left
English
/lɛft/
adj
Definitions
- The opposite of right; toward the west when one is facing north.
- (politics) Pertaining to the political left.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English left inherited from Old English left.
Origin
Old English
left
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Islamo-leftism English
- Leftpondia English
- aleft English
- antileft English
- centre English
- centre-left English
- escalator English
- escalefter English
- field English
- handed English
- left-handed English
- left-handedly English
- left-handedness English
- leftard English
- leftern English
- leftest English
- leftfield English
- lefthanded English
- leftie English
- leftish English
- leftism English
- leftist English
- leftmost English
- leftness English
- leftoid English
- leftosphere English
- leftward English
- leftwardly English
- leftwardness English
- leftwards English
- leftwise English
- lefty English
- nonleftist English
- pond English
- post-left English
- ultraleft English
- ultraleftism English
- ultraleftist English
- witloof English
- loof Dutch, Flemish
- loofboom Dutch, Flemish
- loofrijk Dutch, Flemish
- witlof Dutch, Flemish
- レフト Japanese
- left Old English
- left Middle English
- left handyd Middle English
- lôof Middle Dutch
- lef Fiji Hindi
- pond
- aleft
- field
- lefty
- handed
- leftie
- centre
- leftist
- leftoid
- leftern
- leftism
- leftish
- leftest
- leftard
- witloof
- leftness
- antileft
- leftmost
- leftward
- leftwise
- post-left
- leftwards
- leftfield
- escalator
- ultraleft
- escalefter
- Leftpondia
- lefthanded
- nonleftist
- leftwardly
- centre-left
- leftosphere
- left-handed
- leftwardness
- ultraleftist
- ultraleftism
- left-handedly
- Islamo-leftism
- left-handedness