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English
Etymology
From French distingué.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɪsˈtæŋɡeɪ/, /dɪstæŋˈɡeɪ/
Adjective
distingue (comparative more distingue, superlative most distingue)
- Fashionably distinguished or elegant; having an air of superiority.
1873, Charles Reade, chapter IX, in A Simpleton: A Story of the Day , volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, , →OCLC, page 57:By the time the blue dress was tried on, Madame Cie had, with the aid of a few pins, plaits, and a bow of blue ribbon, transformed the half-lace shawl into one of the smartest and distingué things imaginable; but when the bill came in at Christmas, for that five minutes' labor and distingué touch, she charged one pound eight.
1892, Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne, “In which Jim and I Take Different Ways”, in The Wrecker, London, Paris: Cassell & Company, , →OCLC, page 179:And she likes you so much, and thinks you so accomplished and distingué-looking, and was just as set as I was to have you for best man.
2001, Emile Gaboriau, Mystery of Oricval, page 158:It was very noble, very distingue, to ruin one's self without knowing how!
Translations
fashionably distinguished or elegant
See also
French
Pronunciation
Verb
distingue
- inflection of distinguer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Galician
Verb
distingue
- inflection of distinguir:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Italian
Verb
distingue
- third-person singular present indicative of distinguere
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
distingue
- second-person singular present active imperative of distinguō
Middle English
Verb
to distingue
- To distinguish.
Portuguese
Verb
distingue
- inflection of distinguir:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Spanish
Verb
distingue
- inflection of distinguir:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative