sinistra

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [siˈnis.tɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [siˈnis.tɾa]
• Homophone: sinistre (Balearic, Central)
• Hyphenation: si‧nis‧tra

Noun

sinistra f (plural sinistres)

1. left hand

Adjective

sinistra

1. feminine singular of sinistre

Esperanto

Etymology

Ultimately derived from Latin sinister.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈnistra/
• Rhymes: -istra
• Hyphenation: si‧nis‧tra

Adjective

sinistra (accusative singular sinistran, plural sinistraj, accusative plural sinistrajn)

2. (rare) sinister (evil)

Usage notes

BL prefers malbonaŭgura, timinda.

Related terms

Related to sense 1:

• fato
• omeno

Further reading

• “sinistra”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian sinistro, Latin sinister.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈnistra/
• Hyphenation: si‧nis‧tra

Adjective

sinistra

1. left (west side of the body when one is facing north)

   Antonym: dextra

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈnis.tra/
• Rhymes: -istra
• Hyphenation: si‧nì‧stra

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin sinister.

Noun

sinistra f (plural sinistre)

1. left (hand, direction)

   Synonym: (nautical) babordo

   Antonyms: destra, dritta

Related terms

• sinistrese
• sinistro
• sinistrorso

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sinistra

1. inflection of sinistrare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

sinistra

1. feminine singular of sinistro

Anagrams

• astrinsi, nitrassi

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [sɪˈnɪs.tra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [siˈnis.t̪ra]

Adjective

sinistra

1. inflection of sinister:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

sinistrā

1. ablative feminine singular of sinister

Noun

sinistra f (genitive sinistrae); first declension

1. the left-hand side

   ad sinistram

   on the left hand side, to the left

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	sinistra	sinistrae
genitive	sinistrae	sinistrārum
dative	sinistrae	sinistrīs
accusative	sinistram	sinistrās
ablative	sinistrā	sinistrīs
vocative	sinistra	sinistrae

References

• “sinistra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sinistra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “sinistra”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /siˈnis.tɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /siˈnis.tɾɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /siˈniʃ.tɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /siˈnis.tɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /siˈniʃ.tɾɐ/

• Hyphenation: si‧nis‧tra

Adjective

sinistra

1. feminine singular of sinistro

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [siˈnis.tra]
• Hyphenation: si‧nis‧tra

Adjective

sinistra

1. definite nominative/accusative feminine singular of sinistru