occident
French, noun/ɔk.si.dɑ̃/
occident is spelled O-C-C-I-D-E-N-T (8 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written French, the 4,224th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Occident is a French masculine noun meaning “west (compass point)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ouest : point cardinal indiquant la direction du Soleil couchant, exacte aux équinoxes”.
What does occident mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewest (compass point)
- 2
masculinealternative letter-case form of Occident
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ouest : point cardinal indiquant la direction du Soleil couchant, exacte aux équinoxes.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of occident
- occidents plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce occident?
- /ɔk.si.dɑ̃/
- \ɔk.si.dɑ̃\
- [l̪‿ok.si.d̪ɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to occident
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is occident in French?
occident appears 18 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).