dextre

Inherited from Middle French dextre, borrowed from Latin dextra or dextera; replaced the popular/inherited Old French form destre.

• IPA^(key): /dɛkstʁ/

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• Hyphenation: dex‧tre

dextre (plural dextres)

1. adroit, dextrous

   Synonym: adroit

   Antonyms: maladroit, gauche

2. (dated) right-handed

   Synonym: droitier

3. (heraldry) dexter; right-hand side of the shield

   Antonym: senestre

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

Borrowed from Latin dexter, dextra or dextera. Replaced the inherited Old French destre.

dextre m or f (plural dextres)

1. right; on the right-hand side

• (on the right-hand side): droict

• (on the right-hand side): gausche, sinistre

• French: dextre