sinistra

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [siˈnis.tɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [siˈnis.tɾa]
• Homophone: sinistre (Balearic, Central)
• Hyphenation: si‧nis‧tra

sinistra f (plural sinistres)

1. left hand

sinistra

1. feminine singular of sinistre

Ultimately derived from Latin sinister.

• IPA^(key): /siˈnistra/
• Rhymes: -istra
• Hyphenation: si‧nis‧tra

sinistra (accusative singular sinistran, plural sinistraj, accusative plural sinistrajn)

2. (rare) sinister (evil)

BL prefers malbonaŭgura, timinda.^[1]

Related to sense 1:

• fato
• omeno

• “sinistra”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997

Borrowed from Italian sinistro, Latin sinister.

• IPA^(key): /siˈnistra/
• Hyphenation: si‧nis‧tra

sinistra

1. left (west side of the body when one is facing north)

   Antonym: dextra

• IPA^(key): /siˈnis.tra/
• Rhymes: -istra
• Hyphenation: si‧nì‧stra

Inherited from Latin sinister.

sinistra f (plural sinistre)

1. left (hand, direction)

   Synonym: (nautical) babordo

   Antonyms: destra, dritta

• sinistrese
• sinistro
• sinistrorso

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

sinistra

1. inflection of sinistrare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

sinistra

1. feminine singular of sinistro

• astrinsi, nitrassi

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [sɪˈnɪs.tra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [siˈnis.t̪ra]

sinistra

1. inflection of sinister:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

sinistrā

1. ablative feminine singular of sinister

sinistra f (genitive sinistrae); first declension

1. the left-hand side

   ad sinistram

   on the left hand side, to the left

First-declension noun.

• “sinistra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sinistra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sinistra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

• Hyphenation: si‧nis‧tra

sinistra

1. feminine singular of sinistro

• IPA^(key): [siˈnis.tra]
• Hyphenation: si‧nis‧tra

sinistra

1. definite nominative/accusative feminine singular of sinistru