Standard Lemma guide

east

adj · adv · name · noun · 26 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /iːst/
  • ēst
  • British, Southern, Standard: /ɪjst/
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  • rhymes with -iːst
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  • homophone: east
  • CMU ARPABET: IY1 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Situated or lying in or towards the east; eastward.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Blowing (as wind) from the east.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Of or pertaining to the east; eastern.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

From the East; oriental.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adj

Meaning 5

Designating, or situated in, the liturgical east.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: ecclesiastical, lifestyle, religion

Examples

  • the east front of a cathedral

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adv

Meaning 6

Towards the east; eastwards.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

name

Meaning 7

Any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

name

Meaning 8

Any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie.

The Eastern world; the regions, primarily situated in the Eastern Hemisphere, whose culture is derived from Arabia, India, Persia or China.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

name

Meaning 9

Any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie.

The Eastern Bloc; the eastern countries of Europe.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

name

Meaning 10

Any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie.

the Soviet Union and its socialist allies during the Cold War.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, historical, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

name

Meaning 11

Any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie.

The Eastern Roman Empire.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, historical, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

name

Meaning 12

Any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie.

That part of the Christian Church whose traditions and practices originated in the former territories of the Eastern Roman Empire, including the Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Catholic Churches, Oriental Orthodox Church, and Church of the East.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: Christianity

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

name

Meaning 13

Any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie.

The eastern states of the United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

name

Meaning 14

Any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie.

A civil parish of Kings County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

name

Meaning 15

A personification of the wind from the east.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: easter, levanter

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: easter, levanter

Antonyms: none provided

16

name

Meaning 16

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

noun

Meaning 17

The direction of the earth's rotation, specifically 90°.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Portsmouth is to the east of Southampton.
  • We live in the east of the country.
  • The sun rises in the east.
  • The levanter wind is in/from the east.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

18

noun

Meaning 18

The eastern region or area; the inhabitants thereof.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

19

noun

Meaning 19

In a church: the direction of the altar and chancel; the direction faced by the priest when celebrating ad orientem.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: ecclesiastical, lifestyle, religion

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

20

adjective

Meaning 20

situated in or facing or moving toward the east

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: west

21

adverb

Meaning 21

to, toward, or in the east

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • we travelled east for several miles
  • located east of Rome

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

22

noun

Meaning 22

a location in the eastern part of a country, region, or city

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: location

23

noun

Meaning 23

the countries of Asia

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Orient

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Asia

24

noun

Meaning 24

the region of the United States lying to the north of the Ohio River and to the east of the Mississippi River

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: eastern United States

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region

25

noun

Meaning 25

the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: due east, eastward, E

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cardinal compass point

26

noun

Meaning 26

the direction corresponding to the eastward cardinal compass point

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: direction

History

Etymology

From Middle English est, from Old English ēast, from Proto-West Germanic *austr, from Proto-Germanic *austrą, from Proto-Germanic *austraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h2éwsteros (“east”). Cognates Cognate with Scots aist (“east”), North Frisian uast, ååst, ööst (“east”), Saterland Frisian Aaste (“east”), West Frisian east (“east”), Dutch oost (“east”), German Ost (“east”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål øst (“east”), Faroese eystur (“east”), Icelandic austur (“east”), Norwegian Nynorsk aust, øst (“east”), Swedish ost, öst, öster (“east”); also with Avestan 𐬎𐬱𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬭𐬀 (ušastara, “eastern”), Latin auster (“south”).

By proprialization from east.

