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southwest en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /sawθˈwɛst/ (British, Southern, Standard)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /saʊθˈwɛst/
• /saʊˈwɛst/ (dialectal)
• (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English southwest, southewest, from Old English sūþwest and sūþanwestan, equivalent to south + west. Cognate with West Frisian súdwest, Dutch zuidwest, German Südwesten, Danish sydvest, Swedish sydväst.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, usually) Of, in or pertaining to the southwest; southwestern.
2. (not-comparable, usually) Situated toward or in the direction of the southwest; southwestward; southwesterly.
   • A southwest course.
3. (not-comparable, usually) Coming from the southwest; southwesterly.
   • A southwest wind.

Forms

Deriveds

Southwest Harbor · Southwest Middlesex

southwest en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /sawθˈwɛst/ (British, Southern, Standard)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /saʊθˈwɛst/
• /saʊˈwɛst/ (dialectal)
• (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English southwest, southewest, from Old English sūþwest and sūþanwestan, equivalent to south + west. Cognate with West Frisian súdwest, Dutch zuidwest, German Südwesten, Danish sydvest, Swedish sydväst.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, usually) Towards or in the direction of the southwest; southwestwards.
   • We are travelling southwest at the moment.

Forms

southwest en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /sawθˈwɛst/ (British, Southern, Standard)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /saʊθˈwɛst/
• /saʊˈwɛst/ (dialectal)
• (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English southwest, southewest, from Old English sūþwest and sūþanwestan, equivalent to south + west. Cognate with West Frisian súdwest, Dutch zuidwest, German Südwesten, Danish sydvest, Swedish sydväst.

Meanings

1. The intercardinal compass point halfway between south and west; specifically at a bearing of 225°.
   • After a while we returned aboard Belvedere, set a course for the southwest, and sailed once more in frustration back to Tuk. 1990 August, John Bockstoce, “Changing Images of the Northwest Passage”, in National Geographic, volume 178, number 2, page 22:
   • So this was my future home, I thought![…]Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams. 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 40:

Forms

Antonyms

northeast

Deriveds

southwester · west-southwest · southwestwards · south-southwest · south-southwestwards · southwestern · southwest by south · southwest by west · southwesterly · west-southwestwards · south-southwestern · southwestbound · Southwest Middlesex · west-southwesterly · west-southwestern · south-southwesterly

Translations (94)

es suroeste (compass point) · mi hauāuru-mā-tonga (compass point) · ia sud-west (compass point) · km និរតី (compass point) · lt pietvakarių (compass point) · ro sud-vest (compass point) · ca sud-oest (compass point) · nan-hbl 西南 (compass point) · ru ю́го-за́пад (compass point) · is útsuður (compass point) · eo suduesto (compass point) · jv kanéya (compass point) · es sudueste (compass point) · vi phía tây nam (compass point) · es sudoccidente (compass point) · da sydvest (compass point) · fr sud-ouest (compass point) · pl południowy zachód (compass point) · es suroccidente (compass point) · th หรดี (compass point) · uk зюйд-ве́ст (compass point) · ru зюйд-ве́ст (compass point) · ro sudvest (compass point) · mk југоза́пад (compass point) · cmn 西南 (compass point) · it sudovest (compass point) · fi lounas (compass point) · id barat daya (compass point) · cs jihozápad (compass point) · el νοτιοδυτικά (compass point) · nl zuidwesten (compass point) · nb sørvest (compass point) · lo ຫໍຣະດີ (compass point) · lv dienvidrietumi (compass point) · ta தென்மேற்கு (compass point) · tr güneybatı (compass point) · mnw နေရတိ (compass point) · izh länsilounat (compass point) · eo sudokcidento (compass point) · sh jugozapad (compass point) · jv kidul kilèn (compass point) · fa جنوب غربی (compass point) · grc λίψ (compass point) · ja 坤 (compass point) · es sudoeste (compass point) · mad bârâ' lao' (compass point) · btx nariti (compass point) · mt lbiċ (compass point) · jv kidul kulon (compass point) · pt sudoeste (compass point) · sw kusini-magharibi (compass point) · rm sidvest (compass point) · eu hego-sartalde (compass point) · de Südwesten (compass point) · bcl habagatan-sulnopan (compass point) · mi tonga-mā-uru (compass point) · gl suroeste (compass point) · hi दक्षिण-पश्चिम (compass point) · uk півде́нний за́хід (compass point) · bg югоза́пад (compass point) · mi uru-mā-tonga (compass point) · bbc nariti (compass point) · et edel (compass point) · mel beradayak (compass point) · vi hướng tây nam (compass point) · ko 남서 (compass point) · ja 南西 (compass point) · fo útsynningur (compass point) · ja 西南 (compass point) · ms barat daya (compass point) · sv sydväst (compass point) · hy հարավ-արևմուտք (compass point) · my အနောက်တောင် (compass point) · sl jugozahod (compass point) · non útsuðr (compass point) · te నైఋతి (compass point) · sh југозапад (compass point) · io sud-westo (compass point) · se oarjelulli (compass point) · ko 서남 (compass point) · hak 西南 (compass point) · vi tây nam (compass point) · eu hego-mendebal (compass point) · cy de-orllewin (compass point) · ka სამხრეთ-დასავლეთი (compass point) · nv shádiʼááh dóó eʼeʼaah (compass point) · izh etelä (compass point) · sk juhozápad (compass point) · nn sørvest (compass point) · be паўднёвы за́хад (compass point) · rsk югозаход (compass point) · is suðvestur (compass point) · mel laan daya (compass point) · hu délnyugat (compass point)