esquerre

Catalan

Alternative forms

• esquer

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque ezker (“left hand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əsˈkɛ.rə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [esˈkɛ.re]

Adjective

esquerre (feminine esquerra, masculine and feminine plural esquerres)

1. left; the opposite of right
2. (geography) on or in the direction of the left bank of a river
3. (politics) left-wing

Antonyms

• dret

Derived terms

• esquerra (“the left”)
• esquerrà (“left-wing, leftist”)

Further reading

• “esquerre”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April