English Online Dictionary. What means distant? What does distant mean?
English
Alternative forms
- distaunt, dystant, dystaunt (all obsolete)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English distaunt, from Old French distant, from Latin distāns.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɪstənt/
- Rhymes: -ɪstənt
Adjective
distant (comparative more distant, superlative most distant)
- Far off (physically, logically or mentally).
- Synonyms: faraway; see also Thesaurus:distant
- Emotionally unresponsive or unwilling to express genuine feelings.
- Synonyms: aloof, cold; see also Thesaurus:aloof
- (television, not comparable) Imported into a cable television system from a different market (and thus possibly incurring a copyright royalty).
- Antonym: local
Derived terms
Related terms
- distal
- distance
- equidistant
Translations
Further reading
- “distant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “distant”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “distant”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
- Dantist
Catalan
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin distantem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [disˈtan]
- IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [disˈtant]
Adjective
distant m or f (masculine and feminine plural distants)
- distant
- Synonyms: llunyà, remot
- Antonyms: pròxim, proper
Related terms
- distància
- distar
Further reading
- “distant”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “distant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “distant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “distant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin distantem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dis.tɑ̃/
Adjective
distant (feminine distante, masculine plural distants, feminine plural distantes)
- distant
- aloof
Related terms
- distance
Descendants
- → Romanian: distant
Further reading
- “distant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
distant
- third-person plural present active indicative of distō
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French distant, from Latin distantem.
Adjective
distant m or n (feminine singular distantă, masculine plural distanți, feminine and neuter plural distante)
- distant, remote
Declension
Related terms
- distanță
Romansch
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin distantem.
Adjective
distant m (feminine singular distanta, masculine plural distants, feminine plural distantas)
- (Puter) distant, remote, faraway
- Synonym: luntaun