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  • General-American, Ireland, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlɛft/
  • /ˈlɛf/ Dublin
  • /ˈlɛfʔ/ Dublin
  • rhymes with -ɛft
  • CMU ARPABET: L EH1 F T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 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: ←

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonym: port
  • The left side.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sinister, sinistral, port

Antonyms: right, dexter, dextral

2

adj

Meaning 2

Anticlockwise, particularly when describing a change in direction or orientation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The road up ahead contains a left bend.
  • Rotate the bolt to the left to loosen it.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: geography, natural-sciences

Examples

  • The Eiffel Tower is on the left bank of the Seine.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Left-wing; pertaining to the political left.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government, politics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: right

5

adj

Meaning 5

Relating to the beginning or earlier part of a phrase.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, syntax

Examples

  • left dislocation

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adv

Meaning 6

On the left side.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: right

7

adv

Meaning 7

Towards the left side.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • Turn left at the corner. NO! Your other left.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: right

8

adv

Meaning 8

Towards the political left.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • The East Coast of the US leans left in elections.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: right

9

name

Meaning 9

The political left wing seen as a whole, as distinguished from an individual left-wing political party.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government, politics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

The left side or direction.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: 9 o'clock, port

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

The left-wing political parties as a group; citizens holding left-wing views as a group.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government, politics

Examples

  • The Left left workers behind, thinking they had a winning demographic coalition. It hasn't really worked out for them yet.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

The left hand or fist.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

A punch delivered with the left fist.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: boxing, government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

noun

Meaning 14

A wave breaking from left to right (viewed from the shore).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, surfing

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: right

15

verb

Meaning 15

simple past and past participle of leave (“depart, separate from; (cause or allow to) remain”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

Examples

  • There's not much food left.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

verb

Meaning 16

simple past and past participle of leave (“permit”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

Examples

  • We were not left go to the beach after school except on a weekend.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

adjective

Meaning 17

of or belonging to the political or intellectual left

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: right, center

18

adjective

Meaning 18

being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • my left hand
  • left center field
  • the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: right

19

adverb

Meaning 19

toward or on the left; also used figuratively

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he looked right and left
  • the political party has moved left

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: right

20

noun

Meaning 20

a turn toward the side of the body that is on the north when the person is facing east

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • take a left at the corner

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: turn, turning

21

noun

Meaning 21

the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's left

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the batter flied out to left

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: left field, leftfield

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel

22

noun

Meaning 22

the hand that is on the left side of the body

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • jab with your left

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: left hand

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hand, manus, mitt, paw

23

noun

Meaning 23

those who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: left wing

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: faction, sect

24

noun

Meaning 24

location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • she stood on the left

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: right

Broader terms: position, place

Narrower terms: stage left, left stage

History

Etymology

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”), obsolete Dutch lucht, leftsch, lefts, lefs (“left”), dialectal Dutch loof (“weak, worthless”), archaic Low German lucht (“left”).

From Middle English left, variant of laft (“remaining, left”), from Old English lǣfed, ġelǣfed, past participle of lǣfan (“to leave”). More at leave.

From Middle English levit, ilevet, y-levyd, from Old English ġelȳfd, ġelȳfed, past participle of Old English ġelȳfan, lȳfan (“to allow, permit”), equivalent to leave (“to give leave to, allow, grant, permit”) + -ed.