Across languages

Translations

558 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: شَرْقِيٌّ (šarqiyyun) — in or towards the east
  • Armenian: արեւելյան (arewelyan) — in or towards the east
  • Belarusian: усхо́дні (usxódni) — in or towards the east
  • Belarusian: ўсхо́дні (wsxódni) — in or towards the east
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 東 /东 (dĕ̤ng / dŭng) — in or towards the east
  • Chinese Mandarin: 東 /东 (dōng) — in or towards the east
  • Czech: východní — in or towards the east
  • Dutch: oostelijk — in or towards the east
  • Esperanto: orienta — in or towards the east
  • Finnish: itäinen — in or towards the east
  • Finnish: itä- — in or towards the east
  • French: à l'est — in or towards the east
  • West-Frisian: eastlik — in or towards the east
  • Bavarian German: oscht — in or towards the east
  • Greek: ανατολικός (anatolikós) — in or towards the east
  • Hungarian: keleti — in or towards the east
  • Indonesian: timur — in or towards the east
  • Italian: orientale — in or towards the east
  • Japanese: 東 (higashi) — in or towards the east
  • Latin: orientalis — in or towards the east
  • Latvian: austrumu — in or towards the east
  • Macedonian: источно (istočno) — in or towards the east
  • Malay: timur — in or towards the east
  • Maltese: lejn il-lvant — in or towards the east
  • Navajo: haʼaʼaahjigo — in or towards the east
  • Polish: wschodni — in or towards the east
  • Portuguese: ao leste — in or towards the east
  • Portuguese: oriental — in or towards the east
  • Rohingya: fuk — in or towards the east
  • Romanian: est — in or towards the east
  • Russian: восто́чный (vostóčnyj) — in or towards the east
  • Scottish Gaelic: sear — in or towards the east
  • Scottish Gaelic: an ear — in or towards the east
  • Slovak: východný — in or towards the east
  • Swedish: ost- — in or towards the east
  • Swedish: öst- — in or towards the east
  • Swedish: östra — in or towards the east
  • Tagalog: silangan — in or towards the east
  • Telugu: తూర్పు (tūrpu) — in or towards the east
  • Turkish: doğu — in or towards the east
  • Welsh: dwyrain — in or towards the east
  • Yonaguni: アンガイ (aŋgayi) — in or towards the east
  • Zazaki: akewten — in or towards the east
  • Arabic: شَرْقِيٌّ (šarqiyyun) — meteorology: easterly
  • Armenian: արեւելյան (arewelyan) — meteorology: easterly
  • Czech: východní — meteorology: easterly
  • Esperanto: orienta — meteorology: easterly
  • Faroese: eystan- — meteorology: easterly
  • Finnish: itäinen — meteorology: easterly
  • Finnish: idänpuoleinen — meteorology: easterly
  • Finnish: itä- — meteorology: easterly
  • French: de l'est — meteorology: easterly
  • Hungarian: keleti — meteorology: easterly
  • Italian: di levante — meteorology: easterly
  • Macedonian: источен (istočen) — meteorology: easterly
  • Malay: timur — meteorology: easterly
  • Maltese: mil-lvant — meteorology: easterly
  • Polish: wschodni — meteorology: easterly
  • Portuguese: do leste — meteorology: easterly
  • Portuguese: leste — meteorology: easterly
  • Russian: восто́чный (vostóčnyj) — meteorology: easterly
  • Slovak: východný — meteorology: easterly
  • Swedish: ostlig — meteorology: easterly
  • Swedish: östlig — meteorology: easterly
  • Turkish: gün doğusu — meteorology: easterly
  • Welsh: dwyreiniol — meteorology: easterly
  • Zazaki: rocakewten — meteorology: easterly
  • Arabic: شَرْقِيٌّ (šarqiyyun) — of or pertaining to the east
