different between distant vs austere

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 Ancient Greek ???????? (aust?rós, “bitter, harsh”), having the specific meaning "making the tongue dry" (originally used of fruits, wines), related to ??? (aú?, “to singe”), ???? (aûos, “dry”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation): IPA^(key): /??st??(?)/, /???st??(?)/
• (US)
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /??sti?/, enPR: ôst?r?
  • (cot–caught merger, Inland Northern American): IPA^(key): /??sti?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Adjective

austere (comparative austerer or more austere, superlative austerest or most austere)

1. Grim or severe in manner or appearance

2. Lacking decoration; trivial; not extravagant or gaudy

Synonyms

• (grim or severe): stern, strict, forbidding
• (lacking trivial decoration): simple, plain, unadorned, unembellished

Antonyms

• (not lacking trivial decoration): overwrought, flamboyant, extravagant, gaudy, flashy

Derived terms

• austerity
• austerely

Translations

Italian

Adjective

austere f pl

1. feminine plural of austero

Latin

Adjective

aust?re

1. vocative masculine singular of aust?rus

References

• austere in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• austere in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Latvian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Perhaps related to Ancient Greek ??????? (óstreon).

Pronunciation

Noun

austere f (5th declension)

1. oyster (certain edible bivalve mollusks of the order Ostreida)

Declension

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aust?rus.

Adjective

austere m or f (plural austeres)

1. austere; severe

Old French

Alternative forms

• haustere
• auster (masculine only)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aust?rus.

Adjective

austere m (oblique and nominative feminine singular austere)

1. (of a flavor) acrid; bitter
2. austere; severe