adj
Meaning 1
Farthest west.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- Zeeland is the westernmost province of the Netherlands.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: westmost
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
westernmost
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Sound
Pronunciation
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CMU ARPABET: W EH1 S T ER0 N M OW2 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adjective satellite
Meaning 2
farthest to the west
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: westmost
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English western Proto-Germanic *-umô Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *-tHós Proto-Indo-European *-istHos Proto-Germanic *-istaz Proto-Germanic *-umistaz Old English -mest Middle English -mest ▲ Middle English [Term?]influ. Middle English -most English -most English westernmost From western + -most.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: най-западен (naj-zapaden) — farthest west
- Czech: nejzápadnější — farthest west
- Danish: vestligste — farthest west
- Dutch: westelijkst — farthest west
- German: westlichster — farthest west
- Hungarian: legnyugatibb — farthest west
- Italian: più a ovest — farthest west
- Latin: occidentissimus — farthest west
- Norwegian Bokmål: vestligste — farthest west
- Norwegian Nynorsk: vestlegaste — farthest west
- Russian: са́мый за́падный (sámyj západnyj) — farthest west
- Slovak: najzápadnejší — farthest west
- Swedish: vestligaste — farthest west
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