senestre
See also: sénestre
French Edit
Alternative forms Edit
Etymology Edit
From Middle French senestre, from Old French senestre, from Late Latin sinextrum, from Latin sinistrum. Doublet of sinistre, a borrowing from Latin.
The expected result of the Middle French senestre, pronounced approximately as /səˈnɛːtrə/, should have been senêtre in modern French (which does exist in heraldic jargon). A spelling-pronunciation, with etymologically restored /s/, came to predominate as the word became increasingly archaic, having been driven out of common usage as the word for "left" by gauche in the sixteenth century.
Pronunciation Edit
Adjective Edit
senestre (plural senestres)
See also Edit
References Edit
- “senestre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French Edit
Etymology Edit
From Old French senestre.
Noun Edit
senestre m (uncountable)
- left (left-hand side)
Descendants Edit
Old French Edit
Etymology Edit
Inherited from Late Latin sinextrum, from Latin sinistrum.
Pronunciation Edit
Adjective Edit
senestre m (oblique and nominative feminine singular senestre)
- left (on the left-hand side)
Declension Edit
Declension of senestre