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gauche.

left

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

adj/ɡoʃ/

  1. left

    avoir deux mains gauches
    se lever du pied gauche

  2. awkward, gawky, clumsy

Where this word comes from

From gauchir (“to bend, dodge, warp”), a conflation of Old French gauchier (“to tread”) (from Frankish *walkijan, *walkan, cognate with English walk) + Old French guenchir (“to deviate”) (from Frankish *wenkijan (“to sway, falter”)). Gauche replaced the original Latin-derived word for "left", senestre, in the sixteenth century. Compare Walloon gåtche.

noun/ɡoʃ/

  1. the left, the left-hand side

    feminine
    à gauche
    à votre gauche

  2. the left (the left-wing political parties as a group; citizens holding left-wing views as a group)

    feminine
    de gauche
Where this word comes from

From gauchir (“to bend, dodge, warp”), a conflation of Old French gauchier (“to tread”) (from Frankish *walkijan, *walkan, cognate with English walk) + Old French guenchir (“to deviate”) (from Frankish *wenkijan (“to sway, falter”)). Gauche replaced the original Latin-derived word for "left", senestre, in the sixteenth century. Compare Walloon gåtche.

noun/ɡoʃ/

  1. ellipsis of poing gauche (“left fist”)

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis · masculine
    un crochet du gauche
Where this word comes from

From gauchir (“to bend, dodge, warp”), a conflation of Old French gauchier (“to tread”) (from Frankish *walkijan, *walkan, cognate with English walk) + Old French guenchir (“to deviate”) (from Frankish *wenkijan (“to sway, falter”)). Gauche replaced the original Latin-derived word for "left", senestre, in the sixteenth century. Compare Walloon gåtche.

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