gaucher

See also: Gaucher

English

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Noun

gaucher (plural gauchers)

  1. (India) Common land for grazing cattle.
    • 1997, Paul Robbins, Negotiating Ecology, page 213:
      They report that the meager browse of gauchers is often adequate during the rainy season. Where gauchers are poor or nonexistent, fodder feeding is an option.
    • 2002, Ecological Study of Thol Lake Wildlife (Bird) Sanctuary (page 13)
      The livestock grazes in fallow lands and gauchers (common lands).

French

Etymology

From gauche +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡo.ʃe/
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Adjective

gaucher (feminine gauchère, masculine plural gauchers, feminine plural gauchères)

  1. left-handed
    Coordinate term: droitier
    Marie est gauchère.
    Marie is left-handed.
    Parfois c'est très difficile de trouver des ciseaux pour gauchers.
    Sometimes it's very difficult to find left-handed scissors.
  2. left-footed
    Coordinate term: droitier

Descendants

  • Haitian Creole: goche

Noun

gaucher m (plural gauchers, feminine gauchère)

  1. a left-handed or left-footed person; a southpaw
    Coordinate terms: droitier, ambidextre

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