distante

French

Adjective

distante

1. feminine singular of distant

Anagrams

• attendis, destinât

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti

Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti

Proto-Italic *staējō

Proto-Italic *staēō

Latin stō

Latin distō

Latin distantemlbor.

Galician distante

Learned borrowing from Latin distantem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /disˈtante/ [d̪is̺ˈt̪an̪.t̪ɪ]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Hyphenation: dis‧tan‧te

Adjective

distante m or f (plural distantes)

1. distant

Derived terms

• distantemente

Related terms

• distancia
• distar

Further reading

• “distante”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Interlingua

Adjective

distante (comparative plus distante, superlative le plus distante)

1. distant

Italian

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Latin distantem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /disˈtan.te/
• Rhymes: -ante
• Hyphenation: di‧stàn‧te

Participle

distante m or f by sense (plural distanti)

1. present participle of distare

Adjective

distante m or f by sense (plural distanti, superlative distantissimo)

1. distant (space or time)

Related terms

• distanza

Adverb

distante

1. far away

Anagrams

• dentista, sdentati

Latin

Participle

distante

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of distāns

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin distantem (“being far”), present participle of distō (“to be far”). By surface analysis, distar +‎ -ante.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒisˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒisˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiʃˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒisˈtɐ̃.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /diʃˈtɐ̃.tɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɐ̃tʃi, (Portugal) -ɐ̃tɨ
• Hyphenation: dis‧tan‧te

• Audio (Portugal):

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Adjective

distante m or f (plural distantes)

1. distant; faraway

   Synonyms: afastado, longe, longínquo, remoto

   Viajei a uma vila distante.

   I travelled to a distant village.

   Ouvimos um ruído distante.

   We heard a distant noise.

2. (of a relative) far-removed

   Me encontrei com uns primos distantes.

   I met with some far-removed cousins.

3. very dissimilar

   Synonyms: diferente, dissimilar

   Monarquia e anarquia são conceitos políticos distantes.

   Monarchy and anarchy are very dissimilar political concepts.

4. distant (emotionally unresponsive)

   Tornamo-nos pessoas distantes após o acidente.

   We became distant people after the accident.

Adverb

distante

1. far (distant in space)

   Synonym: longe

   Moro distante daqui.

   I live far from here.

2. away (used when specifying a distance)

   Minha casa fica uns quinhentos metros distante daqui.

   My house is some five hundred metres away from here.

Related terms

• distância
• distanciação
• distanciadamente
• distanciado
• distanciador
• distanciamento
• distanciar
• distantemente
• distar

Further reading

• “distante”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “distante”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti

Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti

Proto-Italic *staējō

Proto-Italic *staēō

Latin stō

Latin distō

Latin distantembor.

Spanish distante

Borrowed from Latin distantem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /disˈtante/ [d̪isˈt̪ãn̪.t̪e]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: dis‧tan‧te

Adjective

distante m or f (masculine and feminine plural distantes)

1. distant (space or time)

   Synonyms: lejano, remoto

2. detached, aloof, standoffish

Derived terms

• distantemente

Related terms

• distancia
• distar

Further reading

• “distante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Anagrams

• dentista