Across languages

Translations

520 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Acehnese: wie — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Afrikaans: links — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Aklanon: waea — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Albanian: majtë — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Southern Altai: сол (sol) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Amharic: ግራ (gəra) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Arabic: يَسَار (yasār) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Arabic: شِمَال (šimāl) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Arabic: شمال (šimāl) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Arabic: يسار (yasār) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Arabic: شُمال (šumāl) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Arabic: شمال (šmāl) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Armenian: ձախ (jax) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Aromanian: stãngu — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Assamese: বাওঁ (baü̃) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Asturian: izquierdu — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Asturian: esquierdu — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Azerbaijani: sol — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Balinese: kebot — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Bashkir: һул (hul) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Bashkir: һулаҡай (hulaqay) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Basque: ezker — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Belarusian: ле́вы (ljévy) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Bengali: বাঁ (bã) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Bhojpuri: बायाँ (bāyā̃) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Central Bikol: wala — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Buginese: abeo — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Bulgarian: ляв (ljav) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Burmese: ဘယ် (bhai) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Burmese: ဝဲ (wai:) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Buryat: зүүн (züün) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Catalan: esquerre — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Cebuano: wala — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Chechen: аьрру (ärru) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Chickasaw: ulhfabeka — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Chinese Cantonese: 左 (zo2) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Chinese: зуә (zuə) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Chinese Mandarin: 左 (zuǒ) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Choctaw: afabi — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Cornish: kledh — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Czech: levý — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Czech: levá — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Czech: levé — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Danish: venstre — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Central Dusun: gibang — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Dutch: links — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Dutch: linker — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Erzya: керш (kerš) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Esperanto: maldekstra — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Esperanto: liva — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Estonian: vasak — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Estonian: pahem — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Even: дьэгэнгэг (ʒəgəŋəg) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Evenki: дегинңу — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Faroese: vinstra — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Fijian: i mawī — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Fijian: mawi — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Finnish: vasen — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • French: gauche — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Old Frisian: winstera — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Galician: esquerda — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Galician: xiquerda — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Galician: seestra — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Galician: saestra — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Galician: seistra — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Georgian: მარცხენა (marcxena) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • German: link — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Old High German: winstero — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Old High German: winistro — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Old High German: