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French
Etymology
From gauche + -er.
Pronunciation
Adjective
gaucher (feminine gauchère, masculine plural gauchers, feminine plural gauchères)
- left-handed
- Coordinate term: droitier
Marie est gauchère.- Marie is left-handed.
Parfois c'est très difficile de trouver des ciseaux pour gauchers.- Sometimes it's very difficult to find left-handed scissors.
- left-footed
- Coordinate term: droitier
Noun
gaucher m (plural gauchers, feminine gauchère)
- a left-handed or left-footed person; a southpaw
- Coordinate terms: droitier, ambidextre
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