sinestro

Italian

Etymology

From Latin sinistrum (“left”), through a Vulgar Latin form *sinexter, sinextrum, from contamination with dexter (“right”, whence Italian destro).[1] Compare also Portuguese sestro, Spanish siniestro, Old French senestre, Old Catalan sinestre.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /siˈnɛ.stro/
Rhymes: -ɛstro
Hyphenation: si‧nè‧stro

Adjective

sinestro (feminine sinestra, masculine plural sinestri, feminine plural sinestre)

(archaic or dialectal northern Italy) Alternative form of sinistro

References

sinèstro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

stinsero, tornisse

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