Meaning

1 senses

  1. The west; the area of the setting sun.

Origin

Borrowed from Italian ponente (“west”), ultimately from pōnēns, present participle of pōnō

Borrowed from Italian ponente (“west”), ultimately from pōnēns, present participle of pōnō (“to place”).

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Forms

plural: ponents
Singularponent
Pluralponents

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
westA2occident

Antonyms

3 antonyms
orienteastA2levant

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
pondB1ponderB2ponderousC2pongpontificate

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