eastern
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English esturne, esterne, from Old English ēasterne (“eastern”), from Proto-Germanic *austrōnijaz (“eastern”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-ro- (“eastern”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- (“dawn, east”). Cognate with Old Saxon and Old High German ōstrōni (“eastern”), Old Norse austrœnn (“eastern”).
Morphologically east + -ern.
Base: east
Affixes: -ern
Inflected forms:
form: more eastern
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most eastern
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: easternmost
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of, facing, situated in, or related to the east.
pos: adj
examples: While De Anza was exploring the Bay of San Francisco, seeking a site for the presidio, the American colonists on the eastern seaboard, three thousand miles away, were celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
The “little green men”—faces covered, wearing unmarked olive uniforms, speaking Russian and using Russian weapons—have played a significant role in both the occupation of Crimea and the civil war in eastern Ukraine.¹⁹⁶
Another ANC splinter party, the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK), led by former President Jacob Zuma appears to be on course to do well in KwaZulu-Natal, the eastern coastal province where Durban is located.
gloss: Blowing from the east; easterly.
pos: adj
gloss: Oriental.
pos: adj
tags: broadly
Related words: northern
southern
western
northeastern
southeastern
southwestern
northwestern
Derived words: Adamawa-Eastern
Australian Eastern Daylight Time
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Eastern Armenia
eastern baccharis
eastern banjo frog
eastern bearded dragon
Eastern Bloc
eastern bluebird
Eastern Bontok
Eastern Buyagan
eastern buzzard
Eastern Christian
eastern columbine
eastern coneflower
eastern cottonwood
eastern crevice skink
eastern crown
eastern curlew
Eastern Delaware
Eastern Desert
eastern equine encephalitis
easterner
Eastern Europe
Eastern Friesland
Eastern Front
eastern gorilla
eastern gray squirrel
eastern green drake
eastern grey kangaroo
eastern hemisphere
eastern hemlock
Eastern Herzegovinian
eastern imperial eagle
eastern indigo snake
easternisation
easternise
easternism
easternization
easternize
eastern jackrabbit
eastern kingsnake
eastern leatherwood
easternly
eastern moa
easternmost
easternness
Eastern Norway
eastern olivaceous warbler
eastern Orphean warbler
Eastern Pacific giant conch
Eastern Palestine
eastern paradise whydah
Eastern parotia
eastern pellitory-of-the-wall
eastern poison ivy
Eastern provinces
eastern ratsnake
eastern redbud
eastern red cedar
Eastern Region
eastern ringed xenica
eastern rosella
Eastern Rumelia
eastern screech owl
eastern spinebill
eastern spotted skunk
Eastern Standard Time Zone
eastern tarantula
eastern tent caterpillar
Eastern Theater
Eastern Time Zone
Eastern Townships
Eastern Wao
Eastern War Time Zone
eastern water dragon
eastern white pine
eastern wolf
Eastern Woodlands
eastern wood pewee
eastern yellow robin
eastern yellow wagtail
Far Eastern Federal District
Mideastern
noneastern
north-eastern
south-eastern
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: lindor
lang: Arabic
word: شَرْقِيّ
roman: šarqiyy
lang: Arabic
word: شرقي
roman: šarʔi
lang: Arabic
word: شَرْقي
roman: šargi
lang: Armenian
word: արևելյան
roman: arewelyan
lang: Azerbaijani
word: şərqi
lang: Azerbaijani
word: şərq
lang: Belarusian
word: усхо́дні
roman: usxódni
lang: Belarusian
word: ўсхо́дні
roman: wsxódni
lang: Bengali
word: পূর্ব
roman: purbo
lang: Bulgarian
word: и́зточен
roman: íztočen
lang: Burmese
word: အရှေ့
roman: a.hre.
