# west
## English
### Etymology

* PIE word
* *wek(ʷ)speros
From Middle English west, from Old English west, from Proto-West Germanic *westr, from Proto-Germanic *westrą.
Cognate with Scots wast, Saterland Frisian Wääste, West Frisian west, Dutch west, German West, Danish vest. Cognate also with Old French west, French ouest, Spanish oeste, Portuguese oeste, Catalan oest, Galician oeste, Italian ovest (all ultimately borrowings of the English word). Compare also Latin vesper (“evening”), with which it is possibly cognate via Proto-Indo-European.

### Pronunciation

* enPR: wĕst, IPA: /wɛst/
* Audio (UK):(file)
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛst

### Noun

west (plural wests)
* The direction opposite to that of the earth's rotation, specifically 270°.
    Alternative form: (abbreviation) W
    We used to live in the west of the country.
    Portugal lies to the west of Spain.
* The western region or area; the inhabitants thereof. [circa 1300]
* (ecclesiastical) In a church: the direction of the gallery, opposite to the altar, and opposite to the direction faced by the priest when celebrating ad orientem.
** 1997, John Haskell, John Callanan, Sydney Architecture, UNSW Press, →ISBN:In two respects, however, the cathedral [of St. Mary's in Sydney, Australia] differs from English traditions: it is oriented north-south, not east-west; and its main entry is from the south (liturgical west) between the two towers, in the French manner.
** 2000, Mark L. MacDonald, The Chant of Life: Liturgical Studies Four, Church Publishing, Inc., →ISBN, page 98:The seating for honored persons (clergy) is at the liturgical west, opposite the entrance and lectern.
** 2007, Patrick Malloy, Celebrating the Eucharist: A Practical Ceremonial Guide for Clergy and Other Liturgical Ministers, Church Publishing, Inc., →ISBN, page 155:In most worship spaces, this will put the thurifer and gospeller facing liturgical west, book bearer facing liturgical east (or the book on the reading desk), and the torch bearers turned inward, facing the book.
** 2014, Paul Porwoll, Against All Odds: History of Saint Andrew's Parish Church, Charleston, 1706-2013, WestBow Press, →ISBN, page 365:Throughout the book I refer directionally to the altar and chancel of St. Andrew's as situated at ecclesiastical east (to avoid overcomplicating matters), not geographical or magnetic southeast. Thus, the altar is located at the east end of the church, and the gallery, at the west.

#### Coordinate terms

compass points:
| northwest | north | northeast |
| west | | east |
| southwest | south | southeast |

