"gauche" meaning in French

See gauche in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɡoʃ/ Audio: Fr-Gauche-fr-Paris.ogg [France], LL-Q150 (fra)-GAllegre-gauche.wav Forms: gauches [plural]
Etymology: From gauchir (“warp, distort”), a conflation of Old French gauchier (“tread”) (from Frankish *walkijan, *walkan, cognate with English walk) + Old French guenchir (“deviate”) (from Frankish *wenkijan (“to sway, falter”)). Gauche replaced the original word for "left", senestre, in the sixteenth century. Compare Walloon gåtche. Etymology templates: {{m|fr|gauchir||warp, distort}} gauchir (“warp, distort”), {{der|fr|fro|gauchier||tread}} Old French gauchier (“tread”), {{der|fr|frk|*walkijan}} Frankish *walkijan, {{m|frk|*walkan}} *walkan, {{cog|en|walk}} English walk, {{der|fr|fro|guenchir||deviate}} Old French guenchir (“deviate”), {{der|fr|frk|*wankijan|*wenkijan|t=to sway, falter}} Frankish *wenkijan (“to sway, falter”), {{m|fr|senestre}} senestre, {{cog|wa|gåtche}} Walloon gåtche Head templates: {{fr-adj}} gauche (plural gauches)
  1. left
    Sense id: en-gauche-fr-adj-Ng-EA1lC
  2. awkward, gawky Categories (topical): Directions, Personality
    Sense id: en-gauche-fr-adj-Zig~R1CJ Disambiguation of Directions: 0 23 28 24 24 Disambiguation of Personality: 0 38 46 2 15
  3. clumsy Categories (topical): Directions, Personality
    Sense id: en-gauche-fr-adj-Y3MI6Ulz Disambiguation of Directions: 0 23 28 24 24 Disambiguation of Personality: 0 38 46 2 15

Noun

IPA: /ɡoʃ/ Audio: Fr-Gauche-fr-Paris.ogg [France], LL-Q150 (fra)-GAllegre-gauche.wav Forms: gauches [plural]
Etymology: From gauchir (“warp, distort”), a conflation of Old French gauchier (“tread”) (from Frankish *walkijan, *walkan, cognate with English walk) + Old French guenchir (“deviate”) (from Frankish *wenkijan (“to sway, falter”)). Gauche replaced the original word for "left", senestre, in the sixteenth century. Compare Walloon gåtche. Etymology templates: {{m|fr|gauchir||warp, distort}} gauchir (“warp, distort”), {{der|fr|fro|gauchier||tread}} Old French gauchier (“tread”), {{der|fr|frk|*walkijan}} Frankish *walkijan, {{m|frk|*walkan}} *walkan, {{cog|en|walk}} English walk, {{der|fr|fro|guenchir||deviate}} Old French guenchir (“deviate”), {{der|fr|frk|*wankijan|*wenkijan|t=to sway, falter}} Frankish *wenkijan (“to sway, falter”), {{m|fr|senestre}} senestre, {{cog|wa|gåtche}} Walloon gåtche Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} gauche f (plural gauches)
  1. the left, the left-hand side Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Directions
    Sense id: en-gauche-fr-noun--x4IN1Hv Disambiguation of Directions: 0 23 28 24 24

Noun

IPA: /ɡoʃ/ Audio: Fr-Gauche-fr-Paris.ogg [France], LL-Q150 (fra)-GAllegre-gauche.wav Forms: gauches [plural]
Etymology: From gauchir (“warp, distort”), a conflation of Old French gauchier (“tread”) (from Frankish *walkijan, *walkan, cognate with English walk) + Old French guenchir (“deviate”) (from Frankish *wenkijan (“to sway, falter”)). Gauche replaced the original word for "left", senestre, in the sixteenth century. Compare Walloon gåtche. Etymology templates: {{m|fr|gauchir||warp, distort}} gauchir (“warp, distort”), {{der|fr|fro|gauchier||tread}} Old French gauchier (“tread”), {{der|fr|frk|*walkijan}} Frankish *walkijan, {{m|frk|*walkan}} *walkan, {{cog|en|walk}} English walk, {{der|fr|fro|guenchir||deviate}} Old French guenchir (“deviate”), {{der|fr|frk|*wankijan|*wenkijan|t=to sway, falter}} Frankish *wenkijan (“to sway, falter”), {{m|fr|senestre}} senestre, {{cog|wa|gåtche}} Walloon gåtche Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} gauche m (plural gauches)
  1. (boxing) a left-hander, a southpaw Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Boxing, Directions, Personality Derived forms: à gauche, avoir deux mains gauches, gauchard, gaucher, se lever du pied gauche
    Sense id: en-gauche-fr-noun-ynxTnoLc Disambiguation of Directions: 0 23 28 24 24 Disambiguation of Personality: 0 38 46 2 15 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 2 6 6 4 82 Topics: boxing, government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for gauche meaning in French (9.6kB)

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