distancer
English
Etymology
distance + -er
Noun
distancer (plural distancers)
- (psychology) A person who tends to maintain emotional distance and detachment
- 1990, Susan H. McDaniel et al., Family-Oriented Primary Care, →ISBN, page 171:
- Pursuers are more likely than distancers to seek help from a professional, such as a physician.
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- A means for establishing distance
- 2008, December 14, “Ben Ratliff”, in Critic's Choice: New CDs:
- The band’s third album, “When the World Comes Down,” isn’t striking obscure poses, inventing slang or playing with the audience through distancers like tension and distortion.
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- (dated) A long-distance runner
- 1921, August 22, Paulist Distancer Triumphs in Two-Mile Race, page 16:
- Phillips was one of a field of a dozen distancers who started in the twomile handicap run which featured the games of the Friend's of Irish Freedom at Ulmer Park, Brooklyn.
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Coordinate terms
- (emotionally distant person): pursuer
Related terms
- long distancer
Anagrams
- dicentras, rancidest
Danish
Noun
distancer c
- indefinite plural of distance
Verb
distancer or distancér
- imperative of distancere
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English distance + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dis.tɑ̃.se/
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Verb
distancer
- (transitive) to distance, outdistance
Conjugation
This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which 'c' is softened to a 'ç' before the vowels 'a' and 'o'.
Conjugation of distancer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | distancer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | distançant /dis.tɑ̃.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | distancé /dis.tɑ̃.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | distance /dis.tɑ̃s/ | distances /dis.tɑ̃s/ | distance /dis.tɑ̃s/ | distançons /dis.tɑ̃.sɔ̃/ | distancez /dis.tɑ̃.se/ | distancent /dis.tɑ̃s/ |
| imperfect | distançais /dis.tɑ̃.sɛ/ | distançais /dis.tɑ̃.sɛ/ | distançait /dis.tɑ̃.sɛ/ | distancions /dis.tɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ | distanciez /dis.tɑ̃.sje/ | distançaient /dis.tɑ̃.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | distançai /dis.tɑ̃.se/ | distanças /dis.tɑ̃.sa/ | distança /dis.tɑ̃.sa/ | distançâmes /dis.tɑ̃.sam/ | distançâtes /dis.tɑ̃.sat/ | distancèrent /dis.tɑ̃.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | distancerai /dis.tɑ̃.sʁe/ | distanceras /dis.tɑ̃.sʁa/ | distancera /dis.tɑ̃.sʁa/ | distancerons /dis.tɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ | distancerez /dis.tɑ̃.sʁe/ | distanceront /dis.tɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | distancerais /dis.tɑ̃.sʁɛ/ | distancerais /dis.tɑ̃.sʁɛ/ | distancerait /dis.tɑ̃.sʁɛ/ | distancerions /dis.tɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | distanceriez /dis.tɑ̃.sə.ʁje/ | distanceraient /dis.tɑ̃.sʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | distance /dis.tɑ̃s/ | distances /dis.tɑ̃s/ | distance /dis.tɑ̃s/ | distancions /dis.tɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ | distanciez /dis.tɑ̃.sje/ | distancent /dis.tɑ̃s/ |
| imperfect2 | distançasse /dis.tɑ̃.sas/ | distançasses /dis.tɑ̃.sas/ | distançât /dis.tɑ̃.sa/ | distançassions /dis.tɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/ | distançassiez /dis.tɑ̃.sa.sje/ | distançassent /dis.tɑ̃.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | distance /dis.tɑ̃s/ | — | distançons /dis.tɑ̃.sɔ̃/ | distancez /dis.tɑ̃.se/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “distancer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.