different between distant vs extraneous
distant
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)
- Far off (physically, logically or mentally).
- 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)
- 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)
- distant
- aloof
Descendants
- ? Romanian: distant
Further reading
- “distant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Verb
distant
- 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)
- 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)
- (Puter) distant, remote, faraway
Synonyms
- luntaun
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extraneous
English
Etymology
From Latin extr?neus (“from without, strange”). Doublet of strange. Cognate with estrange (verb), Spanish extraño.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?st?e?.ni.?s/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ek?st?æ?.ni.?s/
- (US) IPA(key): /?k?st?e?.ni.?s/, /?k?st?e?.ni.?s/
- Rhymes: -e?ni?s
Adjective
extraneous (not comparable)
- Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; foreign
- to separate gold from extraneous matter
- Extraneous substances were found on my cup of water.
- Not essential or intrinsic
Synonyms
- (not belonging to): additional, alien, foreign, intrusive; See also Thesaurus:foreign
- (not essential): superfluous, extra; See also Thesaurus:extrinsic
Antonyms
- intraneous
Derived terms
- extraneously
- extraneousness
Translations
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