Kilo Lingo

la

feminine

/dʁwat/

Line drawing of droite
Coloured illustration of droite
#857 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

right (direction); right-wing

Word origin

The feminine of droit, from Latin directus ('straight, direct'), past participle of dirigere. The directional and political senses both derive from 'straight, right'.

Origin
Latin
Root
directus
English cognates
direct, rectitude

Grammar

Genderfeminine
Pluraldroites

Examples

.

Turn right at the next traffic light.

.

The post office is on your right.

vote aux elections.

He voted for the right-wing party in the last election.

.

Turn right after the second traffic light.

.

The bread shop is on your right.

Used in

Add to review queue

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

Go to my review queue

This word is part of lesson 18.