absent-minded

See also: absentminded

English

Alternative forms

• absentminded

Etymology

absent +‎ minded

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌæb.sn̩tˈmaɪn.dɪd/

Adjective

absent-minded (comparative more absent-minded, superlative most absent-minded) (possessional)

1. Absent in mind; often preoccupied; forgetful or careless due to distraction; easily distracted. [First attested in the mid 19^th century.]

   It took the absent-minded man twenty minutes to find his glasses on top of his head.

Derived terms

• absent-mindedness
• absent-mindedly
• absent-minded professor

Translations

absent in mind

• Acehnese: tahe
• Belarusian: рассе́яны m (rassjéjany)
• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} разсеян (bg) (razsejan), ^{(please verify)} потънал в мисли (potǎnal v misli)
• Catalan: distret (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 鬆散 (sung¹ saan²)

  Mandarin: 心不在焉 (zh) (xīnbùzàiyān), 鬆散 (zh),松散 (zh) (sōngsǎn)

• Czech: roztržitý (cs)
• Danish: åndsfraværende, distræt
• Dutch: verstrooid (nl), afwezig (nl), elders met zijn gedachten, er niet bij
• Finnish: hajamielinen (fi) (forgetful), poissaoleva (fi) (absent in mind)
• French: distrait (fr)
• Galician: distraído, pampo (gl), apirolado (vulgar)
• German: zerstreut (de), geistesabwesend (de)
• Hebrew: מפוזר‎ m (mefuzár)
• Hungarian: szórakozott (hu)

• Italian: svanito (it)
• Japanese: ぼんやり (ja) (bon'yari), 上の空の (ja) (うわのそらの, uwa-no sora-no)
• Maori: hinengaro makere, wareware, pakihaha
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: distré (no), åndsfraværende

  Nynorsk: distré, åndsfråverande

• Polish: roztargniony (pl)
• Portuguese: distraído (pt), desatento (pt) m, desatenta f
• Romanian: absent (ro), distrat (ro)
• Russian: рассе́янный (ru) (rasséjannyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: rasejan, расејан, rasijan (sh)
• Spanish: distraído (es), despistado (es)
• Swedish: tankspridd (sv)
• Tagalog: tagulimot
• Turkish: unutkan (tr) (forgetful), dalgın (tr) (absent in mind)