  • Armenian: արեւելյան (arewelyan) — of or pertaining to the east
  • Belarusian: усхо́дні (usxódni) — of or pertaining to the east
  • Belarusian: ўсхо́дні (wsxódni) — of or pertaining to the east
  • Bulgarian: източен (iztočen) — of or pertaining to the east
  • Czech: východní — of or pertaining to the east
  • Dutch: oostelijk — of or pertaining to the east
  • Esperanto: orienta — of or pertaining to the east
  • Finnish: itäinen — of or pertaining to the east
  • Finnish: itä- — of or pertaining to the east
  • French: de l'est — of or pertaining to the east
  • West-Frisian: eastlik — of or pertaining to the east
  • Greek: ανατολικός (anatolikós) — of or pertaining to the east
  • Hungarian: keleti — of or pertaining to the east
  • Italian: orientale — of or pertaining to the east
  • Japanese: 東部 (tōbu) — of or pertaining to the east
  • Macedonian: источен (istočen) — of or pertaining to the east
  • Macedonian: источна (istočna) — of or pertaining to the east
  • Macedonian: источно (istočno) — of or pertaining to the east
  • Malay: timur — of or pertaining to the east
  • Maltese: tal-lvant — of or pertaining to the east
  • Polish: wschodni — of or pertaining to the east
  • Portuguese: oriental — of or pertaining to the east
  • Russian: восто́чный (vostóčnyj) — of or pertaining to the east
  • Scottish Gaelic: sear — of or pertaining to the east
  • Scottish Gaelic: an ear — of or pertaining to the east
  • Slovak: východný — of or pertaining to the east
  • Spanish: oriental — of or pertaining to the east
  • Swedish: ostlig — of or pertaining to the east
  • Swedish: östlig — of or pertaining to the east
  • Telugu: తూర్పు (tūrpu) — of or pertaining to the east
  • Turkish: doğulu — of or pertaining to the east
  • Welsh: dwyreiniol — of or pertaining to the east
  • Zazaki: akewtenıc — of or pertaining to the east
  • Arabic: شَرْقِيٌّ (šarqiyyun) — from the East
  • Armenian: արեւելյան (arewelyan) — from the East
  • Belarusian: усхо́дні (usxódni) — from the East
  • Belarusian: ўсхо́дні (wsxódni) — from the East
  • Bulgarian: източен (iztočen) — from the East
  • Czech: východní — from the East
  • Dutch: oosters — from the East
  • Esperanto: orienta — from the East
  • Finnish: itäinen — from the East
  • Finnish: itämainen — from the East
  • Finnish: orientaalinen — from the East
  • Finnish: orientaali- — from the East
  • French: oriental — from the East
  • French: orientale — from the East
  • Greek: ανατολικός (anatolikós) — from the East
  • Hungarian: keleti — from the East
  • Italian: da est — from the East
  • Macedonian: источен (istočen) — from the East
  • Macedonian: источна (istočna) — from the East
  • Macedonian: источно (istočno) — from the East
  • Malay: timur — from the East
  • Maltese: mil-lvant — from the East
  • Polish: wschodni — from the East
  • Portuguese: oriental — from the East
  • Russian: восто́чный (vostóčnyj) — from the East
  • Slovak: východný — from the East
  • Spanish: oriental — from the East
  • Swedish: österländsk — from the East
  • Swedish: orientalisk — from the East
  • Telugu: తూర్పు (tūrpu) — from the East
  • Turkish: doğudan — from the East
  • Welsh: o'r dwyrain — from the East
  • Zazaki: hetê akewten — from the East
  • Bulgarian: на изток (na iztok) — towards the east
  • Czech: východně — towards the east
  • Czech: na východ — towards the east
  • Czech: k východu — towards the east
  • Czech: východním směrem — towards the east
