different between apart vs indistinct

English

Etymology

From Middle English apart, aparte, a-part, a part, from Anglo-Norman a part, from Latin ad partem (“to the side”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??p??(?)t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??p??t/, enPR: ?-pärt?
• Rhymes: -??(?)t

Adverb

apart (comparative more apart, superlative most apart)

1. Placed separately (in regard to space or time).
2. separately, exclusively, not together

3. Aside; away; not included.
4. In or into two or more parts.

Synonyms

• (in a state of separation): independently, separately; see also Thesaurus:individually
• (in or into two or more parts): asunder, in twain; see also Thesaurus:asunder

Antonyms

• together

Derived terms

Translations

Postposition

apart

1. (following its objective complement) Apart from.

Synonyms

• bar, except for; see also Thesaurus:except

Translations

Adjective

apart (not comparable)

1. (Used after a noun or in the predicate) Exceptional, distinct.

2. Having been taken apart; disassembled, in pieces.

Noun

apart

1. Misspelling of a part.

References

apart in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• prata, rap at

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch apart, from Middle French a part.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?part/

Adjective

apart (attributive aparte, comparative aparter, superlative apartste)

1. separate

Derived terms

• apartheid

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French a part.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a??p?rt/
• Hyphenation: apart
• Rhymes: -?rt

Adjective

apart (comparative aparter, superlative apartst)

1. separate

2. unusual

Inflection

Derived terms

• apartheid

Descendants

• Afrikaans: apart

Anagrams

• praat, raapt

German

Etymology

From French à part.

Pronunciation

Adjective

apart (comparative aparter, superlative am apartesten)

1. fancy, distinctive

Declension

Further reading

• “apart” in Duden online

Latvian

Etymology

From ap- +? art (“to plow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [apâ?t]

Verb

apart (tr. or intr., 1st conj., pres. aparu, apar, apar, past aparu)

1. (perfective) to till (land, field) by plowing

2. to overturn (an obstacle) while plowing; to overturn (an obstacle) and plow

3. to cover (e.g., planted potatoes) with earth by plowing around, by deepening the furrows; to furrow

4. (perfective) to plow around (to change direction around something while plowing; to plow the area around something)

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (till land): uzart
• (plow around): art
• noart
• uzart

English

Etymology

From Middle French indistinct, from Latin indistinctus

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /??nd?s?t??kt/

Adjective

indistinct (comparative more indistinct, superlative most indistinct)

1. (of an image etc) not clearly defined or not having a sharp outline; faint or dim

   Synonyms: fuzzy, ill-defined; see also Thesaurus:indistinct

2. (of a thought, idea etc) hazy or vague

   Synonyms: ambiguous, equivocal; see also Thesaurus:vague

3. (of speech) difficult to understand through being muffled or slurred

Antonyms

• distinct

Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin indist?nctus.

Adjective

indistinct (feminine singular indistincte, masculine plural indistincts, feminine plural indistinctes)

1. not distinct; not easily distinguishable

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

From French indistinct, from Latin indistinctus.

Adjective

indistinct m or n (feminine singular indistinct?, masculine plural indistinc?i, feminine and neuter plural indistincte)

1. indistinct

Declension