left-handed

Noun CEFR C2 Standard

lɛftˈhændɪd

Definitions

Left-handed people, taken as a whole.

plural, plural-only

Equivalents

Españolñurdo sinistrómano zocatozoco zurdo

Françaisgaucher

Deutschlinkshändig

29 more languages

العربيةأشول أعسر أيسر

Azərbaycan dilisolaxay

Catalàesquerrà

Cymraegllawchwith

Danskkejthåndet venstrehåndet

Ελληνικάαριστερόχειρας

Suomivasenkätinen

Gaeilgeciotach

Galegocochaino esquerdeiro esquerdomanicho xergo zurdo

עבריתאטר שמאלי

हिन्दीबाएँ हत्था

Հայերենձախլիկ

Bahasa Indonesiakidal

Íslenskaörvhentur

Italianomancino

日本語左利き

한국어왼손잡이

Македонскилеворак

Монголсолгой

Bahasa Melayukidal

Nederlandslinkshandig

Polskileworęczny leworęki

Portuguêscanhoto sestro

Românăstângaci

Русскийлеворукий

Svenskavänsterhänt

Tagalogkaliwete

Türkçesolak

Examples

“Evidence contradicting this principle came from a study ⟳ of epileptic patients by Penfield and Roberts (1959) who found that dysphasia following surgery on the right hemisphere was not significantly more frequent in the left-handed than in the right-handed.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
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See also

left-handed anti-neutrino left-handed cigarette left-handed compliment left-handed monkey wrench left-handed smoke shifter left-handed specialist

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