  • Dutch: oostwaarts — towards the east
  • Esperanto: orienten — towards the east
  • Estonian: idas — towards the east
  • Finnish: itään — towards the east
  • Finnish: itään päin — towards the east
  • Finnish: itää kohti — towards the east
  • French: vers l 'est — towards the east
  • West-Frisian: eastlik — towards the east
  • Hungarian: kelet felé — towards the east
  • Irish: soir — towards the east
  • Italian: a est — towards the east
  • Italian: verso est — towards the east
  • Latvian: uz austrumiem — towards the east
  • Polish: na wschód — towards the east
  • Polish: ku wschodowi — towards the east
  • Portuguese: a leste — towards the east
  • Portuguese: para o leste — towards the east
  • Portuguese: em direção ao leste — towards the east
  • Scottish Gaelic: an ear — towards the east
  • Slovak: na východ — towards the east
  • Slovak: východne — towards the east
  • Spanish: hacia el este — towards the east
  • Spanish: al este — towards the east
  • Spanish: rumbo al este — towards the east
  • Swedish: ostvart — towards the east
  • Swedish: österut — towards the east
  • Taos: tə́ybu — towards the east
  • Telugu: తూర్పుగా (tūrpugā) — towards the east
  • Welsh: tua'r dwyrain — towards the east
  • Chinese Mandarin: 東風 /东风 (dōngfēng) — wind from the east
  • Dutch: oostenwind — wind from the east
  • Estonian: idatuul — wind from the east
  • Finnish: itätuuli — wind from the east
  • German: Ostwind — wind from the east
  • Greek: Λεβάντες (Levántes) — wind from the east
  • Italian: levante — wind from the east
  • Russian: ост (ost) — wind from the east
  • Russian: восто́чный ве́тер (vostóčnyj véter) — wind from the east
  • Slovene: vzhodnik — wind from the east
  • Spanish: viento de levante — wind from the east
  • Spanish: levante — wind from the east
  • Swedish: ostan — wind from the east
  • Swedish: ostanvind — wind from the east
  • Telugu: తూర్పు గాలి (tūrpu gāli) — wind from the east
  • Arabic: الْمَشْرِق (al-mašriq) — Eastern world
  • Arabic: شَرْق (šarq) — Eastern world
  • Armenian: Արեւելք (Arewelkʻ) — Eastern world
  • Belarusian: Усхо́д (Usxód) — Eastern world
  • Bulgarian: И́зток (Íztok) — Eastern world
  • Bulgarian: Орие́нт (Oriént) — Eastern world
  • Burmese: အရှေ့တိုင်း (a.hre.tuing:) — Eastern world
  • Chinese Mandarin: 東方 /东方 (Dōngfāng) — Eastern world
  • Chinese Mandarin: 東洋 /东洋 (Dōngyáng) — Eastern world
  • Czech: Orient — Eastern world
  • Czech: Východ — Eastern world
  • Danish: Orienten — Eastern world
  • Dutch: (het) Oosten — Eastern world
  • Estonian: idamaa — Eastern world
  • Estonian: idamaad — Eastern world
  • Estonian: hommikumaa — Eastern world
  • Estonian: hommikumaad — Eastern world
  • Estonian: orient — Eastern world
  • Estonian: Idamaa — Eastern world
  • Farefare: Asia-buulika — Eastern world
  • Finnish: itä — Eastern world
  • Finnish: itämaat — Eastern world
  • Finnish: orientti — Eastern world
  • French: orient — Eastern world
  • French: levant — Eastern world
  • German: Osten — Eastern world
  • German: Orient — Eastern world
  • Greek: ανατολή (anatolí) — Eastern world
  • Hebrew: מִזְרָח (mizrákh) — Eastern world
  • Hindi: पूरब (pūrab) — Eastern world
  • Hindi: पूर्व (pūrv) — Eastern world
  • Hungarian: Kelet — Eastern world
  • Italian: oriente — Eastern world
  • Italian: levante — Eastern world
  • Italian: Oriente — Eastern world
  • Italian: Levante — Eastern world
  • Japanese: 東洋 (Tōyō) — Eastern world
  • Japanese: 東方 (Tōhō) — Eastern world
