senestre
See also: sénestre
French
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editAdjective
editsenestre (plural senestres)
See also
editReferences
edit- “senestre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
editEtymology
editFrom Old French senestre.
Noun
editsenestre m (uncountable)
- left (left-hand side)
Descendants
editOld French
editEtymology
editInherited from Late Latin sinextrum, from Latin sinistrum.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editsenestre m (oblique and nominative feminine singular senestre)
- left (on the left-hand side)
Declension
editDeclension of senestre
Descendants
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