sinistralidade

Galician

Etymology

From sinestro (“accident”) +‎ -idade.

Noun

sinistralidade f (plural sinistralidades)

accident rate

Further reading

“sinistralidade”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English sinistrality. By surface analysis, sinistro + -al +‎ -idade.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.nis.tɾa.liˈda.d͡ʒi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /si.niʃ.tɾa.liˈda.d͡ʒi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.nis.tɾa.liˈda.de/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /si.niʃ.tɾɐ.liˈda.dɨ/ [si.niʃ.tɾɐ.liˈða.ðɨ]

Noun

sinistralidade f (plural sinistralidades)

(Portugal) accident rate
(biology) sinistrality, left-handedness (preference for the left side of the body)

Further reading

“sinistralidade” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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