oest

See also: öst

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French ouest, from Old English west. First attested in 1803.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [uˈest]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [oˈest]

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Noun

oest m (uncountable)

1. west

   Synonyms: occident, ponent

   Antonyms: est, orient, llevant

Derived terms

• nord-oest
• Oest Mitjà
• sud-oest

See also

(compass points) punt cardinal;

nord-oest (n-occ)	nord (sept)	nord-est (n-or)
oest (occ)		est (or)
sud-oest (s-occ)	sud (mer)	sud-est (s-or)

Further reading

• “oest” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “oest” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “oest” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ust/
• Hyphenation: oest
• Rhymes: -ust

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch *oest (attested only with proclitic n as noest), from Old Dutch *uost, *ōst, from Proto-West Germanic *ōst.

Alternative forms

• noest

Noun

oest m (plural oesten)

1. a knot or knurl in a tree or wood; gnarl

   Synonym: knoest

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch oest, from Old French aoust, from Latin Augustus.

Noun

oest m (plural oesten)

1. (Southern, dialectal) Alternative form of oogst

Descendants

• Afrikaans: oes