destre

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin dextrum (compare Occitan dèstre, Spanish diestro, Italian destro), from Proto-Italic *deksteros, from Proto-Indo-European *deḱs(i)-tero-, from *deḱs- (“right”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈde̞s.tɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈdes.tɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈdes.tɾe]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Homophone: destra (Central)

Adjective

destre (feminine destra, masculine and feminine plural destres)

1. right; opposite of left

   Synonym: dret

   Antonyms: esquerre, sinistre

2. right, right-handed
3. dexterous

   Antonym: maldestre

4. the left side of a shield from the point of view of the viewer

Derived terms

• destra
• destrer
• destresa
• maldestre

Further reading

• “destre”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “destre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “destre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “destre”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Italian

Noun

destre f

1. plural of destra

Old French

Etymology

From Latin dexter, dextrum.

Adjective

destre m (oblique and nominative feminine singular destre)

1. right (on the right-hand side)
2. right-handed
3. dexterous

Descendants

• Norman: dêtre

Tarantino

Etymology

From Latin dexter, dextrum.

Adjective

destre

1. right