The French word for west is
ouest
Gender
The gender of ouest is masculine. E.g. un ouest.French Definition
| west | |
| 1. n. (Points cardinaux) Ouest, occident. | |
| 2. adj. De l'ouest, occidental. |
Translations for west and their definitions
| Ouest | ||
| 1. Proper noun. West (Western block, Western Europe) | ||
| 2. n-m. west | ||
| Ponant | ||
| 1. Proper noun. (dated) Western Europe | ||
| 2. Proper noun. (dated) the western Mediterranean | ||
| La Sicile était la plus florissante des colonies grecques du Ponant. | ||
| 3. n-m. the west | ||
| 4. n-m. the western ocean (rather than the Mediterranean) | ||
| Far West | ||
| 1. Proper noun. the western part of the United States, earlier defined as the American frontier and later as the areas west of the Midwest | ||
| 2. Proper noun. (figuratively) a state of lawlessness | ||
| Occident | ||
| 1. Proper noun. the West (Western world) | ||
| 2. n-m. west (compass point) | ||
| 3. n-m. alternative case form of Occident | ||
| occidental | ||
| 1. adj. (relational) of the West; Western | ||
| 2. adj. western | ||
| Ouest | ||
| 1. Proper noun. West (Western block, Western Europe) | ||
| 2. n-m. west | ||
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