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Meaning of sinister | Babel Free

Adjective feminine CEFR B2
[sɪˈnɪs.tɛr]

Definitions

  1. left
    adjective, declension-1, declension-2
  2. perverse, bad; or adverse, hostile
    adjective, declension-1, declension-2
  3. auspicious (for Romans) or inauspicious (for Greeks)
    adjective, declension-1, declension-2

Equivalents

English left

Examples

“1st BC, Virgilius mores sinistri arboribus Notus sinister”

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“1st BC, Virgilius sinistra cornix”

good omen

“2nd century, Apuleius sinistro pede profectus”

started with bad omen

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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