different between frigid vs distant

frigid

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fr?gidus (cold), from fr?ge? (I am cold), from fr?gus (cold, coldness), from Proto-Indo-European *sriges-, *sriHges-.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: fr?j'?d, IPA(key): /?f??d??d/
  • Rhymes: -?d??d

Adjective

frigid (comparative frigider or more frigid, superlative frigidest or most frigid)

  1. Very cold; lacking warmth; icy.
  2. Chilly in manner; lacking affection or zeal; impassive.
  3. (colloquial) Sexually unresponsive, especially of a woman.

Antonyms

  • fervid

Related terms

  • frigidity
  • frigidly
  • frigidness

Translations

References

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

Danish

Adjective

frigid

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Inflection

Related terms

  • frigiditet

References

  • “frigid” in Den Danske Ordbog

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [f?i??i?t]
  • Hyphenation: fri?git

Adjective

frigid (comparative frigider, superlative am frigidesten)

  1. Alternative form of frigide

Declension

Further reading

  • “frigid” in Duden online

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French frigide, Latin frigidus. See also frig.

Adjective

frigid m or n (feminine singular frigid?, masculine plural frigizi, feminine and neuter plural frigide)

  1. frigid

Declension

Related terms

  • frigiditate
  • frig

frigid From the web:

  • what frigid means
  • what frigidaire model do i have
  • what's frigid temps
  • what frigidaire stove do i have
  • what frigidaire mean
  • what's frigid water
  • what frigid mean in arabic
  • meaning of frigidarium


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)

  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

distant From the web:

  • what distant means
  • what's distant cousin mean
  • what distant deeps
  • what's distant future
  • what distant object
  • what's distant metastasis
  • what's distant memory
  • what distant am i
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share

you may also like