Right in French 🇫🇷

Useful opposites

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droite info.

To remember the French word “droite,” which means “right,” you might think of driving in France: you drive on the right side of the road or “la droite” in French. You can also recall “droite” by thinking of the opposite of “gauche,” which means “left” in French, a word that sounds somewhat similar to “gosh,” a word you might use when you’ve turned the wrong way – to the left instead of to the right!

Other words that mean the same thing as “droite” in the sense of direction include “à droite” which instructs someone to turn or look to the right.

“Droite” also has alternate meanings. In the political context, “la droite” refers to the right wing. In the cultural sense, it can be associated with conservative views.

An example of a sentence using “droite” for direction would be: “Tournez à droite au prochain feu,” meaning “Turn right at the next light.”

For its political sense, you might see a sentence like, “Il est membre d’un parti de droite,” which means “He is a member of a right-wing party.”

Remember that in French, “droite” is an adjective, so it agrees with the noun it describes—in the political sense, it can become “droit” if it is describing a masculine noun.

“Droite” as a noun also means the right hand or side of something, for example, “La droite de la rue” means “the right side of the street.” In a more abstract sense, it can refer to the direction that is the opposite to left, or the conservative side of the political spectrum.

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