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Definition: Sinistral |
SinistralAdjective1. Of or on the left; "a sinistral gastropod shell with the apex upward has its opening on the left when facing the observer"; "a sinistral flatfish lies with the left eye uppermost". 2. Preferring to use left foot or hand or eye; "sinistral individuals exhibit dominance of the left hand and eye". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Antonym: dextral (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Sinistrality | Adjective: left-handed; sinister; sinistral, sinistrorsal, sinistrorse, sinistrous; |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Sinistral |
| English words defined with "sinistral": Sinistrally, Sinistrous. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "sinistral": sinistral fault. (references) |
| "Sinistral" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 93.33% of the time. "Sinistral" is used about 15 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 93.33% | 14 | 93,893 |
| Noun (singular) | 6.67% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 15 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
sinistral | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "sinistral"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | в лява посока, ляв (left, left hand, port). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | faille senestre (sinistral fault). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | linksseitig. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αριστερόστροφη μετάπτωση (left lateral fault, sinistral fault), αριστερόστροφο ρήγμα (left lateral fault, sinistral fault). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | faglia sinistra (left lateral fault, sinistral fault). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | inistralsay falla siniestrosa (left lateral fault, sinistral fault). (various references) sola eğilimli, sola ait. (various references) ліворукий (left handed, sinistrous). (various references) về bên trái. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Words rhyming with "sinistral" (pronounced 'Sin"is*tral'): Accipitral, Ambidextral, Amphitheatral, Ancestral, Antral, Arbitral, Asymmetral, Biventral, Cadastral, Central, Cloistral, Conirostral, Cultirostral, Curvirostral, Dextral, Fissirostral, Geometral, Longirostral, Lustral, Ministral, mistral, mitral, Multicentral, Neuro-central, Orchestral, Palustral, Periastral, Pressirostral, Rectirostral, Recurvirostral, Rostral, Sceptral, Sequestral, Serratirostral, spectral, Subastral, Subcentral, Symmetral, triquetral, Unicentral, Ventral. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-i-l-n-r-s-s-t" | |
-2 letters: instals, instars, instils, isatins, nitrils, raisins, ratlins, santirs, strains. | |
-3 letters: insist, instal, instar, instil, isatin, nitril, raisin, ratlin, saints, santir, sarins, satins, sistra, sitars, slants, snails, snarls, stains, stairs, strain, trails, trains, trials, trinal. | |
-4 letters: airns, airts, alist, anils, antis, arils, arsis, astir, intis, lairs, laris, lasts, liars, lints, liras, lists, litai, litas. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-i-l-n-r-s-s-t" | |
+2 letters: industrials, springtails. | |
+3 letters: antirealisms, antirealists, clarinetists, consistorial, criticalness, dilatoriness, disrelations, hairstylings, insularities, internalises, literariness, orientalisms, orientalists, pleinairists, rationalises, rationalisms, rationalists, regionalists, solitariness, universalist, virginalists. | |
+4 letters: antiroyalists, antislaveries, clarinettists, crystallising, illustrations, industrialise, industrialism, industrialist, insalubrities, interstadials, irritableness, mercantilisms, mercantilists, mineralogists, painterliness, palindromists, personalistic, personalities, pictorialness, radiationless, relationships, rhinoplasties, scintillators, singularities, slipstreaming, solarizations, spiritualness, stridulations, strobilations, traditionless, trampolinists, transmissible, universalists, vibrationless. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 69 6E 69 73 74 72 61 6C |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101001 01101110 01101001 01110011 01110100 01110010 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S i n i s t r a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0069 006E 0069 0073 0074 0072 0061 006C |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)537580758586846778 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | български, български език, българин, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bulgaro, búlgaro, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | френски език, френски, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francese, francés, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, allemand, "ερμανός, tedesco, alemán, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | гръцки език, гръцки, грък, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greco, griego, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, kẻ lừa đảo, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | италиански език, италиански, италианец, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, italiano, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | испански език, испански, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spagnolo, español, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | турски език, турски, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, turco, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ |
Ukrainian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | украинец, украински език, ukrainien, ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ουκρανικόσ, Ουκρανός, ουκρανόσ, ucraino, ucranio, ukraynalı, ukrayna, ukraynaca, український, українець, người U-kren tiếng U-kren |
Vietnamese | có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích | виетнамски език, виетнамски, vietnamien, vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, 'ιετναμέζος, vietnamlı, vietnam dili, vietnam, в'"тнамець, в'"тнамський, người Việt nam tiếng Việt |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | английски език, английски, англичаните, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglese, inglés, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
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