winstro — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Gilbertese: máing — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Gothic: 𐌷𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌳𐌿𐌼𐌰 (hleiduma) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Greek: αριστερός (aristerós) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Ancient Greek: ἀριστερός (aristerós) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Ancient Greek: λαιός (laiós) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Ancient Greek: εὐώνυμος (euṓnumos) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Hawaiian: hema — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Hebrew: שְׂמֹאל (smol) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Hiligaynon: wala — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Hindi: बायाँ (bāyā̃) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Hindi: बाएँ (bāẽ) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Hungarian: bal — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Icelandic: vinstri — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Ido: sinistra — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Ilocano: kanigid — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Indonesian: kiri — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Ingrian: kura — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Ingush: аьрда (ärda) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Interlingua: sinistre — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Interlingua: leve — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Irish: clé — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Italian: sinistro — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Japanese: 左 (hidari) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Javanese: kiwa — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Javanese: kering — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Old Javanese: kiwa — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Old Javanese: keriṅ — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Kalmyk: зүн (zün) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Kashubian: lewi — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Kazakh: сол (sol) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Ket: туль (tūlj) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Khmer: ឆ្វេង (chveeng) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Korean: 왼 (oen) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Korean: 왼쪽 (oenjjok) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Northern Kurdish: çep — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Kyrgyz: сол (sol) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Ladin: man ciancia — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Ladino: siedra — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Lakota: catkayata — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Lao: ຊ້າຍ (sāi) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Latgalian: kairuo — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Latin: laevus — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Latin: scaevus — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Latin: sinister — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Latvian: kreiss — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Lithuanian: kairioji — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Luxembourgish: lénks — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Macedonian: лев (lev) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Madurese: kacer — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Makasar: kairi — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Malay: kiri — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Malayalam: ഇടത് (iṭatŭ) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Maltese: xellug — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Manchu: ᡥᠠᠰᡥᡡ (hashū) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Māori: mauī — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Mi'kmaq: inaganeq — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Minangkabau: kida — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Moksha: кержи (kerži) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Mongolian: зүүн (züün) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Nanai: деги (ʒegi) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Naxi: wai — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Neapolitan: sinisto — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Nias: kabera — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Norwegian: venstre — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Occitan: esquèr — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Odia: ବାମ (bāma) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Ojibwe: namanjinik — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Ojibwe: namanjinikan — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Church Slavic: лѣвъ (lěvŭ) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Old