different between ancillary vs distant

English

Etymology

From Latin ancill?ris (“ancillary; relating to maids”), from ancilla (“maid”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æns??le?i?/
• Rhymes: -?l??i

Adjective

ancillary (comparative more ancillary, superlative most ancillary)

1. Subordinate; secondary; auxiliary

   Synonym: accessory

   • 1836, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature, Chapter 3:

     […] how easily he took all things along with him,—the persons, the opinions, and the day, and nature became ancillary to a man.

   • 1898, John Wesley Powell, Truth and Error, Chapter 7

     [E]very organ of the body, whatever function it may perform, must also perform the other four functions in an ancillary manner.

Translations

Noun

ancillary (plural ancillaries)

1. Something that serves an ancillary function, such as an easel for a painter.
2. (archaic) An auxiliary.

Translations

References

• ancillary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• ancillary in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• ancillary at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Carlylian, cranially

English

Alternative forms

• distaunt (obsolete)
• dystant (obsolete)
• dystaunt (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin distans, present participle of distare (“to stand apart, be separate, distant, or different”), from di-, dis- (“apart”) + stare (“to stand”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?st?nt/

Adjective

distant (comparative more distant, superlative most distant)

1. Far off (physically, logically or mentally).

2. Emotionally unresponsive or unwilling to express genuine feelings.

Synonyms

• (far off): faraway; see also Thesaurus:distant
• (emotionally unresponsive): aloof, cold

Related terms

• distance
• equidistant

Translations

Further reading

• distant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• distant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• distant at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Dantist

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin dist?ns.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /dis?tant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /dis?tan/

Adjective

distant (masculine and feminine plural distants)

1. distant

   Synonyms: llunyà, remot

   Antonyms: pròxim, proper

Related terms

• distància
• distar

Further reading

• “distant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “distant” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “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

Adjective

distant (feminine singular distante, masculine plural distants, feminine plural distantes)

1. distant
2. aloof

Descendants

• ? Romanian: distant

Further reading

• “distant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

distant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of dist?

Romanian

Etymology

From French distant.

Adjective

distant m or n (feminine singular distant?, masculine plural distan?i, feminine and neuter plural distante)

1. distant, remote

Declension

Romansch

Etymology

From Latin dist?ns, present participle of dist?, dist?re (“stand apart, be distant”).

Adjective

distant m (feminine singular distanta, masculine plural distants, feminine plural distantas)

1. (Puter) distant, remote, faraway

Synonyms

• luntaun