lang: Catalan
word: oriental
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 東方的 /东方的
roman: dōngfāng de
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 東 /东
roman: dōng
lang: Czech
word: východní
lang: Danish
word: østlig
lang: Danish
word: østre
lang: Dutch
word: oostelijk
lang: Egyptian
word: iAb-b-y:D41
roman: jꜣbj
lang: Esperanto
word: orienta
lang: Estonian
word: idamaine
lang: Estonian
word: ida-
lang: Finnish
word: itäinen
lang: Finnish
word: itä-
lang: French
word: oriental
lang: Georgian
word: აღმოსავლური
roman: aɣmosavluri
lang: Georgian
word: აღმოსავლეთის
roman: aɣmosavletis
lang: Georgian
word: აღმოსავლეთისა
roman: aɣmosavletisa
lang: German
word: östlich
lang: German
word: Ost-
lang: Greek
word: ανατολικός
roman: anatolikós
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἀνατολικός
roman: anatolikós
lang: Hebrew
word: מִזְרָחִי
roman: mizrakhí
lang: Hindi
word: पूर्वी
roman: pūrvī
lang: Hindi
word: पूरबी
roman: pūrbī
lang: Hindi
word: पूर्वीय
roman: pūrvīya
lang: Hungarian
word: keleti
lang: Icelandic
word: austur
lang: Ingrian
word: itäin
lang: Italian
word: orientale
lang: Japanese
word: 東の
roman: higashi no
lang: Japanese
word: 東方の
roman: tōhō no
lang: Kazakh
word: шығыс
roman: şyğys
lang: Khmer
word: ខាងកើត
roman: khaang kaət
lang: Korean
word: 동(東)쪽의
roman: dongjjog-ui
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: rojhilatî
lang: Kyrgyz
word: чыгыштык
roman: cıgıştık
lang: Kyrgyz
word: чыгыш
roman: cıgış
lang: Lao
word: ຕາເວັນອອກ
roman: tā wen ʼǭk
lang: Latin
word: orientalis
lang: Latvian
word: austrumu
lang: Lithuanian
word: rytinis
lang: Lithuanian
word: rytų
lang: Macedonian
word: источен
roman: istočen
lang: Malayalam
word: കിഴക്കൻ
roman: kiḻakkaṉ
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: østre
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: østlig
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: austre
lang: Occitan
word: oriental
lang: Odia
word: ପୂର୍ବୀୟ
roman: purbiya
lang: Pashto
word: شرقي
roman: šarqi
lang: Iranian Persian
word: شَرْقی
roman: šarġi
lang: Iranian Persian
word: مَشْرِقی
roman: mašreġi
lang: Polish
word: wschodni
lang: Portuguese
word: oriental
lang: Portuguese
word: do leste
lang: Punjabi
word: ਪੂਰਬੀ
roman: pūrbī
lang: Romanian
word: estic
lang: Romanian
word: oriental
lang: Romanian
word: de est
lang: Romanian
word: răsăritean
lang: Russian
word: восто́чный
roman: vostóčnyj
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: sear
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: an ear
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ѝсточнӣ
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ìstočnī
lang: Slovak
word: východný
lang: Slovene
word: vzhoden
lang: Upper Sorbian
word: wuchodny
lang: Spanish
word: oriental
lang: Spanish
word: esteño
lang: Swedish
word: östra
lang: Swedish
word: östlig
lang: Tajik
word: шарқӣ
roman: šarqi
lang: Tatar
word: көнчыгыш
roman: könçığış
lang: Thai
word: ตะวันออก
roman: dtà-wan-ɔ̀ɔk
lang: Turkish
word: doğu
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: شرقی
roman: şarkî
lang: Turkmen
word: gündogar
lang: Ukrainian
word: схі́дний
roman: sxídnyj
lang: Urdu
word: مَشْرِقی
roman: maśriqī
lang: Urdu
word: شَرْقی
roman: śarqī
lang: Uyghur
word: شەرقىي
roman: sherqiy
lang: Uzbek
word: sharqiy
lang: Vietnamese
word: đông
lang: Welsh
word: dwyreiniol
lang: Yiddish
word: מיזרחדיק
roman: mizrekhdik