gauchiste
French
adj
Definitions
- (politics) leftist. Can be considered pejorative. Chiefly used by the right wing; very rarely assumed by leftists.
Etymology
Suffix from French gauche (left, awkward, clumsy).
Origin
French
gauche
Gloss
left, awkward, clumsy
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
左
Emoji
👈️ 🤛
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- gauche English
- gauchiste Italian
- gauchard French
- gauche French
- gauchement French
- gaucher French
- gauchir French
- gauchisme French
- ultragauche French
- ultragauchiste French
- gaucher Old French
- gauchier Old French