ouest
French, noun/wɛst/
ouest is spelled O-U-E-S-T (5 letters) and appears 100 times per million words in written French, the 823rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ouest is a French masculine noun meaning “west” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui des points cardinaux qui indique la direction du soleil couchant, exacte aux équinoxes, et…”.
What does ouest mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewest
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui des points cardinaux qui indique la direction du soleil couchant, exacte aux équinoxes, et correspondant à l’azimut 270°. 2. Région d'un pays ou partie du monde qui est la plus rapprochée de l'ouest.
adjective: 1. Qui est à l’ouest.
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.
How do you pronounce ouest?
- /wɛst/
- \wɛst\
- [a l̪‿wɛst̪]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ouest
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ouest in French?
ouest appears 100 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).