distinguer

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dis.tɛ̃.ɡe/
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Verb

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…).

Conjugation

Further reading

Interlingua

Verb

distinguer

  1. to distinguish

Conjugation

    Conjugation of distinguer
infinitive distinguer
participle present perfect
distinguente distinguite
active simple perfect
present distingue ha distinguite
past distingueva habeva distinguite
future distinguera habera distinguite
conditional distinguerea haberea distinguite
imperative distingue
passive simple perfect
present es distinguite ha essite distinguite
past esseva distinguite habeva essite distinguite
future essera distinguite habera essite distinguite
conditional esserea distinguite haberea essite distinguite
imperative sia distinguite