#### Derived terms

* Aurora West
* Awang West
* Bagong Bario West
* Barangay West
* Barunga West
* Broughton West
* Cabagñan West
* Cadcadir West
* Canada West
* Cansamada West
* Carunuan West
* Central West
* Cheshire West and Chester
* Clayton West
* Collective West
* Cosili West
* East and West Buckland
* east-west
* Gabu Norte West
* Gateway to the West
* Geelong West
* go west
* Grace Park West
* Greenock West
* Helena-West Helena
* hell west and crooked
* Hounslow West
* Hugpa West
* Ilawod West
* Inner West
* Kahayagan West
* Kayan West
* Key West
* Kilikili West
* King's Lynn and West Norfolk
* Knowle West
* La Paz West
* Mangato West
* Mashonaland West
* Mecklenburg-West Pomerania
* Mexican west coast rattlesnake
* Mid West
* Muñoz West
* Nangalisan West
* Newcastle West
* north-northwest
* northwest
* out west
* Pagolingin West
* Passage West
* Pata West
* Poblacion West
* Quinte West
* Riding Mountain West
* Rise of the West
* Robeston West
* Rosedale West Side
* Sampao West
* San Francisco West
* San Jose West
* Santo Domingo West
* Slender West Lake
* Somerset West and Taunton
* south-southwest
* southwest
* South West Rocks
* South West Slopes
* Spanish West Indies
* Sun City West
* Teachers Village West
* Tritlington and West Chevington
* Wessex
* West
* West Acre
* West Africa
* West African hemorrhagic fever
* West Africa Time
* West Allen
* West Alvington
* West Ambrym
* West Amwell
* West Aramaic
* West Ardsley
* West Atlantic trumpetfish
* West Auckland
* West Azerbaijan
* West Baton Rouge Parish
* West Bay
* West Beach
* West Bedlington
* West Bend
* West Berkshire
* West Betuwe
* West Bird's Head
* West Bletchley
* West Boylston
* West Branch
* West Bridgford
* West Brompton
* West Bromwich
* West Brunswick
* West Buckland
* West Burton
* Westbury
* West Byfleet
* west by north
* west by south
* West Calder
* West Carisac
* West Carlton
* West Carroll Parish
* West Chester, Westchester
* West Chevington
* West Clandon
* West Cliffe, Westcliffe
* West Coast
* West Coast Sound
* West Coker
* West Cornforth
* Westcott
* West Country
* West Crewkerne
* West Curthwaite
* West Dean, Westdean
* West Deeping
* West Deer
* West Derby
* West Dereham
* West Devon
* West Didsbury
* West Dorset
* West Down
* West Drayton
* West Dunbartonshire
* West Ealing
* West Earl
* West Elgin
* West Elk Mountains
* West End
* wester
* Westerham
* westerly
* western
* westerner
* West European
* West Falkland
* West Feliciana Parish
* West Felton
* West Ferry
* West Fields
* West Germany
* West Gippsland
* West Green
* West Grey
* West Grinstead
* West Hagley
* West Hallam
* West Ham
* West Hampstead
* West Harrow
* West Hartford
* West Hartlepool
* West Harton
* West Haven
* West Helmsdale
* West Highland
* West Hill
* West Hills
* West Hoathly
* West Holywell
* West Horndon
* West Horsley
* West Huntspill
* West Hyde
* West Indiaman
* West Indian elm
* West Indies
* westing
* West Irian
* West Jesmond
* West Kamias
* West Kensington
* West Kilbride
* West Kirby
* West LA
* West Lake
* Westlake
* West Lancashire
* Westland
* West Lavington
* West Liberty
* West Lincoln
* West Lindsey
* West Linton
* West Lockinge
* West Los Angeles
* West Lothian
* West Lulworth
* West Malling
* West Manchester
* West Markham
* West Meon
* West Mersea
* West Milford
* Westminster
* West Monkseaton
* West Monkton
* Westmont
* West Moor
* West Moors
* Westmoreland, Westmorland
* Westmount
* West Nicholson
* West Nipissing
* West Northamptonshire
* West Norwood
* Weston
* West Oxfordshire
* West Palm Beach
* West Pennard
* West Pennsboro
* West Philadelphia
* West Plains
* West Poblacion
* West Porlock
* West Quantoxhead
* West Quincy
* West Quoddy Head
* West Rainton and Leamside
* West Riding
* West Riding of Yorkshire
* West Ruislip
* West Runton
* West Shepton
* west side
* West Sleekburn
* West Somerset
* West Sopris Creek
* West Southbourne
* West Springfield
* West Stow
* West Suffolk
* West Sussex
* West Tanfield
* West Texas Intermediate
* West Thurrock
* West Timor
* West Torrens
* West Town
* West Trenton
* West Triangle
* West Tytherley
* West Union
* West Vale
* West Valley City
* West Virginia
* westward
* westwardly
* westwards
* West Watford
* West Wemyss
* West Whittier
* West Wickham
* West Wimmera
* West Winch
* west wind
* West Witton
* Westwood
* West Woodburn
* West Woodhay
* West Worthing
* West Wycombe

#### Translations

    Also see Appendix:Cardinal directions for translations of all compass points

### Adjective

west
* Situated or lying in or toward the west; westward.
* (meteorology) Of wind: from the west.
* Of or pertaining to the west; western.
* From the West; occidental.
* (ecclesiastial) Designating, or situated in, the liturgical west, that part of a church which is opposite to, and farthest from, the part containing the chancel.
** 2008, Philip Temple, Northern Clerkenwell and Pentonville, Paul Mellon Ctr for Studies, →ISBN, page 356:Interior in 1925, (left) looking north to chancel and (right) looking south (to liturgical west end) It was on account of this connection that St James's became the clowns 'church', an annual clowns' service being held there ...
** 2017, Stephen Kite, Building Ruskin's Italy: Watching Architecture, Routledge, →ISBN, page 48:as in the mosaic of the ascension on San Frediano's liturgical west (geographically east) façade.
** 2019, Sarah Hosking, "Coventry Cathedral", in Prickett Stephen Prickett, Edinburgh Companion to the Bible and the Arts, Edinburgh University Press, →ISBN, page 371:Spence had decided on a huge image of Christ on the [liturgical] east end [which is the geographic north], filling the entire wall and to be visible through the [liturgical] West Window (Fig. 24.2).

