nordeste
Asturian
Noun
nordeste m (plural nordestes)
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- NE (abbreviation)
Etymology
Borrowed from French nord-est (“northeast”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛsti
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /noʁˈdɛs.t͡ʃi/ [noɦˈdɛs.t͡ʃi]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /noɾˈdɛs.t͡ʃi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /noʁˈdɛʃ.t͡ʃi/
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /noɻˈdɛs.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /noʁˈdɛs.te/ [noɦˈdɛs.te]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /nɔɾˈdɛʃ.tɨ/ [nɔɾˈðɛʃ.tɨ]
- (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /nɔɦ.ˈdɛʃ.tɪ/
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛst͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ɛʃtɨ
- Homophone: Nordeste
Audio (Portugal): (file) - Hyphenation: nor‧des‧te
Noun
nordeste m (uncountable)
- northeast (compass point)
Coordinate terms
compass points: pontos cardeais: [edit]
| noroeste | norte | nordeste |
| oeste poente ocidente |
leste este nascente oriente | |
| sudoeste | sul | sudeste |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “nordeste”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “nordeste”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /noɾˈdeste/ [noɾˈð̞es.t̪e]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -este
- Syllabification: nor‧des‧te
Noun
nordeste m (uncountable)
Further reading
- “nordeste”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish nordeste (“northeast”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /noɾˈdeste/ [n̪oɾˈd̪ɛs.t̪ɛ]
- Rhymes: -este
- Syllabification: nor‧des‧te
Noun
nordeste (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜓᜇ᜔ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒ) (uncommon)
- northeast (compass point)
- Synonym: hilagang-silangan
Coordinate terms
compass points: [edit]
| hilagang-kanluran | hilaga | hilagang-silangan |
| kanluran | silangan | |
| timog-kanluran | timog | timog-silangan |
Adjective
nordeste (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜓᜇ᜔ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒ) (uncommon)
- northeast
- Synonym: hilagang-silangan
Further reading
- “nordeste”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018