gauche

Meaning

Adj

1. left
2. awkward, gawky
3. clumsy

Noun

the left, the left-hand side

Noun

a left-hander, a southpaw

Concepts

left

clumsy

awkward

gauche

left-hand

left-wing

left wing

skew

gawky

ungainly

left-handed person

lefty

left side

graceless

unpolished

leftist

left hand

ungraceful

constrained

crude

stiff

unrefined

left hand side

boorishness

uncouthness

unrefinedness

heavy-handed

maladroit

unhandy

ham-handed

beast

boor

ignorant

thoughtless

left over

leftover

odd

remaining

unexpended

left-of-center

left field

leftfield

infelicitous

clunky

bumbling

cack-handed

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡoʃ/

Etymology

From gauchir (“warp, distort”), a conflation of Old French gauchier (“tread”) (from Frankish *walkijan, *walkan, cognate with English walk) + Old French guenchir (“deviate”) (from Frankish *wenkijan (“to sway, falter”)). Gauche replaced the original word for "left", senestre, in the sixteenth century. Compare Walloon gåtche.

Sentences

Mais elle n'avait que le pied gauche brûlé légèrement .

But she only had her left foot slightly burned.

Il prit place sur les bancs de la gauche républicaine .

He sat on the benches of the Republican left.

À gauche premier plan , une cheminée surmontée d’une glace garniture de cheminée .

In the left foreground, a chimney surmounted by a fireplace lining glass.

Le tabernacle se situe dans la chapelle du Saint-Sacrement, située à gauche du chœur .

The tabernacle is located in the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament, located to the left of the choir.