sinistre

See also: sinistré

English

Adjective

sinistre (comparative more sinistre, superlative most sinistre)

1. Obsolete form of sinister.

Anagrams

• insister, resistin, sinister

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin sinister.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [siˈnis.tɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [siˈnis.tɾe]
• Homophone: sinistra (Balearic, Central)

Adjective

sinistre (feminine sinistra, masculine and feminine plural sinistres)

1. left (the opposite of right)

   Synonym: esquerre

   Antonyms: dret, destre

2. sinister (inauspicious, ominous, unlucky)

Derived terms

• sinistrament

Noun

sinistre m (plural sinistres)

1. disaster, accident

Further reading

• “sinistre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “sinistre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “sinistre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “sinistre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sinister, whence also French senestre, an inherited doublet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.nistʁ/

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Adjective

sinistre (plural sinistres)

1. scary
2. sinister, ominous

Noun

sinistre m (plural sinistres)

1. accident, incident
2. disaster

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• insister, tisserin

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Italian

Noun

sinistre f

1. plural of sinistra

Anagrams

• nitrisse, sentirsi

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [siˈnis.tre]

Adjective

sinistre

1. nominative feminine plural of sinistru
2. accusative feminine plural of sinistru
3. nominative neuter plural of sinistru
4. accusative neuter plural of sinistru