distancer
French, verb/dis.tɑ̃.se/
distancer is spelled D-I-S-T-A-N-C-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 38,702nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Distancer is a French verb meaning “to distance, outdistance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dépasser d’un intervalle plus ou moins grand”.
What does distancer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to distance, outdistance
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dépasser d’un intervalle plus ou moins grand. 2. Mettre de la distance. 3. Disqualifier un cheval de course de trot en raison de ses allures fautives.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of distancer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- distançant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- distancé participle past
- distance first-person indicative present
- distances indicative present second-person
- distançons first-person indicative plural
- distancez indicative plural present
- distancent indicative plural present
- distançais first-person imperfect indicative
- distançait imperfect indicative singular
- distancions first-person imperfect indicative
- distanciez imperfect indicative plural
- distançaient imperfect indicative plural
- distançai first-person historic indicative
- distanças historic indicative past
- distança historic indicative past
- distançâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce distancer?
- /dis.tɑ̃.se/
- \dis.tɑ̃.se\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to distancer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is distancer in French?
distancer appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).