"esquerre" meaning in Catalan

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Adjective

IPA: [əsˈke̞.rə] [Northern], [əsˈkɛ.rə] [Balearic, Central], [esˈkɛ.re] [Northwestern, Valencia] Audio: LL-Q7026 (cat)-Marvives-esquerre.wav (note: Barcelona) Forms: esquerra [feminine], esquerres [feminine, masculine, plural], esquer [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Basque ezker (“left hand”). Etymology templates: {{ety|ca|:bor|eu:ezker<t:left hand>}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "left hand", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Basque", "term" : "*ezkeR", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "euq-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Basque", "term" : "ezker", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "eu" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Catalan", "term" : "esquerre", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ca" }" data-lang="ca" data-title="esquerre">, {{bor+|ca|eu|ezker||left hand}} Borrowed from Basque ezker (“left hand”) Head templates: {{ca-adj}} esquerre (feminine esquerra, masculine and feminine plural esquerres)
  1. left; the opposite of right
    Sense id: en-esquerre-ca-adj-~zP1sN4I
  2. (geography) on or in the direction of the left bank of a river
    Sense id: en-esquerre-ca-adj-rJP~43PJ Categories (other): Geography, Catalan entries with etymon, Catalan entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Directions Disambiguation of Catalan entries with etymon: 23 62 15 Disambiguation of Catalan entries with incorrect language header: 27 67 6 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 12 88 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 95 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 95 0 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 5 95 0 Disambiguation of Directions: 5 95 0 Topics: geography, natural-sciences
  3. (politics) left-wing
    Sense id: en-esquerre-ca-adj-Y-zIgDnZ Categories (other): Politics, Politics Disambiguation of Politics: 0 0 100 Topics: government, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: esquerra (english: the left), esquerrà (english: left-wing, leftist)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    }
  ],
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      "english": "the left",
      "translation": "the left",
      "word": "esquerra"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "left-wing, leftist",
      "translation": "left-wing, leftist",
      "word": "esquerrà"
    }
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    },
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      },
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    {
      "form": "esquerra",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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    }
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        ]
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        "(geography) on or in the direction of the left bank of a river"
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      "ipa": "[əsˈke̞.rə]",
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      "ipa": "[əsˈkɛ.rə]",
      "tags": [
        "Balearic",
        "Central"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "[esˈkɛ.re]",
      "tags": [
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        "Valencia"
      ]
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    }
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    "Catalan terms derived from Proto-Basque",
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      "word": "esquerra"
    },
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      "translation": "left-wing, leftist",
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    }
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    {
      "form": "esquerra",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "esquerres",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      ]
    }
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      ],
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        ],
        [
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          "right"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "[əsˈke̞.rə]",
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