senestre

Alternative forms

• sénestre

Etymology

From Middle French senestre, from Old French senestre, from Latin sinister. Doublet of sinistre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sə.nɛstʁ/, /se.nɛstʁ/

Adjective

senestre (plural senestres)

1. (dated) (on the) left
2. (heraldry) sinister; left-hand side of the shield

Further reading

• “senestre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin sinister, sinistrum.

Noun

senestre m (uncountable)

1. left (left-hand side)

Etymology

From Latin sinister, sinistrum (possibly through a Vulgar Latin root *sinexter, sinextrum, from contamination with dexter (whence Old French destre)).

Adjective

senestre m (oblique and nominative feminine singular senestre)

1. left (on the left-hand side)