  • Japanese: オリエント (Oriento) — Eastern world
  • Khmer: លោកខាងកើត (look khaang kaət) — Eastern world
  • Korean: 동양 (Dong'yang) — Eastern world
  • Korean: 동방 (Dongbang) — Eastern world
  • Korean: 오리엔트 (Orienteu) — Eastern world
  • Macedonian: Ориент — Eastern world
  • Macedonian: Исток (Istok) — Eastern world
  • Mongolian: Дорно (Dorno) — Eastern world
  • Khiamniungan Naga: ōtsīpík — Eastern world
  • Occitan: Orient — Eastern world
  • Persian: شرق (šarq) — Eastern world
  • Persian: مشرقزمین (mašreq-zamin) — Eastern world
  • Polish: Orient — Eastern world
  • Polish: Wschód — Eastern world
  • Portuguese: levante — Eastern world
  • Portuguese: nascente — Eastern world
  • Portuguese: oriente — Eastern world
  • Portuguese: Oriente — Eastern world
  • Russian: Восто́к (Vostók) — Eastern world
  • Serbo-Croatian: Оријент — Eastern world
  • Serbo-Croatian: Исток — Eastern world
  • Serbo-Croatian: Orijent — Eastern world
  • Serbo-Croatian: Istok — Eastern world
  • Slovak: Orient — Eastern world
  • Slovak: Východ — Eastern world
  • Slovene: Orient — Eastern world
  • Slovene: Vzhod — Eastern world
  • Spanish: oriente — Eastern world
  • Spanish: Oriente — Eastern world
  • Swedish: Orienten — Eastern world
  • Swedish: Fjärran Östern — Eastern world
  • Swedish: österlandet — Eastern world
  • Tagalog: Silangan — Eastern world
  • Tajik: Шарқ (Šarq) — Eastern world
  • Thai: โลกตะวันออก — Eastern world
  • Ukrainian: Схід (Sxid) — Eastern world
  • Vietnamese: phương đông — Eastern world
  • Vietnamese: Phương Đông — Eastern world
  • Volapük: lofüdän — Eastern world
  • Dutch: (het) Oostblok — Eastern bloc
  • Estonian: idablokk — Eastern bloc
  • Finnish: itäblokki — Eastern bloc
  • Korean: 동구 (Donggu) — Eastern bloc
  • Korean: 동구권 (Donggugwon) — Eastern bloc
  • Swedish: östblocket — Eastern bloc
  • Swedish: öst — Eastern bloc
  • Estonian: idaosariigid — Eastern states of the US
  • Korean: 동부 (Dongbu) — Eastern states of the US
  • Acehnese: timu — compass point
  • Afrikaans: oos — compass point
  • Ainu: チュㇷ゚カ (cupka) — compass point
  • Ainu: チュペタサ (cupetasa) — compass point
  • Ainu: コイカ (koyka) — compass point
  • Ainu: シルルクスラマト (Kuril) — compass point
  • Ainu: シルㇽ (sirur) — compass point
  • Ainu: メナㇱ (menas) — compass point
  • Akkadian: šadûm — compass point
  • Albanian: lindje — compass point
  • Southern Altai: кӱнчыгыш (künčïgïš) — compass point
  • Amharic: ምሥራቅ (məśraḳ) — compass point
  • Arabic: شَرْق (šarq) — compass point
  • Arabic: مَشْرِق (mašriq) — compass point
  • Arabic: شَرْق (šarg) — compass point
  • Aramaic: מדנחא (madnkhā, madnkho) — compass point
  • Aramaic: ܡܕܢܚܐ (madnkhā, madnkho) — compass point
  • Armenian: արեւելք (arewelkʻ) — compass point
  • Old Armenian: արեւելք (arewelkʻ) — compass point
  • Aromanian: datã — compass point
  • Aromanian: Datã — compass point
  • Assamese: পূব (pubo) — compass point
  • Asturian: este — compass point
  • Azerbaijani: şərq — compass point
  • West Coast Bajau: timur — compass point
  • Bashkir: көнсығыш (könsığış) — compass point
  • Bashkir: шәреҡ (şəreq) — compass point
  • Basque: sortalde — compass point
  • Basque: eguzkialde — compass point
  • Basque: ekialde — compass point
  • Karo Batak: purba — compass point
  • Toba Batak: purba — compass point
  • Toba Batak: habinsaran — compass point
  • Belarusian: усхо́д (usxód) — compass point
  • Belarusian: ўсход (wsxod) — compass point
  • Bengali: পূর্ব (purbo) — compass point