East Slavic: лѣвъ (lěvŭ) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Old English: winestra — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Pangasinan: kawigi — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Pashto: يسار (yasãr) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Persian: چپ (čap) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Polish: lewy — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Portuguese: esquerdo — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Quechua: lluq'i — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Rapa Nui: māui — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Vlax-Romani: stïngo — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Romanian: stâng — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Romansh: seniester — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Russian: ле́вый (lévyj) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Samoan: tau-aŋavale — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Sanskrit: सव्य (savya) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Sanskrit: वाम (vāma) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Scottish Gaelic: ceàrr — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Scottish Gaelic: clì — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Serbo-Croatian: ле̑вӣ — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Serbo-Croatian: лије̑вӣ — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Serbo-Croatian: lȇvī — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Serbo-Croatian: lijȇvī — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Serbo-Croatian: šuj — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Shor: сол — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Slovak: ľаvý — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Slovene: levi — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Somali: bidix — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Lower Sorbian: lěwy — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Upper Sorbian: lěwy — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Spanish: izquierda — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Sundanese: kiwa — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Swahili: kushoto — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Swedish: vänster — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Tagalog: kaliwa — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Tahitian: ʻaui — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Tajik: чап (čap) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Tamil: இடது (iṭatu) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Tarantino: mmanghe — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Tarifit: aẓermaḍ — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Tatar: сул (sul) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Telugu: ఎడమ (eḍama) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Tetum: karuk — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Thai: ซ้าย (sáai) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Tibetan: གཡོན (g.yon) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Tibetan: གཡོན་པ (g.yon pa) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Tocharian B: saiwai — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Tongan: hema — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Turkish: sol — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Ottoman Turkish: صول (sol) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Turkmen: çep — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Tuvan: солагай (solagay) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Udi: дзах (ʒaꭓ) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Ugaritic: 𐎌𐎎𐎀𐎍 (šmảl) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Ukrainian: лі́вий (lívyj) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Unami: mënànchi — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Urdu: بایاں (bāyā̃) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Uyghur: سول (sol) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Uyghur: چەپ (chep) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Uzbek: soʻl — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Uzbek: chap — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Vietnamese: trái — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Vilamovian: lewo — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Waray-Waray: wala — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Welsh: chwith — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Yaghnobi: чап (čap) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Yakut: хаҥас (qaŋas) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Yiddish: לינק (link) — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Zande: gare — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Zazaki: çep — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Zealandic: lienks — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Zhuang: swix — west side of the body when one is facing north
