destre
Catalan
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:etymology at line 156: Old Occitan (pro) is not set as an ancestor of Catalan (ca) in Module:languages/data/2. The ancestor of Catalan is Old Catalan (roa-oca). (compare Occitan dèstre), from Latin dexter, dextrum (compare Spanish diestro, Italian destro), from Proto-Italic *deksteros, from Proto-Indo-European *deḱs(i)-tero-, from *deḱs- (“right”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈdes.tɾə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈdes.tɾe]
- Homophone: destra (Central)
Adjective
destre (feminine destra, masculine and feminine plural destres)
- right; opposite of left
- right, right-handed
- dexterous
- Antonym: maldestre
- the left side of a shield from the point of view of the viewer
Derived terms
Further reading
- “destre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “destre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “destre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “destre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Italian
Noun
destre f
Old French
Etymology
From Latin dexter, dextrum.
Adjective
destre m (oblique and nominative feminine singular destre)
- right (on the right-hand side)
- right-handed
- dexterous
Descendants
- Norman: dêtre
Tarantino
Etymology
From Latin dexter, dextrum.
Adjective
destre
Categories:
- Catalan terms inherited from Latin
- Catalan terms derived from Latin
- Catalan terms inherited from Proto-Italic
- Catalan terms derived from Proto-Italic
- Catalan terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan terms with homophones
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan adjectives
- Italian non-lemma forms
- Italian noun plural forms
- Old French terms inherited from Latin
- Old French terms derived from Latin
- Old French lemmas
- Old French adjectives
- Tarantino terms inherited from Latin
- Tarantino terms derived from Latin
- Tarantino lemmas
- Tarantino adjectives