distinguer

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French

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Etymology

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From Middle French distinguer, a 14th-century borrowing from Latin distinguere.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /dis.tɛ̃.ɡe/
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Verb

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distinguer

  1. to distinguish
    Il n’existe pas de critère strictement linguistique permettant de distinguer une langue d’un dialecte.
    There is no strictly linguistic criterion capable of distinguishing a language from a dialect.
  2. (reflexive) to be distinguished
    • 2015 July 16, Monde[1]:
      Zohra Bitan se distingue désormais par des opinions proches des identitaires (pour les statistiques ethniques, contre immigration « économique », le communautarisme, le féminisme…).
      Zohra Bitan is now distinguished by opinions close to identitarian (for ethnic statistics, against “economic” immigration, communal separatism, feminism…).

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Further reading

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Interlingua

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Verb

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distinguer

  1. to distinguish

Conjugation

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