different between distant vs afar

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

English

Etymology

From Middle English afer, equivalent to a- (“for, on, or of”) +? far.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??fa?/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /??f??/

Adverb

afar

1. At, to, or from a great distance; far away.

   He was seen from afar.

   He loved her from afar.

Usage notes

• Often used with from preceding, or formerly with off following.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:afar.

Translations

Anagrams

• AFRA, FARA, Fara, RAAF, RAFA

Chuukese

Noun

afar

1. shoulder (of humans and animals)

Finnish

Noun

afar

1. Afar (language).
2. An Afar (person).

Declension

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.fa?/

Noun

afar m (uncountable)

1. Afar (language)

   L'afar est parlé par 1,5 millions de locuteurs.

Adjective

afar (feminine singular afare, masculine plural afars, feminine plural afares)

1. Related to the Afar people.

   Les nomades afars.

   Les tribus afares.

Further reading

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

Gothic

Romanization

afar

1. Romanization of ????????????????

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse afar, from Proto-Germanic *abraz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?var/
• Rhymes: -a?var

Adverb

afar (not comparable)

1. very, immensely, ever so, highly, most

Noun

afar

1. indefinite nominative plural of afi

Further reading

• afar in Icelandic dictionaries at ISLEX
• afar in Hólmarsson et al.: Íslensk-ensk orðabók. 1989.

Anagrams

• fara

Italian

Noun

afar m (uncountable)

1. Afar (language)

Anagrams

• farà

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

afar m (definite singular afaren, indefinite plural afarer, definite plural afarene)

1. Afar (language)

   Afar er et kusjittisk språk som snakkes i Afar i Etiopia. (Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia)

   Afar is a Cushitic language spoken in Afar in Ethiopia.

2. Afar (ethnic group)
3. Afar (region)

Usage notes

This is word is only inflected when used in its second sense.

References

• “afar” in The Ordnett Dictionary

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

afar m (definite singular afaren, indefinite plural afarar, definite plural afarane)

1. Afar (language)
2. Afar (ethnic group)
3. Afar (region)

Usage notes

This is word is only inflected when used in its second sense.

Old Norse

Adverb

afar

1. used as an intensive before an adjective or another adverb; very, exceedingly

References

• afar in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Portuguese

Noun

afar m (plural afar)

1. (uncountable) Afar (language)
2. one of the Afar, a people of eastern Africa

Somali

Numeral

afar

1. four

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?fa?/, [a?fa?]

Noun

afar m (uncountable)

1. Afar (language)

Swedish

Noun

afar ?

1. the Afar language

Synonyms

• afariska

Anagrams

• fara