  • Arabic: يساري (yasāri) — pertaining to the political left
  • Armenian: ձախ (jax) — pertaining to the political left
  • Bulgarian: ляв (ljav) — pertaining to the political left
  • Catalan: esquerrà — pertaining to the political left
  • Czech: levicový — pertaining to the political left
  • Danish: venstre — pertaining to the political left
  • Danish: venstreorienteret — pertaining to the political left
  • Finnish: vasemmistolainen — pertaining to the political left
  • Galician: esquerda — pertaining to the political left
  • German: links — pertaining to the political left
  • Greek: αριστερός (aristerós) — pertaining to the political left
  • Hebrew: שׂמאֹלָן (smolán) — pertaining to the political left
  • Hindi: वामपंथ (vāmpanth) — pertaining to the political left
  • Hungarian: baloldali — pertaining to the political left
  • Japanese: 左翼 (sayoku) — pertaining to the political left
  • Japanese: 左派 (saha) — pertaining to the political left
  • Latvian: kreiss — pertaining to the political left
  • Macedonian: лев (lev) — pertaining to the political left
  • Macedonian: левичарски (levičarski) — pertaining to the political left
  • Macedonian: лев (lev) — pertaining to the political left
  • Norwegian: venstre — pertaining to the political left
  • Persian: اشکلک (eškelak) — pertaining to the political left
  • Polish: lewicowy — pertaining to the political left
  • Portuguese: de esquerda — pertaining to the political left
  • Portuguese: esquerdista — pertaining to the political left
  • Russian: ле́вый (lévyj) — pertaining to the political left
  • Russian: либера́льный (liberálʹnyj) — pertaining to the political left
  • Spanish: de izquierda — pertaining to the political left
  • Swahili: kushoto — pertaining to the political left
  • Swedish: vänster — pertaining to the political left
  • Ukrainian: лі́вий (lívyj) — pertaining to the political left
  • Yiddish: לינק (link) — pertaining to the political left
  • Albanian: majtas — on the left side
  • Amharic: ግራ (gəra) — on the left side
  • Arabic: يَسَارًا (yasāran) — on the left side
  • Arabic: شِمَالًا (šimālan) — on the left side
  • Aromanian: astãnga — on the left side
  • Assamese: বাওঁফালে (baü̃phale) — on the left side
  • Asturian: a la izquierda — on the left side
  • Asturian: a la esquierda — on the left side
  • Bashkir: һулдағы (huldağı) — on the left side
  • Bashkir: һул яҡ (hul yaq) — on the left side
  • Belarusian: зле́ва (zljéva) — on the left side
  • Bengali: বাঁপাশে (bãpaśe) — on the left side
  • Central Bikol: wala — on the left side
  • Bulgarian: отля́во (otljávo) — on the left side
  • Catalan: esquerre — on the left side
  • Chinese Mandarin: 左邊 /左边 (zuǒbiān) — on the left side
  • Chinese Mandarin: 在左邊 /在左边 (zài zuǒbiān) — on the left side
  • Czech: nalevo — on the left side
  • Czech: vlevo — on the left side
  • Danish: til venstre — on the left side
  • Danish: på venstre hånd — on the left side
  • Dutch: links — on the left side
  • Esperanto: maldekstre — on the left side
  • Faroese: til vinstru — on the left side
  • Finnish: vasemmalla — on the left side
  • French: à gauche — on the left side
  • Galician: á esquerda — on the left side
  • Galician: á seestra — on the left side
  • Galician: á saestra — on the left side
  • Galician: asimau — on the left side
  • Galician: á man esquerda — on the left side
  • Georgian: მარცხნივ (marcxniv) — on the left side
  • Georgian: მარცხენა მხარეს (marcxena mxares) — on the left side
  • German: links — on the left side
  • Greek: αριστερά (aristerá) — on the left side
  • Hindi: बायाँ (bāyā̃) — on the left side
  • Hindi: बाएँ (bāẽ) — on the left side
  • Hungarian: baloldalt — on the left side
  • Hungarian: balra — on the left side
  • Ingrian: kural — on the left side
  • Italian: a sinistra — on the left side
  • Japanese: 左に (hidari-ni) — on the left side
  • Korean: 왼쪽에 (oenjjoge) — on the left side
  • Latin: a sinistra parte — on the left side
  • Latvian: kreisi — on the left side
  • Latvian: pa kreisi — on the left side
  • Macedonian: на левата (na levata) — on the left side
  • Macedonian: одлево (odlevo) — on the left side
  • Navajo: nishtłʼajígo — on the left side
  • Neapolitan: sinista — on the left side
  • Persian: چپ (čap) — on the left side
  • Persian: در سمت چپ (dar semet čap) — on the left side
  • Polish: po lewej stronie — on the left side
  • Polish: z lewej strony — on the left side
  • Portuguese: à esquerda — on the left side
  • Romanian: la stânga — on the left side
  • Russian: сле́ва (sléva) — on the left side
  • Slovak: na ľavé — on the left side
  • Slovene: na levi — on the left side
  • Lower Sorbian: nalěwo — on the left side
  • Spanish: a la izquierda — on the left side
  • Ukrainian: злі́ва (zlíva) — on the left side
  • Ukrainian: ліво́руч (livóruč) — on the left side
  • Unami: mënànchi — on the left side
  • Vietnamese: ở bên trái — on the left side
  • Walloon: a hintche — on the left side
  • Walloon: a gåtche — on the left side
  • Walloon: a pawene — on the left side
  • Yiddish: לינקס (links) — on the left side
