gauchiste
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡo.ʃist/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ist
Adjective
gauchiste (plural gauchistes)
- (politics, often derogatory) leftist
- Coordinate term: droitiste
Noun
gauchiste m or f by sense (plural gauchistes)
- (politics, often derogatory) leftist
- Coordinate term: droitiste
Related terms
Descendants
- → Italian: gauchiste
Usage notes
- Not to be confused with gaucher.
Further reading
- “gauchiste”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French gauchiste.
Noun
gauchiste m or f by sense (invariable)
- leftist (person of the left wing in politics)
Related terms
Further reading
- gauchiste in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana