Right-handed

//ɹaɪtˈhændɪd//

Synonyms for "right-handed" (5 found)

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Translations

48 translations across 39 languages.

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Arabic

2 entries
  • أَيْمَن adj (of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left.)
  • يمناوي adj (of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left.)

Armenian

1 entries
  • աջլիկ adj (of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left.)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • onaxay adj (of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left.)
  • sağanay adj (of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left.)

Basque

2 entries
  • eskuinti adj (of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left.)
  • eskumati adj (of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left.)

Catalan

2 entries
  • dreter adj (of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left.)
  • dretà adj (of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left.)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 右利手 adj (of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left.)
  • 右撇子 adj (of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left.)

Czech

2 entries
  • pravoruký adj (of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left.)
  • pravácký adj (of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left.)

Danish

1 entries
  • højrehåndet adj (of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left.)

Dutch

1 entries
  • rechtshandig adj (of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left.)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • dekstramana adj (of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left.)

Faroese

1 entries
  • høgrhentur adj (of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left.)

Finnish

1 entries
  • oikeakätinen adj (of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left.)

French

1 entries
  • droitier adj (of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left.)

German

1 entries
  • rechtshändig adj (of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left.)

Greek

1 entries
  • δεξιόχειρας adj (of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left.)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • ימני adj (of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left.)

Hindi

1 entries
  • दाएँ हत्था adj (of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left.)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • jobbkezes adj (of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left.)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • rétthentur adj (of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left.)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • bukan kidal adj (of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left.)

Irish

1 entries
  • deasach adj (of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left.)

Italian

1 entries
  • destrimano adj (of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left.)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 右利き adj (of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left.)

Korean

1 entries
  • 오른손잡이 adj (of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left.)

Latvian

1 entries
  • labrocis adj (of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left.)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • dešiniarankis adj (of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left.)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • деснорак adj (of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left.)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • høyrehendt adj (of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left.)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • høgrehendt adj (of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left.)

Polish

2 entries
  • praworęczny adj (of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left.)
  • praworęki adj (of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left.)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • destro adj (of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left.)

Romanian

1 entries
  • dreptaci adj (of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left.)

Russian

1 entries
  • правору́кий adj (of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left.)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • deas-làmhach adj (of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left.)

Slovak

1 entries
  • pravoruký adj (of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left.)

Spanish

2 entries
  • dextrómano adj (of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left.)
  • diestro adj (of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left.)

Swedish

1 entries
  • högerhänt adj (of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left.)

Tarifit

1 entries
  • afusi adj (of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left.)

Welsh

2 entries
  • llawdde adj (of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left.)
  • llawddehau adj (of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left.)

Sample sentences

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I am right-handed.

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Tom is right-handed.

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Most people are right-handed.

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I'm right-handed.

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