distant
French, adjective/dis.tɑ̃/
distant is spelled D-I-S-T-A-N-T (7 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written French, the 15,828th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Distant is a French adjective meaning “distant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est séparé par un intervalle plus ou moins grand”.
What does distant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
distant
- 2
aloof
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est séparé par un intervalle plus ou moins grand. 2. Qui est situé à un autre emplacement géographique, dont l’accès nécessite un passage par le réseau ajoutant de la latence. 3. Qui tient les gens à distance ; qui repousse la familiarité.
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 distant
- distante feminine
- distants masculine plural
- distantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce distant?
- /dis.tɑ̃/
- \dis.tɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to distant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is distant in French?
distant appears 3.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).