left bank

noun

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

Similar
LDBleft descending bank
OriginFrench rive gauche →
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Meanings

left bank1

nounleft bank (plural left banks)

plural left banks

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

    The railway, which is single track throughout, skirts the left bank of the estuary of the River Colne, and was washed out over a length of about three miles.

    1953 December, “Brightlingsea trains to be Restored”, in Railway Magazine, page 793

    Synonyms: LDB, left descending bank

Left Bank2

proper noun
  1. A particular movement in French New Wave cinema.

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
LDBleft descending bank

Origin

  1. Frenchrive gauche
  2. EnglishLeft Bank

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

More words from French

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 左岸
  • 左岸 (zuǒ'àn)river bank to the left when facing downstream
Czech levobřežní
  • levobřežníriver bank to the left when facing downstream
Dutch linkeroever
  • linkeroeverriver bank to the left when facing downstream
Finnish vasen ranta
  • vasen rantariver bank to the left when facing downstream
French rive gauche
  • rive gaucheriver bank to the left when facing downstream
German linksufrig, linksuferig
  • linksufrigriver bank to the left when facing downstream
  • linksuferigriver bank to the left when facing downstream
Hungarian bal part
  • bal partriver bank to the left when facing downstream
Japanese 左岸
  • 左岸 (sagan)river bank to the left when facing downstream
Korean 좌안
  • 좌안 (jwaan)river bank to the left when facing downstream
Polish lewy brzeg, lewobrzeżny
  • lewy brzegriver bank to the left when facing downstream
  • lewobrzeżnyriver bank to the left when facing downstream
Russian левобере́жный
  • левобере́жный (levoberéžnyj)river bank to the left when facing downstream
Slovak ľavobrežný
  • ľavobrežnýriver bank to the left when facing downstream
Spanish margen izquierda
  • margen izquierdariver bank to the left when facing downstream
Ukrainian лі́вий бе́рег, лівобере́жжя
  • лі́вий бе́рег (lívyj béreh)river bank to the left when facing downstream
  • лівобере́жжя (livoberéžžja)river bank to the left when facing downstream
  • лівобере́жний (livoberéžnyj)river bank to the left when facing downstream
Vietnamese tả ngạn
  • tả ngạnriver bank to the left when facing downstream
Cite this entry
APA

left bank. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/left%20bank

MLA

“left bank.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/left%20bank. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “left bank,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/left%20bank.

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