west

See also: West

English

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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^(key): /wɛst/

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• Rhymes: -ɛst

Noun

west (plural wests)

2. 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.

3. The western region or area; the inhabitants thereof. [circa 1300]
4. (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

• Barunga West
• Barunga West
• Broughton West
• Cheshire West and Chester
• Clayton West
• Collective West
• East and West Buckland
• east-west
• Gateway to the West
• Geelong West
• go west
• Greenock West
• Helena-West Helena
• hell west and crooked
• Hounslow West
• Inner West
• Key West
• King's Lynn and West Norfolk
• Knowle West
• Mashonaland West
• Mecklenburg-West Pomerania
• Mexican west coast rattlesnake
• Mid West
• Newcastle West
• north-northwest
• northwest
• Passage West
• Quinte West
• Robeston West
• Slender West Lake
• Somerset West and Taunton
• south-southwest
• southwest
• South West Rocks
• South West Slopes
• Sun City West
• Tritlington and West Chevington
• Wessex
• West
• West Africa
• West Africa Time
• West Alvington
• West Amwell
• West Ardsley
• West Auckland
• West Azerbaijan
• West Baton Rouge Parish
• West Bay
• West Bedlington
• West Bend
• West Berkshire
• West Bird's Head
• West Bletchley
• West Boylston
• West Branch
• West Bridgford
• West Brompton
• West Bromwich
• West Buckland
• West Burton
• Westbury
• West Byfleet
• west by north
• west by south
• West Calder
• West Carlton
• West Carroll Parish
• West Chester, Westchester
• West Chevington
• West Clandon
• West Cliffe, Westcliffe
• West Coast
• West Cornforth
• Westcott
• West Country
• West Crewkerne
• West Curthwaite
• West Dean, Westdean
• 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 Elk Mountains
• West End
• wester
• Westerham
• westerly
• western
• westerner
• West European
• West Falkland
• West Feliciana Parish
• West Felton
• West Ferry
• West Germany
• West Gippsland
• West Grey
• West Grinstead
• West Hagley
• West Hallam
• West Ham
• West Hampstead
• West Harrow
• West Hartford
• West Hartford
• West Hartlepool
• West Harton
• West Haven
• West Helmsdale
• West Hill
• West Hill
• West Hills
• West Hoathly
• West Holywell
• West Horndon
• West Horsley
• West Huntspill
• West Hyde
• West Indies
• westing
• West Jesmond
• West Kensington
• West Kilbride
• West Kirby
• West LA
• Westlake
• West Lake
• West Lancashire
• Westland
• West Lavington
• West Liberty
• West Lincoln
• West Lindsey
• West Los Angeles
• West Lothian
• West Malling
• West Manchester
• West Markham
• West Markham
• West Mersea
• 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 Pennsboro
• West Pennsboro
• West Philadelphia
• West Plains
• West Quincy
• West Riding, West Riding of Yorkshire
• West Ruislip
• West Runton
• west side
• West Sleekburn
• West Somerset
• West Sopris Creek
• West Southbourne
• West Southbourne
• West Springfield
• West Suffolk
• West Sussex
• West Tanfield
• West Texas Intermediate
• West Thurrock
• West Torrens
• West Town
• West Trenton
• West Union
• West Vale
• West Valley City
• West Virginia
• westward
• westwardly
• westwards
• West Watford
• West Wemyss
• West Whittier
• West Wickham
• West Winch
• Westwood
• West Woodburn
• West Woodhay
• West Worthing
• West Wycombe

 

