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# gauche

«gauche» in Mova's school dictionary: **Awkward and clumsy in how you behave with other people…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (gauche, more gauche); (French) gauche

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) Awkward and clumsy in how you behave with other people, saying or doing slightly wrong things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gauche/#m1)

2) (French) «gauche» means «left» in French: à gauche = to the left. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gauche/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories «gauche» describes a shy or socially clumsy person, often a teenager at a party. In French lessons «tournez à gauche» means «turn left». Sound: «gohsh». Phrases: «a bit gauche», «à gauche» (French).

### examples

- He felt gauche and shy at his first dance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gauche/#x1)
- It was a bit gauche to ask how much her dress cost. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gauche/#x2)
- In French, «gauche» means left and «droite» means right. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gauche/#x3)
- Tournez à gauche! — Turn left! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gauche/#x4)
- Her gauche manners made people smile kindly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gauche/#x5)

### note

Borrowed from French. Pronounced «gohsh». Opposite in English: «graceful», «smooth». Do not confuse with «gouge» or «gaudy».

### In the corpora

- [English borrowed gauche to mean clumsy and adroit (from à droit) to mean skilful.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/22-the-town-and-directions/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «gauche» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gauche/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.