# oriente
## Esperanto
### Etymology

oriento +‎ -e

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adverb

oriente
* easterly

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

oriente
* inflection of orienter:
** first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
** second-person singular imperative

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* E
* L

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ouriente, borrowed from Latin oriēns, oriēntem (“the east”).

### Noun

oriente m (uncountable)
* east (cardinal direction)
    Synonyms: leste, levante, nacente
    Antonyms: occidente, oeste, poñente
* the eastern portion of a territory or region
    Synonym: leste

#### Coordinate terms

* leste
* norte
* occidente
* sur

#### Related terms

* oriental
* Oriente

### Further reading

* “oriente”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin orientem (possibly a borrowing), accusative form of oriēns, present participle of orior (“to rise, get up”), in reference to the rising of the Sun. Early Christian maps were "oriented" with the direction to Jerusalem always at the top.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /oˈrjɛn.te/
* Rhymes: -ɛnte
* Hyphenation: o‧rièn‧te

### Noun

oriente m (plural orienti)
* (geography) east, orient
    Synonyms: est, levante
    Antonym: occidente
* orient (of a pearl)
* (Freemasonry) lodge

#### Coordinate terms

compass points (Latin-origin): punti cardinali:
| | settentrione | |
| occidente ponente | | oriente levante |
| | meridione mezzogiorno | |

#### Derived terms

* orientare

#### Related terms

* orientale

### Further reading

* oriente in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* Eritone, neoteri, noterei, noterie, tonerei

## Latin
### Noun

oriente
* ablative singular of oriēns

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /o.ɾiˈẽ.t͡ʃi/ [o.ɾɪˈẽ.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /oˈɾjẽ.t͡ʃi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /o.ɾiˈẽ.t͡ʃi/ [o.ɾɪˈẽ.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /oˈɾjẽ.t͡ʃi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /o.ɾiˈẽ.te/ [o.ɾɪˈẽ.te], (faster pronunciation) /oˈɾjẽ.te/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɔˈɾjẽ.tɨ/
* Hyphenation: o‧ri‧en‧te

### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese ouriente, borrowed from Latin orientem, present participle of orior (“to rise”).

#### Noun

oriente m (plural orientes)
* east
    Synonyms: leste, nascente
    Antonyms: ocidente, poente, oeste

##### Coordinate terms

compass points: pontos cardeais:
| noroeste | norte | nordeste |
| oeste poente ocidente | | leste este nascente oriente |
| sudoeste | sul | sudeste |

##### Related terms

* oriental
* orientar

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

oriente
* inflection of orientar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “oriente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /oˈɾjente/ [oˈɾjẽn̪.t̪e]
* Rhymes: -ente
* Syllabification: o‧rien‧te

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin orientem.

#### Noun

oriente m (plural orientes)
* east
    Synonym: este
    Antonyms: occidente, oeste

##### Derived terms

* nororiente

##### Related terms

* oriental
* orientar
* origen

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

oriente
* inflection of orientar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “oriente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

### References

* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “oriente”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos