west

See also: West

west - English

Pronunciation

enPR: wĕst, IPA: /wɛst/

Noun

west (usually uncountable, plural wests)

One of the four principal compass points, specifically 270°, conventionally directed to the left on maps; the direction of the setting sun at an equinox.
- 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.
(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.

Coordinate terms

(compass points)

northwest	north	northeast
west		east
southwest	south	southeast

Derived terms

Translations

Also see Cardinal directions for translations of all compass points

Afrikaans: wes (af)
Ainu: チュッポㇰ (cuppok)
Albanian: perëndim (sq)
Amharic: ምዕራብ (məʿrab)
Arabic: غَرْب‎ (ar) m (ḡarb)
- Egyptian Arabic: غرب‎ m (ġarb)
Aramaic:
- Aramaic: מערבא‎ m (maʿrəḇā)
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ‎ m (maʿrwā)
- Classical Syriac: ܡܥܪܒܐ‎ m (maʿrəḇā)
- Turoyo: ܡܰܥܪܒ݂ܳܐ‎ m (macrvo)
Armenian: արևմուտք (hy) (arewmutkʿ)
Aromanian: vestu, Vestu, ascãpitatã
Assamese: পশ্চিম (possim)
Asturian: oeste (ast) m
Azerbaijani: qərb (az)
Bashkir: көнбайыш (könbayış)
Basque: sartalde, mendebal
Belarusian: за́хад m (záxad)
Bengali: পশ্চিম (bn) (pościm)
Bikol Central: sulnopan
Breton: kornôg (br) m
Bulgarian: за́пад (bg) m (západ)
Burmese: အနောက် (my) (a.nauk), ပစ္ဆိမ (pachci.ma.)
Catalan: oest (ca) m, ponent (ca) m, occident (ca)
Cebuano: kasadpan
Central Melanau: laan, barat
Cherokee: ᏭᏕᎵᎬᎢ (wudeligvi)
Chickasaw: hashaaobya'
Chinese:
- Cantonese: 西 (yue) (sai¹)
- Dungan: щи (xi), щифон (xifon)
- Hakka: 西 (sî)
- Mandarin: 西 (zh) (xī), 西方 (zh) (xīfāng)
- Min Nan: 西 (sai)
Chukchi: ӄэралгын (qėralgyn)
Cornish: west m, howlsedhes m, gorlewin f
Czech: západ (cs) m
Danish: vest (da)
Dhuwal: ^{(please verify)} bärra
Dutch: westen (nl) n
Egyptian: jmn m, jmnt f, jmntt f
Esperanto: okcidento
Estonian: lääs (et)
Finnish: länsi (fi)
French: ouest (fr) m, occident (fr) m, ponant (fr)
Gagauz: batı
Galician: oeste (gl) m, occidente m, poñente m
Georgian: დასავლეთი (dasavleti)
German: West (de) m, Westen (de) m
Greek: δύση (el) f (dýsi)
- Ancient: δύσις f (dúsis), δυσμή f (dusmḗ)
Gujarati: પશ્ચિમ (paścim)
Hawaiian: komohana
Hebrew: מַעֲרָב‎ (he) m (ma'aráv), יָם‎ (he) m (yam)
Hindi: पश्चिम (hi) m (paścim), मगरब (hi) m (magrab), पश्चिमा (hi) f (paścimā), अपरा (hi) f (aprā), पच्छम (hi) m (paccham)
Hungarian: nyugat (hu)
Icelandic: vestur (is) n
Ido: ocidento (io), westo (io)
Ilocano: laud
Indonesian: barat (id)
Ingrian: läns
Interlingua: west
Irish: siar m, iarthar m
Italian: ovest (it), occidente (it), ponente (it)
Japanese: 西 (ja) (にし, nishi), 西方 (ja) (せいほう, seihō)
Javanese: kulon (ngoko), kilèn (krama), pascima (jv) (literary)
Kannada: ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ (kn) (paścima)
Kapampangan: albugan
Karachay-Balkar: кюнбатыш (künbatış)
Karo Batak: pustima
Kazakh: күнбатыс (künbatys), батыс (kk) (batys), құбыла (qūbyla)
Khakas: кидер (kider)
Khmer: ទិសខាងលិច (tɨh khaang lɨc), ខាងលិច (khaang lɨc), បស្ចិម (km) (bahcəm), បច្ចិមទិស (bɑɑccəmtɨh), លិច (km) (lɨc)
Kikuyu: ithũĩro class 5
Korean: 서(西) (ko) (seo), (nautical) 하늬 (hanui), 서쪽 (ko) (seojjok)
Koryak: тэйкыялӄэвыны (teykəyalqevənə)
Kumyk: гюнбатыш (günbatış)
Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: ڕۆژئاوا‎ (roj'awa), خۆرئاوا‎ (ckb) (xor'awa)
- Northern Kurdish: rojava (ku) f, xerb (ku) f
Kyrgyz: батыш (ky) (batış), күн батыш (kün batış)
Lao: ຕາວັນຕົກ, ຕາເວັນຕົກ (tā wen tok), ທິດຕາເວັນຕົກ (thit tā wen tok), ປະຈິມ (pa chim)
Latgalian: vokori
Latin: occidens (la)
Latvian: rietumi, vakari (lv) pl
Ligurian: ovest
Lithuanian: vakarai (lt)
Macedonian: за́пад m (západ)
Madurese: bârâ'
Malay:
- Jawi: بارت‎, کولون‎, مغرب‎
- Rumi: barat (ms), kulon (ms), maghrib
Malayalam: പടിഞ്ഞാറ് (ml) (paṭiññāṟŭ), പശ്ചിമം (paścimaṃ), മേക്ക് (ml) (mēkkŭ)
Maltese: punent
Manchu: [script needed] (wargi)
Maori: hauāuru
Marathi: पश्चिम (mr) (paścim)
Middle English: west
Mongolian: баруун (mn) (baruun), ᠪᠠᠷᠠᠭᠤᠨ (baraɣun)
Nahuatl: cihuatlampa
Nanai: пэрхи
Navajo: eʼeʼaah
Norman: vouest m (Guernsey), vouêt m (Jersey)
Norwegian:
- Bokmål: vest (no)
- Nynorsk: vest
Occitan: oèst (oc) m, occident (oc) m, ponent (oc) m
Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: западъ m (zapadŭ), заходъ m (zaxodŭ)
Oriya: ପଶ୍ଚିମ (or) (pôścimô)
Oromo: lixa
Papiamentu: wèst
Pashto: مغرب‎ m (maǧréb), باختر‎ (ps) m (bāxtár)
Persian: باختر‎ (fa) (bâxtar), غرب‎ (fa) (ğarb), مغرب‎ (fa) (mağreb), خوربران‎ (xwarbarân) (archaic)
Plautdietsch: Wasten n
Polish: zachód (pl) m inan
Portuguese: oeste (pt) m, ocidente (pt) m, poente (pt) m
Punjabi: ਪੱਛਮ m (paccham)
Romanian: vest (ro) n, apus (ro) n, occident (ro)
Romansch: vest
Russian: за́пад (ru) m (západ), вест (ru) m (vest) (nautical), захо́д (ru) m (zaxód) (dated, now means "sunset")
Rusyn: за́ход m (záxod), за́пад m (západ)
Sami:
- Inari Sami: fiestâr
- Kildin Sami: please add this translation if you can
Sanskrit: पश्चिमा (sa) f (paścimā), अपरा (sa) f (aparā)
Santali: ᱯᱟᱪᱮ (pace), ᱯᱟᱹᱪᱷᱤᱢ (păchim)
Scots: wast
Scottish Gaelic: iar f
Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: запад m
- Roman: zapad (sh) m
Seychellois Creole: was
Shor: кӱн-қонужу (kün-qonuju)
Sinhalese: බටහිර (baṭahira)
Slovak: západ m
Slovene: zahod (sl) m
Southern Altai: кӱнбадыш (künbadïš)
Spanish: oeste (es) m, poniente (es), occidente (es)
Swahili: magharibi (sw)
Swedish: väst (sv), väster (sv)
Tagalog: kanluran (tl)
Tajik: ғарб (tg) (ġarb), мағриб (tg) (maġrib)
Tamil: மேற்கு (ta) (mēṟku)
Tatar: көнбатыш (tt) (könbatış)
Telugu: పడమర (te) (paḍamara), పశ్చిమం (paścimaṁ)
Thai: ทิศตะวันตก (th) (tít dtà-wan dtòk), ตะวันตก (th) (dtà-wan-dtòk), ประจิม (th) (bprà-jim)
Tibetan: ནུབ (nub)
Tigrinya: ምዕራብ (məʿrab)
Toba Batak: pastima, hasundutan
Tocharian B: kauṃ-kläsko
Turkish: batı (tr), garp (tr) (obsolete)
Turkmen: günbatar
Tuvan: барыын чүк (barıın çük)
Ukrainian: за́хід (uk) m (záxid)
Urdu: مغرب‎ (ur) (maġrib)
Uyghur: غەرب‎ (gherb), كۈنپېتىش‎ (künpëtish)
Uzbek: gʻarb (uz), kunbotish (uz)
Vietnamese: tây (vi) (西 (vi)), phía tây, hướng tây
Volapük: vesüd (vo)
Welsh: gorllewin (cy) m
West Coast Bajau: barat
West Frisian: westen (fy) n, west (fy)
Yagnobi: ғарб (ġarb)
Yakut: арҕаа (arğaa)
Yiddish: מערבֿ‎ m (mayrev)
Yonaguni: イリ (yiri)
Yámana: inal
Zhuang: sae

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.

Translations

Armenian: արևմտյան (hy) (arewmtyan)
Central Melanau: laan, barat
Chinese:
- Mandarin: 西 (zh) (xī)
Dutch: west (nl), westelijk (nl), westelijke (nl)
Esperanto: okcidenta
Finnish: länteen päin
French: vers l'ouest
German: westlich (de), westwärts (de)
Greek: δυτικός (el) (dytikós)
Japanese: 西 (ja) (にし, nishi)
Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: (ber bi) rojava(yê), (ber bi) xerb(ê) f, (berew (ku)) rojawa (ku), (berew (ku)) xorawa (ku)
Macedonian: за́падно (západno)
Malay:
- Jawi: بارت‎, کولون‎, مغرب‎
- Rumi: barat (ms), kulon (ms), maghrib
Navajo: eʼeʼaahjigo
Norwegian:
- Bokmål: vestlig (no), vestre (no)
- Nynorsk: vestleg, vestre
Persian: خوروران‎ (xôrvarân), غرب‎ (fa) (ğarb)
Polish: na zachód
Portuguese: ocidental (pt)
Rohingya: fosím
Scottish Gaelic: siar, an iar
Spanish: al oeste
Swedish: västerut (sv)
Telugu: పడమటి (te) (paḍamaṭi), పాశ్చాత్య (pāścātya), పశ్చిమ (paścima)
Volapük: vesüdio (vo), (older term) vesüvedo
West Coast Bajau: barat
West Frisian: westlik

Armenian: արևմտյան (hy) (arewmtyan)
Belarusian: захо́дні m (zaxódni)
Central Melanau: laan, barat
Czech: západní (cs)
Finnish: läntinen (fi)
French: occidental (fr)
German: westlich (de)
Greek: δυτικός (el) m (dytikós)
Japanese: 西部 (ja) (せいぶ, seibu)
Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: rojawayî (ckb), xorawayî
- Northern Kurdish: rojavayî (ku), xerbî (ku)
Latin: occidentalis (la)
Latvian: rietumu
Macedonian: за́паден (západen)
Malay:
- Jawi: بارت‎, کولون‎, مغرب‎
- Rumi: barat (ms), kulon (ms), maghrib
Norwegian:
- Bokmål: vestlig (no), vestre (no)
- Nynorsk: vestleg, vestre
Persian: غربی‎ (fa) (ğarbi)
Polish: zachodni (pl)
Portuguese: ocidental (pt)
Russian: за́падный (ru) (západnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: siar, an iar
Slovak: západný (sk)
Spanish: occidental (es)
Swedish: västlig (sv)
Telugu: పాశ్చాత్య (pāścātya), పశ్చిమ (paścima)
Ukrainian: за́хідний (uk) m (záxidnyj)
Volapük: vesüdik (vo)
West Coast Bajau: barat

Armenian: արևմտյան (hy) (arewmtyan)
Central Melanau: laan, barat
Czech: západní (cs)
Finnish: länsimaalainen
French: occidental (fr)
German: westlich (de), abendländisch (de)
Greek: δυτικός (el) m (dytikós)
Japanese: 西洋 (ja) (せいよう, seiyō), 欧米 (ja) (おうべい, ōbei)
Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: rojawayî (ckb), xorawayî
- Northern Kurdish: rojavayî (ku), xerbî (ku)
Latvian: rietumu
Macedonian: за́паден (západen), оксидента́лен (oksidentálen)
Malay:
- Jawi: بارت‎, کولون‎, مغرب‎
- Rumi: barat (ms), kulon (ms), maghrib
Persian: غربی‎ (fa) (ğarbi)
Polish: zachodni (pl)
Portuguese: ocidental (pt)
Russian: за́падный (ru) (západnyj)
Spanish: occidental (es)
Swedish: västerländsk (sv)
Volapük: vesüdänik (vo)
West Coast Bajau: barat
West Frisian: westlik

Adverb

west (not comparable)

Towards the west; westwards.

Translations

Dutch: westwaarts (nl)
Estonian: läänes
Greek: δυτικά (el) (dytiká)
Icelandic: vestur (is)
Japanese: 西へ (nishi e)
Latvian: uz rietumiem
Polish: na zachód
Scottish Gaelic: an iar

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.

Anagrams

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

west - Cornish

Noun

west m

west

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

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

west - Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA: /ʋɛst/
Hyphenation: west

Adverb

west

(only in compounds) west
westwards

Synonyms

westwaarts

Antonyms

oost

Coordinate terms

(compass points)

noordwest	noord	noordoost
west		oost
zuidwest	zuid	zuidoost

Derived terms

Descendants

Afrikaans: wes
Negerhollands: west
→ Papiamentu: wèst

west - Italian

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈwɛst/
Hyphenation: wèst

Noun

west m (invariable)

West (historic area of America)

west - Low German

Verb

west

past participle of wesen

west - Middle English

Alternative forms

wæst, weeste, weste

Pronunciation

IPA: /wɛst/

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

Adjective

west

Alternative form of weste (“desolate”)

Verb

west

Alternative form of westen (“to move west”)

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

west - Old English

Pronunciation

IPA: /west/

Adverb

west

west

Descendants

Middle English: west
- English: west
- Scots: wast
→ Old French: west
- French: ouest
  - → Catalan: oest
  - → Galician: oeste
  - → Italian: ovest
  - → Portuguese: oeste
  - → Spanish: oeste

west - Old French

Adverb

west

west

Descendants

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