left

Signification

1. Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is located in most humans; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ←
2. Designating the bank of a river (etc.) on one's left when facing downstream (i.e. facing forward while floating with the current); that is, the north bank of a river that flows eastward. If this arrow: ⥲ shows the direction of the current, the tilde is on the left side of the river.
3. Left-wing; pertaining to the political left.

Fréquence

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈlɛft/

Étymologie

From Middle English left, luft, leoft, lift, lyft, from Old English left, lyft (“weak, clumsy, foolish”), attested in Old English lyftādl (“palsy, paralysis”), from Proto-Germanic *luft-, from *lubjaną (“to castrate, lop off”) (compare dialectal English lib, West Frisian lobje, Dutch lubben), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lewp-, *(s)lup- (“hanging limply”). Compare Scots left (“left”), North Frisian lefts, leeft, leefts (“left”), West Frisian lofts (“left”), dialectal Dutch loof (“weak, worthless”), Low German lucht (“left”).

Associé à anglais

lib

Associé à frison occidental

lobje

Associé à frison occidental

lofts

Associé à néerlandais

loof

Nouveau

leave

1. To have a consequence or remnant.
2. To have a consequence or remnant.
3. To have a consequence or remnant.
4. To depart; to separate from.
5. To depart; to separate from.
6. To depart; to separate from.
7. To depart; to separate from.
8. To transfer something.
9. To transfer something.
10. To transfer something.
11. (obsolete) To remain (behind); to stay.
12. To stop, desist from; to "leave off" (+ noun / gerund).