senestre

See also: sénestre

French

Alternative forms

• sénestre

Etymology

From Middle French senestre, from Old French senestre, from Latin sinister. Doublet of sinistre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sə.nɛstʁ/, /se.nɛstʁ/

Adjective

senestre (plural senestres)

1. (dated) (on the) left
2. (heraldry) sinister; left-hand side of the shield

See also

• sinistre
• gauche

Further reading

• “senestre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin sinister, sinistrum.

Noun

senestre m (uncountable)

1. left (left-hand side)

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin sinister, sinistrum (possibly through a Vulgar Latin root *sinexter, sinextrum, from contamination with dexter (whence Old French destre)).

Adjective

senestre m (oblique and nominative feminine singular senestre)

1. left (on the left-hand side)

Declension

Declension of senestre

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	senestres	senestre	senestre
	Oblique	senestre	senestre	senestre
Plural	Subject	senestre	senestres	senestre
	Oblique	senestres	senestres	senestre

Descendants

• Middle French: senestre
  • French: senestre
• Norman: s'nêtre