sinistra

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [siˈnis.tɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [siˈnis.tɾa]
• Homophone: sinistre (Balearic, Central)

Noun

sinistra f (plural sinistres)

1. left hand

Adjective

sinistra

1. feminine singular of sinistre

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Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian sinistro, Latin sinister.

Adjective

sinistra

1. left

Antonyms

• dextra (“right”)

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [siˈnistra]

Noun

sinistra f (plural sinistre)

1. left (hand, direction)

   Synonym: (nautical) babordo

   Antonyms: destra, dritta

Related terms

• sinistrese
• sinistro
• sinistrorso

Verb

sinistra

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

Anagrams

• astrinsi, nitrassi

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /siˈnis.tra/, [s̠ɪˈnɪs̠t̪rä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /siˈnis.tra/, [siˈnist̪rä]

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) sinistra

1. nominative feminine singular of sinister
2. nominative neuter plural of sinister
3. accusative neuter plural of sinister
4. vocative feminine singular of sinister
5. vocative neuter plural of sinister

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 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.

Case	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.

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Portuguese

Adjective

sinistra

1. feminine singular of sinistro

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [siˈnis.tra]

Adjective

sinistra

1. definite nominative feminine singular of sinistru
2. definite accusative feminine singular of sinistru