Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

left bank

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.03 in modern English

Syllables
left- bank
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The bank to the left of a river when facing downstream.

name

A particular movement in French New Wave cinema.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Calque of French rive gauche, in reference to the bank of the river Seine in Paris.

Inflected Forms

left banks (plural)

Phrases

Left Bank

Frequently Paired Words

right bank

Synonyms

LDB left descending bank

Questions

What does left bank mean?
The bank to the left of a river when facing downstream.
Where does left bank come from?
Calque of French rive gauche, in reference to the bank of the river Seine in Paris.

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