sinistral

English

Adjective

sinistral (not comparable)

1. Of, facing, or on the left side.
2. Left-handed.
3. (zoology, of certain spiral shells) Having the whorls of the spire revolving or rising to the left; reversed.
4. (geology) Having left lateral fault movement.

Synonyms

• (of, facing, or on the left side): sinistrous

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “of, facing, or on the left side”): dextral

Derived terms

• dextrosinistral
• sinistral fault
• sinistral fold
• sinistrality
• sinistrally

Related terms

• sinister

Noun

sinistral (plural sinistrals)

1. (medicine) A left-handed person.

References

• “sinistral”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zinɪsˈtʁaːl]
• Hyphenation: si‧nis‧t‧ral

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Adjective

sinistral (strong nominative masculine singular sinistraler, not comparable)

1. sinistral

Declension

Positive forms of sinistral (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist sinistral	sie ist sinistral	es ist sinistral	sie sind sinistral
strong declension (without article)	nominative	sinistraler	sinistrale	sinistrales	sinistrale
	genitive	sinistralen	sinistraler	sinistralen	sinistraler
	dative	sinistralem	sinistraler	sinistralem	sinistralen
	accusative	sinistralen	sinistrale	sinistrales	sinistrale
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der sinistrale	die sinistrale	das sinistrale	die sinistralen
	genitive	des sinistralen	der sinistralen	des sinistralen	der sinistralen
	dative	dem sinistralen	der sinistralen	dem sinistralen	den sinistralen
	accusative	den sinistralen	die sinistrale	das sinistrale	die sinistralen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein sinistraler	eine sinistrale	ein sinistrales	(keine) sinistralen
	genitive	eines sinistralen	einer sinistralen	eines sinistralen	(keiner) sinistralen
	dative	einem sinistralen	einer sinistralen	einem sinistralen	(keinen) sinistralen
	accusative	einen sinistralen	eine sinistrale	ein sinistrales	(keine) sinistralen

Further reading

• “sinistral” in Duden online