left wing

See also: leftwing and left-wing

English

Noun

left wing (plural left wings)

1. The wing on the left side of some body, most commonly one half of a pair:
   • 1928, British Bee Journal:

     The beekeeper said, "Tell me, did your wife say she noticed a patch or blotch of purple under the bee's left wing?"

   1. (politics) The more left-wing faction of a group, party, or group of parties.
   2. (sports) The left-hand side of a sports field.
   3. (ice hockey) The offensive player who plays to the center's left.

Antonyms

• right wing

Related terms

• left-wing
• left-winger

Translations

politics

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 左翼 (zh) (zuǒyì)

• French: aile gauche f
• German: linker Flügel m
• Hindi: वामपंथ (vāmpanth)
• Irish: eite chlé f
• Japanese: 左翼 (ja) (さよく, sayoku)
• Korean: 좌익(左翼) (jwaik), 좌파(左派) (jwapa)
• Malayalam: ഇടതുപക്ഷം (iṭatupakṣaṁ)
• Maori: aromauī
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: venstreside m or f

  Nynorsk: venstreside f

• Polish: lewica (pl) f
• Russian: ле́вые (ru) m pl (lévyje)
• Swahili: mrengo wa kushoto
• Swedish: vänsterfalang c
• Thai: ฝ่ายซ้าย (th) (fàai-sáai)
• Ukrainian: ліви́ця f (livýcja)
• Vietnamese: tả phái, cánh tả (vi)

sports

• Catalan: ala esquerra (ca) f
• Norwegian: venstreving m
• Thai: ปีกซ้าย

ice hockey

• French: ailier gauche m
• Norwegian: venstreving m

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• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} వామపక్షం (vāmapakṣaṁ)