Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
distingué. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
distingué, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
distingué in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
distingué you have here. The definition of the word
distingué will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
distingué, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Adjective
distingué (comparative more distingué, superlative most distingué)
- Alternative spelling of distingue
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.
French
Pronunciation
Participle
distingué (feminine distinguée, masculine plural distingués, feminine plural distinguées)
- past participle of distinguer
Further reading