orient
French, noun/ɔ.ʁjɑ̃/
orient is spelled O-R-I-E-N-T (6 letters) and appears 35 times per million words in written French, the 2,363rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Orient is a French masculine noun meaning “alternative letter-case form of Orient” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Est : point cardinal indiquant la direction du soleil levant, exacte aux équinoxes”.
What does orient mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative letter-case form of Orient
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Est : point cardinal indiquant la direction du soleil levant, exacte aux équinoxes. 2. (Avec une majuscule) Désignait jadis les contrées situées à l’est de l’Europe et du bassin méditerranéen ainsi que celles de l’Asie, considérées par rapport à l’Europe occidentale. 3. (Avec une majuscule) Contrées de la Méditerranée orientale et de l’Asie. 4. Couleur, eau d’une perle.
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 orient
- orients plural
- Orient
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce orient?
- /ɔ.ʁjɑ̃/
- \ɔ.ʁjɑ̃\
- [ɔ.ʁjɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to orient
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is orient in French?
orient appears 35 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).