different between occiduous vs occident

English

Etymology

From Latin occiduus, from. occido (“to go down”)

Adjective

occiduous (comparative more occiduous, superlative most occiduous)

1. Western; occidental.

English

Etymology

From Middle English occident, from Old French occident, from Latin occidentem (“western sky, part of the sky in which the sun sets”), from occido (“go down, set”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??ks?d?nt/

Noun

occident

1. The part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west.
2. The Western world; the part of the world excluding Asia

Antonyms

• orient

Derived terms

• occidental

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• incocted

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin occidens, occidentem.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ok.si?dent/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /uk.si?den/

Noun

occident m (plural occidents)

1. west

Synonyms

• ponent, oest

Antonyms

• orient

French

Etymology

From Old French, borrowed from Latin occid?ns, occid?ntem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k.si.d??/

Noun

occident m (plural occidents)

1. west (compass point)
2. Alternative letter-case form of Occident

Synonyms

• ponant, ouest

Antonyms

• orient

Derived terms

• occidental

Further reading

• “occident” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Etymology 1

Form of the verb occid?.

Verb

occident

1. third-person plural future active indicative of occid?

Etymology 2

Form of the verb occ?d?.

Verb

occ?dent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of occ?d?

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin occidens, occidentem.

Noun

occident m (nominative singular occidenz or occidentz)

1. the west

Antonyms

• oriant

Related terms

• occidental, occidentel

Descendants

• ? Middle English: occident
  • English: occident, Occident
• French: occident

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French occident, Latin occidens, occidentem.

Noun

occident n (uncountable)

1. west, Occident

Synonyms

• vest (standard), apus (somewhat uncommon today)

Related terms

• occidental