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Meaning of "distrait" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DISTRAIT

From French, from distraire to distract.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DISTRAIT

distrait  [dɪˈstreɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DISTRAIT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Distrait is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DISTRAIT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of distrait in the English dictionary

The definition of distrait in the dictionary is absent-minded; abstracted.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DISTRAIT


ashtray
ˈæʃˌtreɪ
astray
əˈstreɪ
betray
bɪˈtreɪ
entrez
ɑnˈtreɪ
estray
ɪˈstreɪ
extrait
eksˈtreɪ
laptray
ˈlæpˌtreɪ
portray
pɔːˈtreɪ
stray
streɪ
tray
treɪ
trey
treɪ
windlestrae
ˈwɪndəlˌstreɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DISTRAIT

distractedly
distractedness
distracter
distractibility
distractible
distracting
distractingly
distraction
distractive
distractor
distrail
distrain
distrainable
distrainee
distrainer
distrainment
distrainor
distraint
distraught
distraughtly

WORDS THAT END LIKE DISTRAIT

Bass Strait
Bering Strait
character trait
Cook Strait
Davis Strait
Denmark Strait
Formosa Strait
Hudson Strait
Johore Strait
Korea Strait
krait
Menai Strait
Palk Strait
portrait
self-portrait
strait
studio portrait
Sunda Strait
Taiwan Strait
Torres Strait
trait

Synonyms and antonyms of distrait in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DISTRAIT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «distrait» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of distrait

Translation of «distrait» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DISTRAIT

Find out the translation of distrait to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of distrait from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «distrait» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

心不在焉
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

distrait
570 millions of speakers

English

distrait
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

distrait
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

distrait
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

distrait
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

distrait
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ক্রোক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

distrait
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Distraint
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

distrait
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

distrait
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

멍한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Distraint
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tịch biên tài sản
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கைப்பற்றுகைக்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अडथळा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

haciz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

distrait
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

distrait
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

distrait
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sechestru
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

distrait
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

distrait
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

distrait
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

distrait
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of distrait

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DISTRAIT»

The term «distrait» is normally little used and occupies the 114.506 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of distrait
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DISTRAIT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «distrait» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «distrait» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about distrait

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DISTRAIT»

Discover the use of distrait in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to distrait and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Webster's New World 575+ French Verbs
distraire to distract Present participle: distrayant Past participle: distrait Imperative : distrais, distrayez, distrayons Mode Simple Tenses Compound Tenses Singular I Plural Singular I Plural Present Passé Composé distrais distrayons ai distrait ...
Gail Stein, 2008
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Attachment of Assets
b) there must be a request of the interested party for the establishment of the judicial distrait, since this measure cannot be decided by the court ex officio; c) the measure of judicial distrait must be necessary for the preservation of the right over ...
Lawrence W. Newman, 2014
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Le Professeur Est Distrait
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Le professeur est distrait est une histoire de bande dessinee creee par Rene Goscinny et Albert Weinberg en 1956.
Frederic P Miller, Agnes F Vandome, John McBrewster, 2011
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Le Distrait
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, McBrewster John, 2010
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Garner's Modern American Usage
✳Distraite (pronounced /di-strayt/) is the feminine version of distrait. For English- language purposes, it is a needless variant not listed in most dictionaries and objectionable partly on grounds ofsexism—e.g.: • “In New Zealand, my father's first ...
Bryan Garner, 2009
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Le Distrait
Le Distrait (English: Absent-minded, alternative English title: The Daydreamer) is a 1970 French comedy film directed by Pierre Richard, starring Pierre Richard, Marie-Christine Barrault and Bernard Blier.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus
... unbalance, unhinge distracted adj syn DISTRAUGHT, distrait, distressed, harassed, tormented, troubled, worried distraction n 1 syn INSANITY 1, aberration, alienation, derangement, insaneness, lunacy, madness, psychopathy, unbalance 2 ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1988
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The Problem of Distraction
must hurry to learn its rules; le distrait, in contrast, is estranged from rules per se. He appears among La Bruyère's unauthorized sketches, remarques, portraits, and illicit caricatures of living persons, the seventh numbered passage in the ...
Paul North, 2011
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Dictionary of Confusable Words
DOCTRINE/DOGMA 63 distracted see distraught distrait see distraught distraught /distressed/distracted/distrait A distraught person usually behaves irrationally when affected by a deep emotion such as grief or fear: 'The distraught mother ...
Adrian Room, 2013
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Locker 6t3: A Punk Story
Seventeen: distrait. “Honey, wake up. We're here.” Ophir nudged her gently as she stirred and looked around at everything like she didn't know where she was. “ Where are we?” she slurred. “We're here. This is it.” She sat up and saw that they  ...
Daniel Donche, Jr., 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DISTRAIT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term distrait is used in the context of the following news items.
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2 Cincinnati cops charged with covering up fellow officer's crash
Two Cincinnati Police Distrait 5 officers are accused of breaking the law and covering up a fellow officer's crash. Arrest warrants on charges of ... «WXIX, Jul 15»
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Cameroun - Football Professionnel: Le Général Pierre Semengue …
Le peu d'argent qui vient de l'Etat, au lieu d'aller directement aux joueurs et autres est distrait par ceux qui dirigent les équipes ». Le vieux ... «Cameroon-info.net, Jul 15»
3
Cameroun: Voici la liste des trois autres condamnés qui ont été …
... distrait une somme de près de 459 millions de FCFA, sous le prétexte d'un règlement de créance à la société White Nile Corporation (WNC). «Cameroon-info.net, Jul 15»
4
Rossetti : 7e plus belle place de France, c'est mérité ou pas ?
On s'y distrait, et les gens n'hésitent pas ensuite à faire une pause spirituelle dans la Cathédrale. C'est une place avec un équilibre entre ... «Nice-Matin, Jun 15»
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Brabant Wallon Six mois pour avoir volé le GSM oublié par un client …
Le 4 janvier 2014, Nikolay, qui faisait la file à la caisse, a remarqué que celui qui le précédait était du genre distrait. Il avait déposé son iPhone ... «dh.be, Jun 15»
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La démocratisation par la démocratie numérique?
La pratique régulière du Web pousse ainsi à plus de superficialité : l'esprit continuant à être distrait, dispersé, déconcentré. Pas de quoi aider, ... «L'Économiste, Jun 15»
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Pourquoi certaines personnes oublient anniversaires et rendez-vous ?
L'argument devient moins recevable lorsque le distrait est notre conjoint(e). Rien de plus irritant que de ne pouvoir se reposer sur les épaules ... «Madame Figaro, Jun 15»
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"Je suis mort mais j'ai des amis" : Une comédie belge et rock'n'roll
L'ingénieur du son est distrait, le micro est débranché et le chanteur s'égosille à se péter les cordes vocales. C'est pas l'idéal à la veille d'une ... «lalibre.be, Jun 15»
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CLASSIC CRIME
Albert Campion, the aristocratic but distrait hero, is central to the plot, but he shares top billing with a Scotland Yard pathologist, George ... «Daily Mail, May 15»
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« Le poète n'est pas ce distrait qui trébuche comme on le pense »
À l'heure où la Maison internationale des écrivains à Beyrouth (Gemmayzé), initiée par Charif Majdalani, accueille durant deux journées ... «L'Orient-Le Jour, May 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Distrait [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/distrait>. Apr 2024 ».
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