senestre
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See also: sénestre
French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle French senestre, from Old French senestre, from Late Latin sinextrum, from Latin sinistrum. Doublet of sinistre, a borrowing from Latin.
The expected result of the Middle French senestre, pronounced approximately as /səˈnɛːtrə/, should have been senêtre in modern French (which does exist in heraldic jargon). A spelling-pronunciation, with etymologically restored /s/, came to predominate as the word became increasingly archaic, having been driven out of common usage as the word for "left" by gauche in the sixteenth century.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]senestre (plural senestres)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- “senestre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French senestre.
Noun
[edit]senestre m (uncountable)
- left (left-hand side)
Descendants
[edit]Old French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Late Latin sinextrum, from Latin sinistrum.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]senestre m (oblique and nominative feminine singular senestre)
- left (on the left-hand side)
Declension
[edit]Declension of senestre
Descendants
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