#### Translations

    The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

### Adverb

west (not comparable)
* Towards the west; westwards.

#### Translations
### Verb

west (third-person singular simple present wests, present participle westing, simple past and past participle wested)
* To move to the west; (of the sun) to set. [from 15th c.]
** 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Prologue”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:Foure times his place he shifted hath in sight, / And twice has risen, where he now doth West, / And wested twice, where he ought rise aright.

### Anagrams

* ESWT, Stew, Tews, ewts, stew, tews, wets

## Cornish
### Etymology

From English west.

### Noun

west m
* west

#### Synonyms

* gorlewin
* howlsedhes

#### Antonyms

* howldrehevel
* howldrevel

#### Derived terms

* north-west (“north-west”)
* soth-west (“south-west”)

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch west, from Old Dutch west, from Proto-West Germanic *westr, from Proto-Germanic *westrą. Compare German West, English and West Frisian west, Danish vest.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋɛst/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: west
* Rhymes: -ɛst

### Adverb

west
* (only in compounds) west
* westwards

#### Synonyms

* westwaarts

#### Antonyms

* oost

#### Coordinate terms

compass point adverbs:
| noordwest | noord | noordoost |
| west | | oost |
| zuidwest | zuid | zuidoost |

#### Derived terms

* westelijk
* westen
* wester-

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: wes
* Negerhollands: west
* → Papiamentu: wèst

## Italian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English west.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈwɛst/
* Rhymes: -ɛst
* Hyphenation: wèst

### Noun

west m (invariable)
* West (historic area of America)

### References

* ↑ west in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

## Kashubian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German West.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvɛst/
* Rhymes: -ɛst
* Syllabification: west

### Noun

west m inan
* (fishing) west
    Synonyms: zôchód, zôpôd

#### Coordinate terms

compass points:
| | norda północ | |
| zôchód | | pòrénk wschód |
| | pôłnie | |

### Further reading

* Jan Trepczyk (1994) “zachód”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
* Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “zachód”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎
* “west”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

## Low German
### Verb

west
* past participle of wesen

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From Old English west, from Proto-West Germanic *west, *westr, from Proto-Germanic *westrą, from *westraz, from Proto-Indo-European *wek(ʷ)speros (“evening”).

#### Alternative forms

* wæst, weeste, weste

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wɛst/
* Rhymes: -ɛst

#### Noun

west
* west (compass point)
* A location to the south; the south
* The west wind

##### Coordinate terms

* (compass point): north, east, south

##### Derived terms

* Westmestre
* westen (“to move west”)

##### Related terms

* westen (“west”)
* westerne
* westward

##### Descendants

* English: west
* Scots: wast

#### Adjective

west
* west, western
* At the west

##### Descendants

* English: west
* Scots: wast

#### Adverb

west
* To the west, westwards, westbound
* From the west, western
* In the west

##### Descendants

* English: west
* Scots: wast

#### References

* “west, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29-03-2018.
* “west, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29-03-2018.
* “west, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29-03-2018.

### Etymology 2
#### Adjective

west
* Alternative form of weste (“desolate”)

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

west
* Alternative form of westen (“to move west”)

## Northern Kurdish
### Noun

west f
* act of tiring or getting tired

#### Derived terms

* rawestandin
* rawestandî
* rawestiyayî
* rawestok
* rawestî
* rawestîner
* westandin
* westandî
* westiyayî
* westî
* westîn

## Old English
### Alternative forms

* wæst

### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *westr, see also Old High German west, Old Norse vestr.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /west/

### Adverb

west
* west
** late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
    [Wiht] is þrittiġes mīla lang ēast ⁊ west, ⁊ twelf mīla brād sūð ⁊ norð.[Wight] is thirty miles long east-to-west and twelve miles wide north-to-south.

#### Derived terms

* westdǣl
* westrihte
* westweard

#### Descendants

* Middle English: west
** English: west
** Scots: wast
* → Old French: west (see there for further descendants)

## Old French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Old English west.

### Adverb

west
* west

#### Descendants

* French: ouest
** → Catalan: oest
** → Galician: oeste
** → Italian: ovest
** → Portuguese: oeste
** → Spanish: oeste

## Old Saxon
### Verb

wēst
* second-person present indicative of witan