distans

Antillean Creole

Etymology

From French distance.

Noun

distans

1. distance

References

• Frank, David B., editor (2020), “distans”, in Kwéyòl Dictionary‎^[1], Dallas: SIL International
• Tourneux, Henry; Barbotin, Maurice (1990), Dictionnaire pratique du créole de Guadeloupe [Practical Dictionary of Guadeloupean Creole], Paris: Karthala and A.C.C.T., →ISBN, page 107
• Barbotin, Maurice (1995), Dictionnaire du créole de Marie-Galante [Dictionary of Marie-Galante Creole], Hamburg: Helmut Buske Verlag, →ISBN, page 77

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French distance (“distance”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /distãs/

Noun

distans

1. distance

References

• Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎^[2], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 52

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

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Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.

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 distāns

Present participle of distō.

Participle

distāns (genitive distantis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. standing apart
2. being distant

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	distāns			distantēs	distantia
genitive	distantis			distantium
dative	distantī			distantibus
accusative	distantem	distāns		distantēs distantīs	distantia
ablative	distante distantī1			distantibus
vocative	distāns			distantēs	distantia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

References

• “distans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French distance.

Pronunciation

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Noun

distans c

1. a distance, a range

Declension

Declension of distans

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	distans	distans
	definite	distansen	distansens
plural	indefinite	distanser	distansers
	definite	distanserna	distansernas

Derived terms

• självdistans

Related terms

• distansera
• distansförhållande
• långdistanslöpare
• medeldistansrobot

Further reading

• “distans”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)