  • Central Bikol: sirangan — compass point
  • Breton: reter — compass point
  • Bulgarian: и́зток (íztok) — compass point
  • Burmese: အရှေ့ (a.hre.) — compass point
  • Burmese: ပုဗ္ဗ (pubba.) — compass point
  • Carpathian Rusyn: восто́к (vostók) — compass point
  • Catalan: est — compass point
  • Catalan: llevant — compass point
  • Catalan: orient — compass point
  • Cebuano: sidlakan — compass point
  • Chechen: малхбале (malxbale) — compass point
  • Cherokee: ᏗᎧᎸᎬᎢ (dikalvgvi) — compass point
  • Chinese Cantonese: 東 /东 (dung1) — compass point
  • Chinese Cantonese: 東方 /东方 — compass point
  • Chinese: дун (dun) — compass point
  • Chinese: дунфон (dunfon) — compass point
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 東 /东 — compass point
  • Gan Chinese: 東 /东 (dung1) — compass point
  • Hakka Chinese: 東 /东 (tûng) — compass point
  • Chinese: 東 /东 — compass point
  • Jin Chinese: 東 /东 (dung1) — compass point
  • Chinese Mandarin: 東 /东 (dōng) — compass point
  • Chinese Mandarin: 東方 /东方 (dōngfāng) — compass point
  • Northern Min Chinese: 東 /东 (dóng) — compass point
  • Wu Chinese: 東 /东 — compass point
  • Xiang Chinese: 東 /东 (dong1) — compass point
  • Chukchi: никъээн (nikʺėėn) — compass point
  • Chukchi: никъэен (nikʺėen) — compass point
  • Chukchi: тыӈаӈӄач (tyṇaṇqač) — compass point
  • Cornish: est — compass point
  • Cornish: howdrehevel — compass point
  • Cornish: howldrevel — compass point
  • Corsican: estu — compass point
  • Crimean Tatar: şarq — compass point
  • Crimean Tatar: kündoğuş — compass point
  • Czech: východ — compass point
  • Danish: øst — compass point
  • Dhivehi: އިރުމަތި (irumati) — compass point
  • Djambarrpuyngu: dhimurru — compass point
  • Central Dusun: kohisaon — compass point
  • Dutch: oosten — compass point
  • Egyptian: jꜣbt — compass point
  • Esperanto: oriento — compass point
  • Esperanto: eosto — compass point
  • Estonian: ida — compass point
  • Estonian: idakaar — compass point
  • Faroese: eystur — compass point
  • Finnish: itä — compass point
  • French: est — compass point
  • French: orient — compass point
  • French: levant — compass point
  • West-Frisian: easten — compass point
  • Galician: leste — compass point
  • Georgian: აღმოსავლეთი (aɣmosavleti) — compass point
  • German: Osten — compass point
  • German: Ost — compass point
  • German: Oschte — compass point
  • German: Oschta — compass point
  • Greek: ανατολή (anatolí) — compass point
  • Ancient Greek: ἀνατολή (anatolḗ) — compass point
  • Gujarati: પૂર્વ (pūrva) — compass point
  • Hausa: gabàs — compass point
  • Hawaiian: hikina — compass point
  • Hebrew: מִזְרָח (mizrákh) — compass point
  • Hebrew: קֶדֶם (kédem) — compass point
  • Higaonon: subagan — compass point
  • Hindi: पूर्व (pūrv) — compass point
  • Hindi: मशरिक़ (maśriq) — compass point
  • Hindi: शर्क़ (śarq) — compass point
  • Hindi: शर्क (śark) — compass point
  • Hindi: पूरब (pūrab) — compass point
  • Hindi: पूर्वा (pūrvā) — compass point
  • Hindi: पूब (pūb) — compass point
  • Hungarian: kelet — compass point
  • Icelandic: austur — compass point
  • Ido: esto — compass point
  • Ilocano: daya — compass point
  • Indonesian: timur — compass point
  • Ingrian: itä — compass point
  • Interlingua: est — compass point
  • Interlingua: oriente — compass point
  • Irish: oirthear — compass point
  • Italian: est — compass point
  • Italian: oriente — compass point
  • Italian: levante — compass point
