Latin auster �southerly�, Latvian austrumi �easterly�, Common Slavic *utro

Noun
�ast m

1. the east

Adjective
�ast

1. eastern, easterly

Adverb
�ast

1. from the east
2. towards the east

Category:Old English adjectives
Category:Old English adverbs
Category:Old English nouns

ar:east
de:east
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fr:east
ko:east
hy:east
io:east
id:east
it:east
kk:east
ku:east
lt:east
hu:east
ja:east
pl:east
pt:east
ru:east
simple:east
fi:east
ta:east
te:east
vi:east
tr:east
zh:east

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