levante

See also: Levante and levanté

Esperanto

Adverb

levante

  1. present adverbial active participle of levi

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lə.vɑ̃t/
  • (file)

Adjective

levante

  1. feminine singular of levant

Anagrams

Galician

Verb

levante

  1. inflection of levantar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Interlingua

Participle

levante

  1. present participle of levar

Italian

Etymology

Present participle of levarsi (to rise). Corresponds to Latin levantem (raising), in reference to the rising of the sun.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /leˈvan.te/
  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Hyphenation: le‧vàn‧te

Adjective

levante (plural levanti)

  1. rising
    Synonym: sorgente
    Antonym: calante

Noun

levante m (plural levanti)

  1. east
    Synonyms: est, oriente
    Antonym: ponente
  2. levanter (easterly wind)
    Synonyms: (obsolete) apeliota, (obsolete, rare) euro, (regional) levantara

Derived terms

See also

From Latin
settentrione
occidente
ponente
oriente
levante
meridione
mezzogiorno
From Germanic
nordovest nord nordest
ovest est
sudovest sud sudest

Participle

levante (plural levanti)

  1. present participle of levare

Further reading

  • levante in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

lēvante

  1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of lēvāns

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /leˈvɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /leˈvɐ̃.te/
 

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɐ̃tʃi, (Portugal) -ɐ̃tɨ
  • Hyphenation: le‧van‧te

Noun

levante m (plural levantes)

  1. east, orient
  2. revolt, rebellion

Verb

levante

  1. inflection of levantar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /leˈbante/ [leˈβ̞ãn̪.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Syllabification: le‧van‧te

Etymology 1

From the old present active participle of levar (Old Spanish form of llevar). Corresponds to Latin levantem (raising), in reference to the rising of the sun.

Noun

levante m (plural levantes)

  1. east
    Synonyms: este, oriente
    Antonyms: oeste, poniente, occidente
  2. East (wind), levanter

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

levante

  1. inflection of levantar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

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