  • Japanese: 東 (higashi) — compass point
  • Japanese: 東方 (tōhō) — compass point
  • Javanese: wétan — compass point
  • Javanese: purwa — compass point
  • Kannada: ಪೂರ್ವ (pūrva) — compass point
  • Kapampangan: alaya — compass point
  • Karachay-Balkar: кюнчыгъыш (künçığış) — compass point
  • Kazakh: шығыс (şyğys) — compass point
  • Kazakh: күншығыс (künşyğys) — compass point
  • Khakas: іскер (ìsker) — compass point
  • Khmer: ទិសខាងកើត (tɨh khaang kaət) — compass point
  • Khmer: ខាងកើត (khaang kaət) — compass point
  • Khmer: ប្រាចិន (praacən) — compass point
  • Khmer: កើត (kaət) — compass point
  • Kikuyu: irathĩro — compass point
  • Korean: 동 (dong) — compass point
  • Korean: 새 (sae) — compass point
  • Korean: 동쪽) (dongjjok) — compass point
  • Koryak: тэйкэнэнэны (teykenenenə) — compass point
  • Kumyk: гюнтувуш (güntuwuş) — compass point
  • Central Kurdish: ڕۆژھەڵات (rojhellat) — compass point
  • Northern Kurdish: rojhilat — compass point
  • Kyrgyz: чығыш — compass point
  • Kyrgyz: күн чығыш — compass point
  • Lao: ທິດຕາເວັນອອກ (thit tā wen ʼǭk) — compass point
  • Lao: ຕາເວັນອອກ (tā wen ʼǭk) — compass point
  • Lao: ບຸລະພາ (bu la phā) — compass point
  • Latgalian: reiti — compass point
  • Latin: oriēns — compass point
  • Latvian: austrumi — compass point
  • Ligurian: est — compass point
  • Lingala: monyɛlɛ — compass point
  • Lithuanian: rytai — compass point
  • Livonian: mōgõr — compass point
  • Livonian: ūomõg — compass point
  • Lutuv: ningchiy — compass point
  • Macedonian: исток (istok) — compass point
  • Madurese: tèmor — compass point
  • Maguindanao: sebangan — compass point
  • Malagasy: atsinanana — compass point
  • Malay: timur — compass point
  • Malayalam: കിഴക്ക് (kiḻakkŭ) — compass point
  • Maltese: lvant — compass point
  • Maltese: xerq — compass point
  • Māori: rāwhiti — compass point
  • Mauritian Creole: les — compass point
  • Central Melanau: wab — compass point
  • Mi'kmaq: ugjipen — compass point
  • Mingrelian: ბჟაიოლი (bžaioli) — compass point
  • Mongolian: зүүн (züün) — compass point
  • Mongolian: дорно (dorno) — compass point
  • Mongolian: ᠵᠡᠭᠦᠨ (ǰegün) — compass point
  • Mongolian: ᠳᠣᠷᠤᠨ᠎ᠠ (dorun-a) — compass point
  • Nahuatl: tlauhcampa — compass point
  • Navajo: haʼaʼaah — compass point
  • Nepali: पूर्व (pūrva) — compass point
  • Norman: Êt — compass point
  • Norwegian Bokmål: øst — compass point
  • Norwegian Bokmål: aust — compass point
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: aust — compass point
  • Occitan: èst — compass point
  • Occitan: orient — compass point
  • Occitan: levant — compass point
  • Odia: ପୂର୍ବ (purba) — compass point
  • Northern Ohlone: nómmo — compass point
  • Ojibwe: waabano — compass point
  • Ojibwe: waabang — compass point
  • Okinawan: 東 (agari) — compass point
  • Church Slavic: въстокъ (vŭstokŭ) — compass point
  • Church Slavic: въсходъ (vŭsxodŭ) — compass point
  • Church Slavic: ⰲⱏⱄⱅⱁⰽⱏ (vŭstokŭ) — compass point
  • Church Slavic: ⰲⱏⱄⱈⱁⰴⱏ (vŭsxodŭ) — compass point
  • Old Norse: austr — compass point
  • Oromo: baha — compass point
  • Pannonian Rusyn: восток (vostok) — compass point
  • Papiamentu: ost — compass point
  • Pashto: ختيځ (xatíj) — compass point
  • Pashto: شرق (šarq) — compass point
  • Dari: مَشْرِق (mašriq) — compass point
  • Dari: خَاوَر (xāwar) — compass point
  • Dari: شَرْق (šarq) — compass point
  • Iranian Persian: مَشْرِق (mašreġ) — compass point
  • Iranian Persian: خاوَر (xâvar) — compass point
