sinistra

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Catalan

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Noun

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sinistra f (plural sinistres)

  1. left hand

Adjective

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sinistra

  1. feminine singular of sinistre

Ido

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian sinistro, Latin sinister.

Adjective

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sinistra

  1. left

Antonyms

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Latin sinister

Noun

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sinistra f (plural sinistre)

  1. left (hand, direction)
    Synonym: (nautical) babordo
    Antonyms: destra, dritta
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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sinistra

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

Etymology 3

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Adjective

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sinistra

  1. feminine singular of sinistro

Anagrams

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Latin

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Adjective

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sinistra

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

Adjective

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sinistrā

  1. ablative feminine singular of sinister

Noun

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sinistra f (genitive sinistrae); first declension

  1. the left-hand side
    ad sinistram
    on the left hand side, to the left

Declension

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First-declension noun.

References

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  • 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

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Adjective

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sinistra

  1. feminine singular of sinistro

Romanian

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Adjective

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sinistra

  1. definite nominative/accusative feminine singular of sinistru