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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sinistrorsus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /si.niˈstrɔr.so/
- Rhymes: -ɔrso
- Hyphenation: si‧ni‧stròr‧so
Adjective
sinistrorso (feminine sinistrorsa, masculine plural sinistrorsi, feminine plural sinistrorse)
- that goes left
- Synonym: levogiro
- left-handed
- Synonym: mancino
- anticlockwise/counterclockwise
- Synonym: antiorario
- (chiefly humorous) leftist
- Near-synonym: progressista
- levorotatory/laevorotatory
Further reading
- sinistrorso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sinistrorsus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sinisˈtɾoɾso/
- Rhymes: -oɾso
- Syllabification: si‧nis‧tror‧so
Adjective
sinistrorso (feminine sinistrorsa, masculine plural sinistrorsos, feminine plural sinistrorsas)
- counterclockwise, anticlockwise, widdershins
- Synonym: levógiro
- Antonyms: dextrorso, dextrógiro
Further reading