"bend sinister" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: bends sinister [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|bends sinister}} bend sinister (plural bends sinister)
  1. (heraldry) A diagonal band on a coat of arms going from the sinister chief (the viewer's top right) to the dexter base, sometimes erroneously held to indicate bastardy. Categories (topical): Heraldic charges Derived forms: per bend sinister Related terms: bar sinister, baton sinister Translations (diagonal band on coat of arms going from top right to bottom left): barra [feminine] (Catalan), břevno pošikem [masculine] (Czech), schuinstreep sinister (Dutch), barre [feminine] (French), Schräglinksbalken [masculine] (German), sbarra [feminine] (Italian), skråbjelke [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), barra [feminine] (Portuguese), barra [feminine] (Spanish), ginbalk [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-bend_sinister-en-noun-IoKJd3Jt Categories (other): English terms where the adjective follows the noun Disambiguation of English terms where the adjective follows the noun: 60 40 Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics Disambiguation of 'diagonal band on coat of arms going from top right to bottom left': 97 3
  2. (figuratively, dated) Bastardy, (by extension) a defect or stigma. Tags: dated, figuratively
    Sense id: en-bend_sinister-en-noun-pzK6CmTm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 30 70

Inflected forms

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