leftist

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlɛf.tɪst/
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• Australian: /ˈlef.tɪst/
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• rhymes with -ɛftɪst
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• CMU ARPABET: L EH1 F T IH0 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree English left Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English leftist From left + -ist.

71 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: يَسَارِيّ m يَسَارِيّة (yasāriyy) — pertaining to the political left
• Azerbaijani: solçu — pertaining to the political left
• Bulgarian: левичарски (levičarski) — pertaining to the political left
• Catalan: esquerrà — pertaining to the political left
• Catalan: esquerrer — pertaining to the political left
• Chinese Mandarin: 左派 (zuǒpài) — pertaining to the political left
• Czech: levicový — pertaining to the political left
• Danish: venster- — pertaining to the political left
• Finnish: vasemmistolainen — pertaining to the political left
• German: linksorientiert — pertaining to the political left
• German: linksstehend — pertaining to the political left
• Hebrew: שׂמֹאלָנִי (s'molaní) — pertaining to the political left
• Hindi: वामपंथ (vāmpanth) — pertaining to the political left
• Hungarian: baloldali — pertaining to the political left
• Hungarian: balos — pertaining to the political left
• Italian: sinistroide — pertaining to the political left
• Italian: sinistrorso — pertaining to the political left
• Kazakh: солшыл (solşyl) — 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
• Serbo-Croatian: lȇvī — pertaining to the political left
• Serbo-Croatian: lijȇvī — pertaining to the political left
• Serbo-Croatian: ле̑вӣ — pertaining to the political left
• Serbo-Croatian: лије̑вӣ — pertaining to the political left
• Spanish: izquierdista — pertaining to the political left
• Swedish: vänster- — pertaining to the political left
• Yiddish: לינקיסטיש (linkistish) — pertaining to the political left
• Arabic: يَسَارِيّ m يَسَارِيّة (yasāriyy) — a person who holds views associated with the political left
• Belarusian: левый (ljevyj) — a person who holds views associated with the political left
• Belarusian: левая (ljevaja) — a person who holds views associated with the political left
• Bulgarian: левичар (levičar) — a person who holds views associated with the political left
• Catalan: esquerrà — a person who holds views associated with the political left
• Catalan: esquerrer — a person who holds views associated with the political left
• Chinese Mandarin: 左派 (zuǒpài) — a person who holds views associated with the political left
• Czech: levičák — a person who holds views associated with the political left
• Danish: venstreorienteret — a person who holds views associated with the political left
• Dutch: linkse — a person who holds views associated with the political left
• Dutch: linkser — a person who holds views associated with the political left
• Esperanto: maldekstrulo — a person who holds views associated with the political left
• Esperanto: livulo — a person who holds views associated with the political left
• Finnish: vasemmistolainen — a person who holds views associated with the political left
• Georgian: მემარცხენე (memarcxene) — a person who holds views associated with the political left
• German: Linker — a person who holds views associated with the political left
• German: Linke — a person who holds views associated with the political left
• Greek: αριστεριστής (aristeristís) — a person who holds views associated with the political left
• Hebrew: שְׂמֹאלָנִי (s'molaní) — a person who holds views associated with the political left
• Hebrew: שְׂמֹאלָנִית (s'molanít) — a person who holds views associated with the political left
• Hindi: वामपंथी (vāmpanthī) — a person who holds views associated with the political left
• Hungarian: baloldali — a person who holds views associated with the political left
• Hungarian: balos — a person who holds views associated with the political left
• Icelandic: vinstrimaður — a person who holds views associated with the political left
• Italian: sinistroide — a person who holds views associated with the political left
• Kazakh: солшыл (solşyl) — a person who holds views associated with the political left
• Macedonian: левичар (levičar) — a person who holds views associated with the political left
• Mongolian: зүүнтэн (züünten) — a person who holds views associated with the political left
• Persian: چپگرا (čap-gerâ) — a person who holds views associated with the political left
• Polish: lewicowiec — a person who holds views associated with the political left
• Portuguese: esquerdista — a person who holds views associated with the political left
• Romanian: stângist — a person who holds views associated with the political left
• Serbo-Croatian: lèvičār — a person who holds views associated with the political left
• Serbo-Croatian: ljèvičār — a person who holds views associated with the political left
• Serbo-Croatian: лѐвича̄р — a person who holds views associated with the political left
• Serbo-Croatian: љѐвича̄р — a person who holds views associated with the political left
• Spanish: izquierdista — a person who holds views associated with the political left
• Spanish: izquierdoso — a person who holds views associated with the political left
• Tagalog: makakaliwa — a person who holds views associated with the political left
• Turkish: solcu — a person who holds views associated with the political left
• Yiddish: לינקיסט (linkist) — a person who holds views associated with the political left
• Yiddish: לינקער (linker) — a person who holds views associated with the political left
• Yiddish: לינקע (linke) — a person who holds views associated with the political left