  • Albanian: majtas — towards the left side
  • Arabic: إِلَى اَلْيَسَار (ʔilā l-yasār) — towards the left side
  • Arabic: إِلَى اَلشِّمَال (ʔilā š-šimāl) — towards the left side
  • Aromanian: astãnga — towards the left side
  • Assamese: বাওঁফালে (baü̃phale) — towards the left side
  • Bashkir: һулға (hulğa) — towards the left side
  • Belarusian: нале́ва (naljéva) — towards the left side
  • Bengali: বাঁ দিকে (bã dike) — towards the left side
  • Bulgarian: наля́во (naljávo) — towards the left side
  • Chinese Mandarin: 向左 (xiàng zuǒ) — towards the left side
  • Czech: doleva — towards the left side
  • Danish: til venstre — towards the left side
  • Dutch: links — towards the left side
  • Esperanto: maldekstren — towards the left side
  • Finnish: vasemmalle — towards the left side
  • French: à gauche — towards the left side
  • Galician: á esquerda — towards the left side
  • Galician: á seestra — towards the left side
  • Galician: á saestra — towards the left side
  • Galician: asimau — towards the left side
  • Galician: á man esquerda — towards the left side
  • Georgian: მარცხნივ (marcxniv) — towards the left side
  • German: links — towards the left side
  • German: nach links — towards the left side
  • Greek: αριστερά (aristerá) — towards the left side
  • Hebrew: שמאלה (smóla) — towards the left side
  • Hindi: बायें (bāyẽ) — towards the left side
  • Hindi: बाएँ (bāẽ) — towards the left side
  • Hungarian: balra — towards the left side
  • Italian: a sinistra — towards the left side
  • Japanese: 左へ — towards the left side
  • Korean: 왼쪽으로 (oenjjogeuro) — towards the left side
  • Latvian: pa kreisi — towards the left side
  • Luxembourgish: lénks — towards the left side
  • Macedonian: лево (levo) — towards the left side
  • Macedonian: налево (nalevo) — towards the left side
  • Polish: w lewo — towards the left side
  • Polish: na lewo — towards the left side
  • Portuguese: esquerdo — towards the left side
  • Portuguese: sestro — towards the left side
  • Romanian: la stânga — towards the left side
  • Russian: нале́во (nalévo) — towards the left side
  • Russian: вле́во (vlévo) — towards the left side
  • Serbo-Croatian: на̏ле̄во — towards the left side
  • Serbo-Croatian: nȁlēvo — towards the left side
  • Slovak: vľavo — towards the left side
  • Slovene: levo — towards the left side
  • Lower Sorbian: nalěwo — towards the left side
  • Spanish: a la izquierda — towards the left side
  • Ukrainian: налі́во (nalívo) — towards the left side
  • Walloon: a hintche — towards the left side
  • Walloon: a schlintche mwin — towards the left side
  • Walloon: so gåtche mwin — towards the left side
  • Walloon: so pawene — towards the left side
  • Yiddish: לינקס (links) — towards the left side
  • Māori: aromauī — left-wing political parties as a group; citizens holding left-wing views as a group
  • Akkadian: šumēlum — the left side
  • Arabic: يسار — the left side
  • Armenian: ձախ (jax) — the left side
  • Assamese: বাওঁ (baü̃) — the left side
  • Assamese: বাওঁফাল (baü̃phal) — the left side
  • Bashkir: һул (hul) — the left side
  • Basque: ezker — the left side
  • Central Bikol: wala — the left side
  • Bulgarian: левица (levica) — the left side
  • Burmese: ဘယ် (bhai) — the left side
  • Catalan: esquerra — the left side
  • Maore Comorian: potro — the left side
  • Danish: venstre — the left side
  • Dutch: linkerkant — the left side
  • Finnish: vasen — the left side
  • Finnish: vasen puoli — the left side
  • French: gauche — the left side
  • Galician: esquerda — the left side
  • Galician: xiquerda — the left side
  • Galician: seestra — the left side
  • Galician: saestra — the left side
  • Galician: seistra — the left side
  • Galician: asimau — the left side
  • Georgian: მარცხენა (marcxena) — the left side
  • Georgian: მარცხენა მხარე (marcxena mxare) — the left side
  • German: Linke — the left side
  • Greek: αριστερά (aristerá) — the left side
  • Ancient Greek: ἀριστερά (aristerá) — the left side
  • Hindi: बाएँ (bāẽ) — the left side
  • Hungarian: bal oldal — the left side
  • Italian: sinistra — the left side
  • Japanese: 左 (hidari) — the left side
  • Korean: 왼쪽 (oenjjok) — the left side
  • Korean: 좌측 (jwacheuk) — the left side
  • Central Kurdish: چەپ (çep) — the left side
  • Lakota: catkayatan — the left side
  • Latvian: kreisā puse — the left side
  • Latvian: kreisais sāns — the left side
  • Macedonian: левица (levica) — the left side
  • Manchu: ᡥᠠᠰᡥᡡ (hashū) — the left side
  • Manchu: ᡥᠠᠰᡥᡡ ᡝᡵᡤᡳ (hashū ergi) — the left side
  • Mauritian Creole: gos — the left side
  • Neapolitan: sinista — the left side
  • Norman: gauche — the left side
  • Norwegian: venstresiden — the left side
  • Pangasinan: kawigi — the left side
  • Persian: چپ (čap) — the left side
  • Polish: lewa — the left side
  • Portuguese: esquerda — the left side
  • Romanian: stânga — the left side
  • Russian: ле́вый (lévyj) — the left side
  • Slovak: ľavica — the left side
  • Spanish: izquierda — the left side
  • Swahili: kushoto — the left side
