destre

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan (compare Occitan dèstre), from Latin dexter, dextrum (compare Spanish diestro, Italian destro), from Proto-Italic *deksteros, from Proto-Indo-European *deḱs(i)-tero-, from *deḱs- (“right”).

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈdes.tɾə/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈdes.tɾe/
Homophone: destra (Central)

Adjective

destre (feminine destra, masculine and feminine plural destres)

right; opposite of left
Synonym: dret

Antonyms: esquerre, sinistre
right, right-handed
dexterous
Antonym: maldestre
the left side of a shield from the point of view of the viewer

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Italian

Noun

destre f

plural of destra

Old French

Etymology

From Latin dexter, dextrum.

Adjective

destre m (oblique and nominative feminine singular destre)

right (on the right-hand side)
right-handed
dexterous

Descendants

Norman: dêtre

Tarantino

Etymology

From Latin dexter, dextrum.

Adjective

destre

right

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