distrait
French, adjective/dis.tʁɛ/
distrait is spelled D-I-S-T-R-A-I-T (8 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written French, the 20,080th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Distrait is a French adjective meaning “absent-minded” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of distraire. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui n’a pas d’attention à ce qu’il dit ou à ce qu’il fait, qui n’est pas à l'écoute de ce qu’on lui dit”.
What does distrait mean in English?
adjective
- 1
absent-minded
- 2
distracted
verb
- 1
past participle of distraire
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui n’a pas d’attention à ce qu’il dit ou à ce qu’il fait, qui n’est pas à l'écoute de ce qu’on lui dit. 2. Qui dénote que l’on est distrait.
noun: 1. Personne de nature distraite.
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 distrait
- distraite feminine
- distraits masculine plural
- distraites feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce distrait?
- /dis.tʁɛ/
- \dis.tʁɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to distrait
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is distrait in French?
distrait appears 2.1 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).