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Etymology
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*wek(ʷ)speros |
From Средњи Енглески west, from Стари Енглески west, from Пра-Германски *westrą. Cognate with Шкотски wast, Saterland Frisian Wääste, West Frisian west, Холандски west, Немачки West, Дански vest. Cognate also with Стари Француски west, Француски ouest, Шпански oeste, Португалски oeste, Каталонски oest, Galician oeste, Италијански ovest (all ultimately borrowings of the English word). Compare also Латински vesper, with which it is possibly cognate via Proto-Indo-European.
Pronunciation
Noun
west (uncountable)
- 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, abbreviated as 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 9780868403915)
- 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 9780898692990), 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 9780898698077), 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 9781490818177), 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.
- 1997, John Haskell, John Callanan, Sydney Architecture, UNSW Press (→ISBN 9780868403915)
Coordinate terms
northwest | north | northeast |
west | east | |
southwest | south | southeast |
Derived terms
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Clayton West
- East and West Buckland
- east-west
- Geelong West
- Greenock West
- Helena-West Helena
- Key West
- King's Lynn and West Norfolk
- Mashonaland West
- Newcastle West
- north-northwest
- northwest
- Passage West
- Robeston West
- Somerset West and Taunton
- south-southwest
- southwest
- West
- West Ardsley
- West Auckland
- West Baton Rouge Parish
- West Bay
- West Berkshire
- West Branch
- West Bridgford
- West Bromwich
- West Buckland
- West Burton
- West Byfleet
- west by north
- west by south
- West Calder
- West Carlton
- West Carroll Parish
- West Chester, Westchester
- West Chevington
- West Clandon
- West Coast
- West Country
- West Crewkerne
- West Curthwaite
- West Dean, Westdean
- West Derby
- West Dereham
- West Devon
- West Didsbury
- West Dorset
- West Down
- West Drayton
- West Dunbartonshire
- West Ealing
- West End
- wester
- westerly
- western
- westerner
- West European
- West Feliciana Parish
- West Ferry
- West Grey
- West Grinstead
- West Hagley
- West Ham
- West Hampstead
- West Hartlepool
- West Harton
- West Haven
- West Helmsdale
- West Hoathly
- West Holywell
- West Horndon
- West Hyde
- westing
- West Jesmond
- West Kilbride
- West Kirby
- Westlake
- West Lancashire
- Westland
- West Lavington
- West Lincoln
- West Lindsey
- West Lothian
- West Malling
- West Monkseaton
- West Monkton
- Westmont
- West Moors
- Westmount
- West Nicholson
- West Northamptonshire
- Weston
- West Oxfordshire
- West Palm Beach
- West Philadelphia
- West Plains
- West Quincy
- West Riding, West Riding of Yorkshire
- West Ruislip
- West Runton
- west side
- West Sleekburn
- West Somerset
- West Suffolk
- West Sussex
- West Thurrock
- West Town
- West Trenton
- West Union
- West Vale
- West Virginia
- westward
- westwardly
- westwards
- West Watford
- West Wickham
- West Woodhay
- West Worthing
- West Wycombe
Translations
- Also see Appendix:Cardinal directions for translations of all compass points
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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 9780300139372), 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 9781351572927), 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 9781474471794), 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).
- 2008, Philip Temple, Northern Clerkenwell and Pentonville, Paul Mellon Ctr for Studies (→ISBN 9780300139372), page 356:
Translations
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- Преводе у наставку треба проверити и уметнути изнад у одговарајуће табеле превода. Видите инструкције на Викиречник:Унос § Преводи.
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Adverb
west (not comparable)
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.]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: Printed [by John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, →OCLC, book 5, canto prologue:
- 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
Cornish
Etymology
Noun
west m
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- north-west (“north-west”)
- soth-west (“south-west”)
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch west, from Old Dutch west, from Пра-Германски *westrą. Compare Немачки West, English and West Frisian west, Danish vest.
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Italian
Pronunciation
Noun
west m (plural #)
- West (historic area of America)
References
Low German
Verb
west
- past [[Додатак:Речник#participle|participle]] of wesen
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Стари Енглески west, in turn from Пра-Германски *westrą.
Pronunciation
Noun
west
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References
- “west” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29-03-2018.
Adjective
west
Descendants
References
- “west” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29-03-2018.
Adverb
west
Descendants
References
- “west” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29-03-2018.
Northern Kurdish
Noun
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Old English
Etymology
From Пра-Германски *westrą, whence also Old High German west, Old Norse vestr.
Pronunciation
Adverb
Descendants
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Стари Енглески west.
Adverb
Descendants
- Француски: ouest