  • Iranian Persian: شَرْق (šarġ) — compass point
  • Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭱𐭮𐭲𐭫 (ōšastar) — compass point
  • Piedmontese: est — compass point
  • Polish: wschód — compass point
  • Portuguese: este — compass point
  • Portuguese: leste — compass point
  • Portuguese: oriente — compass point
  • Punjabi: ਪੂਰਬ (pūrab) — compass point
  • Punjabi: پُورَب (pūrab) — compass point
  • Quechua: intichay — compass point
  • Romanian: est — compass point
  • Romanian: orient — compass point
  • Romanian: răsărit — compass point
  • Romansh: ost — compass point
  • Romansh: (Sutselvisch) oriaint — compass point
  • Russian: восто́к (vostók) — compass point
  • Russian: ост (ost) — compass point
  • Inari-Sami: nuorttâ — compass point
  • Kildin-Sami: нуҏҏьт (nur̥r̥’t) — compass point
  • Northern Sami: nuorta — compass point
  • Northern Sami: nuorti — compass point
  • Sanskrit: पूर्वा (pūrvā) — compass point
  • Sanskrit: पूर्व (pūrva) — compass point
  • Santali: ᱥᱟᱢᱟᱝ (samaṅ) — compass point
  • Santali: ᱯᱩᱨᱩᱵᱽ — compass point
  • Scots: aist — compass point
  • Scots: eist — compass point
  • Scottish Gaelic: ear — compass point
  • Serbo-Croatian: ѝсток — compass point
  • Serbo-Croatian: ìstok — compass point
  • Shor: шығыш — compass point
  • Shor: кӱн-шығыш — compass point
  • Sicilian: est — compass point
  • Sicilian: esti — compass point
  • Sicilian: livanti — compass point
  • Sicilian: uriinti — compass point
  • Sinhalese: නැගෙනහිර (nægenahira) — compass point
  • Slovak: východ — compass point
  • Slovene: vzhod — compass point
  • Spanish: este — compass point
  • Spanish: oriente — compass point
  • Spanish: levante — compass point
  • Swahili: mashariki — compass point
  • Swedish: öster — compass point
  • Tagalog: silangan — compass point
  • Tajik: шарқ (šarq) — compass point
  • Tajik: машриқ (mašriq) — compass point
  • Tamil: கிழக்கு (kiḻakku) — compass point
  • Tatar: көнчыгыш (könçığış) — compass point
  • Telugu: తూర్పు (tūrpu) — compass point
  • Tetum: lorosa'e — compass point
  • Thai: ทิศตะวันออก (tít dtà-wan-ɔ̀ɔk) — compass point
  • Thai: ตะวันออก (dtà-wan-ɔ̀ɔk) — compass point
  • Thai: บูรพา (buu-rá-paa) — compass point
  • Tibetan: ཤར (shar) — compass point
  • Tigrinya: ምብራቕ (məbrax̣) — compass point
  • Tocharian B: kauṃ-pirko — compass point
  • Turkish: doğu — compass point
  • Turkish: şark — compass point
  • Ottoman Turkish: شرق (şark) — compass point
  • Turkmen: gündogar — compass point
  • Tuvan: чөөн чүк (çöön çük) — compass point
  • Udmurt: шунды ӝужан пал (šundy džužan pal) — compass point
  • Ugaritic: 𐎖𐎄𐎎 (qdm) — compass point
  • Ukrainian: схід (sxid) — compass point
  • Urdu: مَشْرِق (maśriq) — compass point
  • Urdu: شَرْق (śarq) — compass point
  • Urdu: پُورَب (pūrab) — compass point
  • Uyghur: شەرق (sherq) — compass point
  • Uzbek: sharq — compass point
  • Vietnamese: đông — compass point
  • Vietnamese: phía đông — compass point
  • Vietnamese: hướng đông — compass point
  • Vietnamese: phương đông — compass point
  • Volapük: lofüd — compass point
  • Welsh: dwyrain — compass point
  • Yakut: илин (ilin) — compass point
  • Yámana: itaš — compass point
  • Yiddish: מזרח (mizrekh) — compass point
  • Yonaguni: アンガイ (aŋgayi) — compass point
  • Zazaki: akewten — compass point
  • Zhuang: doeng — compass point
  • Zhuang: dungh — compass point
  • Zhuang: dunghfangh — compass point
  • ǃXóõ: ǂa̰ã — compass point