sinistre

See also:sinistré

English

Adjective

sinistre(comparativemoresinistre,superlativemostsinistre)

1. Obsoleteform ofsinister.

Anagrams

• insister,resistin,sinister

Catalan

Etymology

BorrowedfromLatinsinister.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):(Central,Balearic)[siˈnis.tɾə]
• IPA^(key):(Valencia)[siˈnis.tɾe]
• Homophone:sinistra(Balearic,Central)

Adjective

sinistre(femininesinistra,masculine and feminine pluralsinistres)

1. left(the opposite of right)

   Synonym:esquerre

   Antonyms:dret,destre

2. sinister(inauspicious, ominous, unlucky)

Derived terms

• sinistrament

Noun

sinistrem(pluralsinistres)

1. disaster,accident

Further reading

• “sinistre”inDiccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició,Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “sinistre”,inGran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana,Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana,2024
• “sinistre”inDiccionari normatiu valencià,Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “sinistre”inDiccionari català-valencià-balear,Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

BorrowedfromLatinsinister,whence also Frenchsenestre,an inheriteddoublet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/si.nistʁ/

• Audio:

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Adjective

sinistre(pluralsinistres)

1. scary
2. sinister,ominous

Noun

sinistrem(pluralsinistres)

1. accident,incident
2. disaster

Further reading

• “sinistre”,inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

Anagrams

• insister,tisserin

Italian

Noun

sinistref

1. pluralofsinistra

Anagrams

• nitrisse,sentirsi

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[siˈnis.tre]

Adjective

sinistre

1. nominative/accusativefeminine/neuterpluralofsinistru