distante

French

Adjective

distante

  1. feminine singular of distant

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Interlingua

Adjective

distante (comparative plus distante, superlative le plus distante)

  1. distant

Italian

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Latin distantem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diˈstan.te/
  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Hyphenation: di‧stàn‧te

Participle

distante (plural distanti)

  1. present participle of distare

Adjective

distante (plural distanti, superlative distantissimo)

  1. distant (space or time)

Adverb

distante

  1. far away

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Latin

Participle

distante

  1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of distāns

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin distantem (being far), present participle of distō (to be far).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒisˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /d͡ʒiʃˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒisˈtɐ̃.te/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /diʃˈtɐ̃.t(ɨ)/

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɐ̃tʃi, (Portugal) -ɐ̃tɨ
  • Hyphenation: dis‧tan‧te
  • (file)

Adjective

distante m or f (plural distantes)

  1. distant; faraway
    Viajei a uma vila distante.
    I travelled to a distant village.
    Ouvimos um ruído distante.
    We heard a distant noise.
    Synonyms: afastado, longe, longínquo, remoto
  2. (of a relative) far-removed
    Me encontrei com uns primos distantes.
    I met with some far-removed cousins.
  3. very dissimilar
    Monarquia e anarquia são conceitos políticos distantes.
    Monarchy and anarchy are very dissimilar political concepts.
    Synonyms: diferente, dissimilar
  4. distant (emotionally unresponsive)
    Tornamo-nos pessoas distantes após o acidente.
    We became distant people after the accident.

Adverb

distante

  1. far (distant in space)
    Moro distante daqui.
    I live far from here.
    Synonym: longe
  2. away (used when specifying a distance)
    Minha casa fica uns quinhentos metros distante daqui.
    My house is some five hundred metres away from here.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin distāns, distāntem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /disˈtante/ [d̪isˈt̪ãn̪.t̪e]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Syllabification: dis‧tan‧te

Adjective

distante (plural distantes)

  1. distant (space or time)
    Synonyms: lejano, remoto
  2. detached, aloof, standoffish

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