distingue
French, verb
distingue is spelled D-I-S-T-I-N-G-U-E (9 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written French, the 4,658th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Distingue is a French verb meaning “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, distingué is a different word: “past participle of distinguer”.
What does distingue mean in English?
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of distinguer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est au-dessus du lot. 2. Qui a de l’élégance. 3. Qualifie un sous-groupe invariant sous l'action par conjugaison. En ce sens, synonyme de normal.
noun: 1. Verre de bière d'un demi-litre.
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 distingue
- distinguée feminine
- distingués masculine plural
- distinguées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to distingue
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is distingue in French?
distingue appears 16 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).