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distant, e [distɑ̃, ɑ̃t]adjective* * *distante distɑ̃, ɑ̃t adjectif1) ( éloigné dans l'espace) distantun village distant de trois kilomètres — a village three kilometres [BrE] away
distants de trois kilomètres — three kilometres [BrE] apart
2) ( réservé) [personne, regard] distant; [attitude] reserved; [rapports] cooldistant avec/envers — distant with/toward(s)
3) ( éloigné dans le temps)des événements distants de plusieurs années — ( entre eux) events that are several years apart; ( par rapport à aujourd'hui) events that took place several years ago
* * *distɑ̃, ɑ̃t adj distant, -e1) (= réservé) distant, aloof2) (= éloigné) distant, far awaydistant de [lieu] — a long way from
* * *1 ( éloigné dans l'espace) [lieu, bruit, lueur] distant; un village distant de trois kilomètres a village three kilometresGB away; distants de trois kilomètres three kilometresGB apart;2 ( réservé) [personne] distant, aloof, stand-offish○; [regard] distant; [attitude, comportement, air] reserved, stand-offish○; [rapports, relations] cool; être or se montrer distant avec/envers qn to be distant with/toward(s) sb;3 ( éloigné spirituellement) [opinions, points de vue] divergent; nos opinions sont très distantes our opinions differ greatly; son point de vue est très distant du mien his/her point of view is far removed from mine;4 ( éloigné dans le temps) un événement distant dans ma vie an event in my remote past; à une époque distante de la nôtre in the distant past; des événements distants de plusieurs années ( entre eux) events that are several years apart; ( par rapport à aujourd'hui) events that took place several years ago.( féminin distante) [distɑ̃, ɑ̃t] adjectifêtre distant de quelque chose to be far ou some distance from somethingles deux écoles sont distantes de 5 kilomètres the (two) schools are 5 kilometres away from each other2. [dans le temps] distant
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Offish — Off ish, a. Shy or distant in manner; aloof; stand offish. [Colloq. U.S.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
offish — [ôf′ish] adj. Informal STANDOFFISH … English World dictionary
offish — adjective informal behaving in a slightly unfriendly or impolite way: I don t know why but she seemed a bit offish to me … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
offish — adjective Etymology: 1off Date: 1827 standoffish • offishness noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
offish — offishly, adv. offishness, n. /aw fish, of ish/, adj. Informal. aloof; unapproachable; standoffish. [1825 35, Amer.; OFF + ISH1] * * * … Universalium
offish — adjective aloof See Also: standoffish … Wiktionary
offish — Synonyms and related words: Olympian, above all that, ailing, aloof, backward, bashful, blank, chilled, chilly, cold, constrained, cool, detached, discreet, distant, donsie, exclusive, expressionless, forbidding, frigid, frosty, guarded, icy,… … Moby Thesaurus
offish — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Not friendly, sociable, or warm in manner: aloof, chill, chilly, cool, distant, remote, reserved, reticent, solitary, standoffish, unapproachable, uncommunicative, undemonstrative, withdrawn. See ATTITUDE, HOT … English dictionary for students
offish — off·ish || É‘fɪʃ , É” / É’f adj. standing away from, disinterested; aloof (Informal) … English contemporary dictionary
offish — adjective informal aloof or distant in manner. Derivatives offishly adverb offishness noun … English new terms dictionary
offish — off·ish … English syllables
