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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD OCCIDENT

Via Old French from Latin occidere to fall, go down (with reference to the setting sun).
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PRONUNCIATION OF OCCIDENT

occident  [ˈɒksɪdənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OCCIDENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Occident is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES OCCIDENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Occident

Occident or The Occident may refer to: ▪ The Western world, in contrast to the Eastern world, the Orient ▪ Occident, 2002 Romanian film ▪ Occident, French far-right violent political group ▪ The Occident and American Jewish Advocate, nineteenth century Jewish American periodical ▪ "Occident", a song from the album Have One On Me by Joanna Newsom ▪ Maxwell, California, a community formerly named Occident...

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OCCIDENT


accident
ˈæksɪdənt
aidant
ˈeɪdənt
antioxidant
ˌæntɪˈɒksɪdənt
coincident
kəʊˈɪnsɪdənt
confident
ˈkɒnfɪdənt
didn´t
ˈdɪdənt
dissident
ˈdɪsɪdənt
duplicident
djuːˈplɪsɪdənt
evident
ˈɛvɪdənt
incident
ˈɪnsɪdənt
overconfident
ˌəʊvəˈkɒnfɪdənt
oxidant
ˈɒksɪdənt
postaccident
ˌpəʊstˈæksɪdənt
precedent
ˈprɛsɪdənt
president
ˈprɛzɪdənt
procident
ˈprəʊsɪdənt
provident
ˈprɒvɪdənt
resident
ˈrɛzɪdənt
soricident
səˈrɪsɪdənt
trident
ˈtraɪdənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OCCIDENT

occasionalism
occasionalist
occasionality
occasionally
occasioner
occasions
occidental
Occidentalisation
Occidentalise
Occidentalism
Occidentalist
Occidentalization
Occidentalize
Occidentally
occipita
occipital
occipital bone
occipital lobe
occipitally
occiput

WORDS THAT END LIKE OCCIDENT

cerebrovascular accident
class president
co-president
dead president
ex-president
Executive Office of the President
executive president
hit-and-run accident
ident
improvident
independent
nonresident
permanent resident
rident
road accident
road traffic accident
self-confident
self-evident
shooting incident
strident
vice president

Synonyms and antonyms of occident in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «occident» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OCCIDENT

Find out the translation of occident to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of occident from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «occident» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

欧美
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

occidente
570 millions of speakers

English

occident
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मग़रिब
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الغرب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Запад
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ocidente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রতীচী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

occident
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Zaman dahulu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Okzident
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

西洋
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jaman saiki
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phương tây
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மேற்கு நாடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पर्वत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

batılı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

occidente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

occident
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Захід
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Occident
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Δύση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Weste
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

occident
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

occident
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of occident

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OCCIDENT»

The term «occident» is quite widely used and occupies the 34.594 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OCCIDENT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «occident» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «occident» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about occident

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OCCIDENT»

Discover the use of occident in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to occident and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Narrative of the Occident: An Essay on Its Present State
Civilizations «narrate themselves in order to establish legitimacy, succeed against others, portray their own merits to their best advantage.
Georg Schmid, 2009
2
Arab Representations of the Occident: East-West Encounters ...
This is one of the first books in English to explore Arab responses to Western culture and values in modern Arab literature.
Rasheed El-Enany, 2006
3
Orient and Occident - East-West Synergy
Rudyard Kipling in his days said 'Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God's Great Judgement Seat;' These are the lines which are usually quoted.
Gebhard Deissler, 2013
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The Bridge: A Journey Between Orient and Occident
Charming and learned, The Bridge is a delightful book from the author of the acclaimed international bestseller In Europe.
Geert Mak, 2008
5
Between orient and occident: studies in honour of P.J. Riis
With this book the Department of International Collections in the Danish National Museum celebrates the 90th birthday of P.J. Riis.
Poul Jørgen Riis, John Lund, Peter Pentz, 2000
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Extreme-Occident: French Intellectuals and America
French Intellectuals and America Jean-Philippe Mathy. EXTREME OCCIDENT EXTREME OCCIDENT French Intellectuals and America JEAN-PHILIPPE MATHY The University Front Cover.
Jean-Philippe Mathy, 1993
7
Orient Occident
Orient-Occident offers its readers the tenth in the series of articles on the general evaluation of activities implemented under the Major Project. Beginning with this issue, two numbers will give an account of the activities undertaken by Member ...
‎1965
8
Zigzag Journeys in the Occident; the Atlantic to the ...
The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com).
Hezekiah Butterworth, 2010
9
The Myth of Continents: A Critique of Metageography
The. Spatial. Constructs. of. Orient. and. Occident,. East. and. West. The publication of Edward Said's Orientalism in 1978 was a landmark in cultural studies. In this seminal work, the author— a Palestinian schooled in European literary ...
Martin W. Lewis, Kären Wigen, 1997
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Orient and Occident: A Journey East from Lahore to Liverpool
This Elibron Classics title is a reprint of the original edition published by W. H. Allen & Co., 1888, London
Reginald Colville William Reveley Mitford, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OCCIDENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term occident is used in the context of the following news items.
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Inde: les travailleurs du sexe veulent sortir de la clandestinité
"Mettre en place des licences fonctionne peut-être en Occident mais en Inde, où les prostituées sont ostracisées, ce serait compliqué", dit Amit ... «RTL info, Jul 15»
2
Charms of an Arabian Knight: A tribute to Omar Sharif
His multilingualism and a wealthy, cosmopolitan upbringing held him in good stead in the Occident after the massive international success of ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
3
L'accord Occident-Iran: ce qui va changer en Syrie, Irak, Arabie …
Grâce à l'accord nucléaire signé à Vienne avec les grandes puissances, l'Iran renforce ses positions au Moyen-Orient, où ses alliances avec la ... «JSSNews, Jul 15»
4
'The Magic Mountain': Karlovy Vary Review
... year after Massoud was killed and the West was heavily traumatized by 9/11, which in turn again put Afghanistan on the map in the Occident. «Hollywood Reporter, Jul 15»
5
The discreet charms of an Arabian Knight
His multilingualism and a wealthy, cosmopolitan upbringing held him in good stead in the Occident after the massive international success of ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
6
Mona Eltahawy : « Le féminisme n'est pas une importation …
En colère contre un Occident qu'elle juge trop lâche et des conservateurs obsédés par la pureté et le corps des femmes, Mona Eltahawy reste ... «Jeune Afrique, Jul 15»
7
Trans Gods of Time Gone By
As curator Myriame Morel-Deledallel notes Hercules heirs brought the ancient Occident together with eastern Buddhism. "contributing to the ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
8
Poetry and Politics in Iran
For him, the great threat to these twin virtues, and to the sovereignty of the country, came from the Occident—especially Europe, the United ... «The New Yorker, Jul 15»
9
Pakistan's entry to SCO
The advent of the SCO, to promote neighbourliness and friendly cooperation, has been perceived with misgivings by the Occident. Renowned ... «Daily Times, Jul 15»
10
Upon this Island of Instances
... wage of $123 is an everyday concern. Maybe, an opportunity to lose 'inner balance' in the Occident is an equally cathartic concept for some. «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Occident [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/occident>. Apr 2024 ».
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