distance

Betekenis

Noun

1. distance (literal physical distance)
2. distance (metaphoric or figurative)

Verb

1. inflection of distancer:
2. inflection of distancer:

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/dis.tɑ̃s/

Etimologie

From Middle French distance, from Old French destance, destaunce, distaunce (“debate; difference, distinction; discord, quarrel; dispute; space between two points; time interval”), borrowed from Latin distantia (“difference, diversity; distance, remoteness; space between two points”).

Sinne

Ce dernier la survole à distance réduite .

The latter flies over it at a reduced distance.