Translations

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

compass point

Afrikaans: wes (af) Ainu: チュッポㇰ (cuppok) Albanian: perëndim (sq) Amharic: ምዕራብ (məʿrab) Amis: please add this translation if you can Arabic: غَرْب (ar) m (ḡarb), مَغْرِب (ar) m (maḡrib) 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) (arewmutkʻ) 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 (bcl) Breton: kornôg (br) m Bulgarian: за́пад (bg) m (západ) Burmese: အနောက် (my) (a.nauk), ပစ္ဆိမ (pachci.ma.) Carpathian Rusyn: за́ход m (záxod), за́пад m (západ) 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) Hokkien: 西 (sai) Mandarin: 西 (zh) (xī), 西方 (zh) (xīfāng) 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) (biblical) Hindi: पश्चिम (hi) (paścim), पश्चिमा (hi) (paścimā), पच्छिम (hi) (pacchim), पच्छम (hi) (paccham), मग़रब (maġrab), मग़रिब (maġrib), अपरा (hi) (aprā), प्रतीची (hi) (pratīcī), पछाँह (hi) (pachā̃h), अस्त (hi) (ast), अथमना (hi) (athamnā), क़िबलई (qiblaī), क़िबला (qiblā), दग्धा (hi) (dagdhā), वारुण (hi) (vāruṇ) 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 (batys), құбыла (qūbyla) Khakas: кидер (kider) Khmer: ទិសខាងលិច (tɨh khaang lɨc), ខាងលិច (khaang lɨc), បស្ចិម (km) (bahcəm), បច្ចិមទិស (bahcəm tɨh), 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 (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), occāsus m Latvian: rietumi (lv), vakari (lv) pl Ligurian: ovest Lithuanian: vakarai (lt) Macedonian: за́пад m (západ) Madurese: bârâ' Malagasy: andrefana (mg) Malay: Jawi: بارت (ms), کولون, مغرب Rumi: barat (ms), kulon (ms), maghrib Malayalam: പടിഞ്ഞാറ് (ml) (paṭiññāṟŭ), പശ്ചിമം (paścimaṁ), മേക്ക് (ml) (mēkkŭ) Maltese: punent Manchu: [script needed] (wargi) Maori: hauāuru Marathi: पश्चिम (mr) (paścim) Mi'kmaq: tg'sn inan Middle English: west Mongolian: Cyrillic: баруун (mn) (baruun) Mongolian: ᠪᠠᠷᠠᠭᠤᠨ (baraɣun) Nahuatl: cihuatlampa Nanai: пэрхи (perhi) 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 Odia: ପଶ୍ଚିମ (or) (paścima) Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic: западъ m (zapadŭ), заходъ m (zaxodŭ) Glagolitic: ⰸⰰⱂⰰⰴⱏ m (zapadŭ), ⰸⰰⱈⱁⰴⱏ m (zaxodŭ) Oromo: lixa Papiamentu: wèst Pashto: مغرب m (maǧréb), باختر (ps) m (bāxtár) Persian: Classical Persian: بَاخْتَر (fa) (bāxtar), غَرْب (fa) (ğarb), مَغْرِب (fa) (mağrib), خْوَرْبَرَان (xwarbarān) (archaic) Dari: بَاخْتَر (fa) (bāxtar), غَرْب (fa) (ğarb), مَغْرِب (fa) (mağrib), خورْبَرَان (xōrbarān, xurbarān) (archaic) Iranian Persian: باخْتَر (fa) (bâxtar), غَرْب (fa) (ğarb), مَغْرِب (fa) (mağreb), خورْبَران (xorbarân) (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") Sami: Inari Sami: fiestâr Kildin Sami: вуэррьял (vuerr’’al) Sanskrit: पश्चिमा (sa) f (paścimā), अपरा (sa) f (aparā) Santali: ᱯᱟᱪᱮ (pace), ᱯᱟᱹᱪᱷᱤᱢ (păchim) Scots: wast Scottish Gaelic: iar f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: за̑пад m Roman: zȃpad (sh) m Seychellois Creole: was Shor: кӱн-қонужу (kün-qonuju) Sinhalese: බටහිර (si) (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) Tetum: loromonu 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: مَغْرِب (ur) m (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) Yámana: inal Yiddish: מערבֿ m (mayrev) Yonaguni: イリ (yiri) Zhuang: sae

Adjective

west

1. Situated or lying in or toward the west; westward.
2. (meteorology) Of wind: from the west.
3. Of or pertaining to the west; western.
4. From the West; occidental.
5. (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

towards the west

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 (ms), 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 Yonaguni: イリ (yiri)

western

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, xorawayî Northern Kurdish: rojavayî (ku), xerbî (ku) Latin: occidentalis (la) Latvian: rietumu Macedonian: за́паден (západen) Malay: Jawi: بارت (ms), 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) Sami: Kildin Sami: вуэррьял (vuerr’’al) 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

occidental

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, xorawayî Northern Kurdish: rojavayî (ku), xerbî (ku) Latvian: rietumu Macedonian: за́паден (západen), оксидента́лен (oksidentálen) Malay: Jawi: بارت (ms), 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

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Basque: (please verify) sartaldeko, (please verify) mendebaleko Breton: (please verify) kornôg (br) Interlingua: (please verify) occidental, (please verify) del west Italian: (please verify) occidentale (it) Turkish: (please verify) batı (tr)

Adverb

west (not comparable)

1. Towards the west; westwards.

Translations

towards the west

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)

1. 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

1. 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^(key): /ʋɛst/

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• Hyphenation: west
• Rhymes: -ɛst

Adverb

west

1. (only in compounds) west
2. westwards

Synonyms

• westwaarts

Antonyms

• oost

Coordinate terms

• (compass points)

noordwest	noord	noordoost
west		oost
zuidwest	zuid	zuidoost

Derived terms

• westen
• westelijk

Descendants

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

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English west.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɛst/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ɛst
• Hyphenation: wèst

Noun

west m (invariable)

1. West (historic area of America)

References

1. west in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

See also: ost

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from German West.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛst/
• Rhymes: -ɛst
• Syllabification: west

Noun

west m inan

1. (fishing) west

   Synonyms: zôchód, zôpôd

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	west	westë
genitive	westu	westów
dative	westowi	westóm
accusative	west	westë
instrumental	westã	westama
locative	wesce	westach
vocative	west/wesce	westë

Declension of west

Coordinate terms

• (compass points)

Normal names
norda północ zôchód pòrénk wschód pôłnie
Fishing names
nordwest norda nordóst west óst zudwest zuda zudóst

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

1. 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^(key): /wɛst/
• Rhymes: -ɛst

Noun

west

2. west (compass point)
3. A location to the south; the south
4. 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

2. west, western
3. At the west

Descendants

• English: west
• Scots: wast

Adverb

west

2. To the west, westwards, westbound
3. From the west, western
4. 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

1. Alternative form of weste (“desolate”)

Etymology 3

Verb

west

1. Alternative form of westen (“to move west”)

Northern Kurdish

Noun

west f

1. act of tiring or getting tired

Derived terms

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

 

Old English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /west/

Adverb

west

1. west

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

1. west

Descendants

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

Old Saxon

Verb

wēst

1. second-person present indicative of witan