left wing

See also: leftwing and left-wing

English

Noun

left wing (plural left wings)

1. (politics) The more left-wing faction of a group or party.
2. (sports) The left-hand side of a sports field.
3. (ice hockey) The offensive player who plays to the center's left.

Antonyms

• right wing

Related terms

• left-wing
• left-winger

Translations

politics

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 左翼 (zh) (zuǒyì)

• French: aile gauche f
• German: linker Flügel m
• Irish: eite chlé f
• Japanese: 左翼 (ja) (さよく, sayoku)
• Korean: 좌익 (jwaik) (左翼 (ko)), 좌파 (jwapa) (左派)

• Malayalam: ഇടതുപക്ഷം (iṭatupakṣaṃ)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: venstreside m or f

  Nynorsk: venstreside f

• Polish: lewica (pl) f
• Russian: ле́вые (ru) m pl (lévyje)
• Swedish: vänsterfalang c
• Thai: ฝ่ายซ้าย (th) (fàai-sáai)

sports

• Catalan: ala esquerra (ca) f
• Norwegian: venstreving m

• Thai: ปีกซ้าย

ice hockey

• French: ailier gauche m

• Norwegian: venstreving m

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• Telugu: వామపక్షం (vaamapakshaM)