  • Swedish: vänster — the left side
  • Telugu: ఎడమ (eḍama) — the left side
  • Turkish: sol — the left side
  • Ottoman Turkish: صول (sol) — the left side
  • Ottoman Turkish: شمال (şimal) — the left side
  • Arabic: يَسَار (yasār) — the ensemble of left-wing political parties
  • Armenian: ձախ (jax) — the ensemble of left-wing political parties
  • Bulgarian: левица (levica) — the ensemble of left-wing political parties
  • Catalan: esquerra — the ensemble of left-wing political parties
  • Czech: levice — the ensemble of left-wing political parties
  • Danish: venstrefløjen — the ensemble of left-wing political parties
  • Dutch: linkerkant — the ensemble of left-wing political parties
  • Dutch: links — the ensemble of left-wing political parties
  • Finnish: vasemmisto — the ensemble of left-wing political parties
  • French: gauche — the ensemble of left-wing political parties
  • Galician: esquerda — the ensemble of left-wing political parties
  • Georgian: მემარცხენეები (memarcxeneebi) — the ensemble of left-wing political parties
  • Georgian: მემარცხენეობა (memarcxeneoba) — the ensemble of left-wing political parties
  • German: Linke — the ensemble of left-wing political parties
  • Greek: αριστερά (aristerá) — the ensemble of left-wing political parties
  • Hebrew: שְׂמֹאל — the ensemble of left-wing political parties
  • Hungarian: baloldal — the ensemble of left-wing political parties
  • Indonesian: sayap kiri — the ensemble of left-wing political parties
  • Italian: sinistra — the ensemble of left-wing political parties
  • Japanese: 左翼 (sayoku) — the ensemble of left-wing political parties
  • Korean: 좌익 (jwaik) — the ensemble of left-wing political parties
  • Latvian: kreisie — the ensemble of left-wing political parties
  • Macedonian: левица (levica) — the ensemble of left-wing political parties
  • Norwegian: venstresiden — the ensemble of left-wing political parties
  • Occitan: esquèrra — the ensemble of left-wing political parties
  • Persian: چپگرا (čapgerâ) — the ensemble of left-wing political parties
  • Polish: lewica — the ensemble of left-wing political parties
  • Portuguese: esquerda — the ensemble of left-wing political parties
  • Romanian: stângă — the ensemble of left-wing political parties
  • Russian: ле́вый (lévyj) — the ensemble of left-wing political parties
  • Serbo-Croatian: љѐвица — the ensemble of left-wing political parties
  • Serbo-Croatian: лѐвица — the ensemble of left-wing political parties
  • Serbo-Croatian: ljèvica — the ensemble of left-wing political parties
  • Serbo-Croatian: lèvica — the ensemble of left-wing political parties
  • Slovene: levica — the ensemble of left-wing political parties
  • Spanish: izquierda — the ensemble of left-wing political parties
  • Swahili: kushoto — the ensemble of left-wing political parties
  • Swedish: vänster — the ensemble of left-wing political parties
  • Swedish: vänstern — the ensemble of left-wing political parties
  • Turkish: sol — the ensemble of left-wing political parties
  • Afrikaans: oor — remaining
  • Arabic: بِقِي (bigi) — remaining
  • Armenian: մնացած (mnacʻac) — remaining
  • Assamese: বাকী (baki) — remaining
  • Assamese: ৰোৱা (rüa) — remaining
  • Central Bikol: tada — remaining
  • Bulgarian: останал (ostanal) — remaining
  • Chinese Mandarin: 餘下 /余下 (yúxià) — remaining
  • Chinese Mandarin: 剩下 (shèngxia) — remaining
  • Czech: zbývající — remaining
  • Danish: tilbage — remaining
  • Dutch: over — remaining
  • Esperanto: restaĵo — remaining
  • Faroese: eftir — remaining
  • Finnish: jäljelle — remaining
  • Finnish: jäljellä — remaining
  • French: restant — remaining
  • Galician: nisco — remaining
  • Galician: murgallo — remaining
  • Galician: rabicho — remaining
  • Galician: tapiñán — remaining
  • Galician: garampallo — remaining
  • German: übrig — remaining
  • Greek: έμεινα (émeina) — remaining
  • Hindi: शेष (śeṣ) — remaining
  • Hungarian: hátralévő — remaining
  • Hungarian: hátra — remaining
  • Italian: rimasto — remaining
  • Japanese: 残った (nokotta) — remaining
  • Central Kurdish: ماوە (mawe) — remaining
  • Macedonian: останат (ostanat) — remaining
  • Macedonian: преостанат (preostanat) — remaining
  • Maltese: fdal — remaining
  • Māori: toe — remaining
  • Norwegian Bokmål: igjen — remaining
  • Norwegian Bokmål: til overs — remaining
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: igjen — remaining
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: att — remaining
  • Polish: pozostały — remaining
  • Portuguese: deixado — remaining
  • Portuguese: sobrar — remaining
  • Portuguese: restar — remaining
  • Romanian: rămas — remaining
  • Russian: оста́вшийся (ostávšijsja) — remaining
  • Russian: остально́й (ostalʹnój) — remaining
  • Serbo-Croatian: прео̀ста̄лӣ — remaining
  • Serbo-Croatian: preòstālī — remaining
  • Spanish: sobrado — remaining
  • Spanish: sobras — remaining
  • Swahili: kushoto — remaining
  • Swedish: kvar — remaining
  • Tagalog: tira — remaining
  • Telugu: మిగిలిన (migilina) — remaining
  • Ottoman Turkish: آرتق (artık) — remaining