"indistinct" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˌɪndɪsˈtɪŋkt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-indistinct.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-indistinct.wav Forms: more indistinct [comparative], most indistinct [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle French indistinct, from Latin indistinctus. English equivalent in- + distinct. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|indistinct}} Middle French indistinct, {{der|en|la|indistinctus}} Latin indistinctus, {{pre|en|in|distinct}} in- + distinct Head templates: {{en-adj}} indistinct (comparative more indistinct, superlative most indistinct)
  1. (of an image etc) not clearly defined or not having a sharp outline; faint or dim Synonyms: fuzzy, ill-defined, indistinct Translations (not clearly defined): ἀσαφής (asaphḗs) (Ancient Greek), неясен (nejasen) (Bulgarian), смътен (smǎten) (Bulgarian), indistint (Catalan), nezřetelný (Czech), indistinto (Galician), indistinctus (Latin), mōnehunehu (Maori), whekowheko (Maori), ākahukahu (Maori), makaro (Maori), whakanawenawe (english: due to a great distance) (Maori), mōnenehu (Maori), niewyraźny (Polish), indistinto (Portuguese), indistinto (Spanish), diffus (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-indistinct-en-adj-BiGGV9bC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with in-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Sanskrit translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 5 30 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with in-: 46 32 23 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 60 12 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 63 8 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 65 5 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 54 27 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 60 18 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 58 19 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 56 20 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 58 19 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 69 9 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 58 19 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 58 19 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 54 21 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 55 21 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 58 18 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Sanskrit translations: 61 18 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 67 9 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 58 19 24 Disambiguation of 'not clearly defined': 94 4 2
  2. (of a thought, idea etc) hazy or vague Synonyms: ambiguous, equivocal, vague
    Sense id: en-indistinct-en-adj-HzPALhps
  3. (of speech) difficult to understand through being muffled or slurred Translations (difficult to understand (of speech)): неясен (nejasen) (Bulgarian), mārearea (Maori), ngau (note: of speech) (Maori), صاغر (sağır) (Ottoman Turkish), कल (kala) (Sanskrit), oklar (Swedish), vag (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-indistinct-en-adj-LIMKVJin Disambiguation of 'difficult to understand (of speech)': 2 6 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: indistinctly, indistinctness Related terms: hidden

Adjective [French]

IPA: /ɛ̃.dis.tɛ̃/ Forms: indistincte [feminine], indistincts [masculine, plural], indistinctes [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin indistīnctus. By surface analysis, in- + distinct. Etymology templates: {{lbor|fr|la|indistīnctus}} Learned borrowing from Latin indistīnctus, {{surface analysis|fr|in-|distinct}} By surface analysis, in- + distinct Head templates: {{fr-adj}} indistinct (feminine indistincte, masculine plural indistincts, feminine plural indistinctes)
  1. not distinct; not easily distinguishable Derived forms: indistinctement

Adjective [Romanian]

Etymology: Borrowed from French indistinct, from Latin indistinctus. Equivalent to in- + distinct. Etymology templates: {{bor+|ro|fr|indistinct}} Borrowed from French indistinct, {{der|ro|la|indistinctus}} Latin indistinctus, {{prefix|ro|in|distinct}} in- + distinct Head templates: {{ro-adj}} indistinct m or n (feminine singular indistinctă, masculine plural indistincți, feminine and neuter plural indistincte) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-adj}} Forms: indistinctă [feminine, singular], indistincți [masculine, plural], indistincte [feminine, neuter, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], indistinct [accusative, indefinite, masculine, neuter, nominative, singular], indistinctă [accusative, feminine, indefinite, nominative, singular], indistincți [accusative, indefinite, masculine, nominative, plural], indistincte [accusative, feminine, indefinite, neuter, nominative, plural], indistinctul [accusative, definite, masculine, neuter, nominative, singular], indistincta [accusative, definite, feminine, nominative, singular], indistincții [accusative, definite, masculine, nominative, plural], indistinctele [accusative, definite, feminine, neuter, nominative, plural], indistinct [dative, genitive, indefinite, masculine, neuter, singular], indistincte [dative, feminine, genitive, indefinite, singular], indistincți [dative, genitive, indefinite, masculine, plural], indistincte [dative, feminine, genitive, indefinite, neuter, plural], indistinctului [dative, definite, genitive, masculine, neuter, singular], indistinctei [dative, definite, feminine, genitive, singular], indistincților [dative, definite, genitive, masculine, plural], indistinctelor [dative, definite, feminine, genitive, neuter, plural]
  1. indistinct Tags: masculine, neuter

Inflected forms

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      "source": "Thesaurus:indistinct",
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    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:indistinct",
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    },
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      "source": "Thesaurus:indistinct",
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      "source": "Thesaurus:indistinct",
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "not clearly defined",
          "word": "nezřetelný"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "not clearly defined",
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          "code": "grc",
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          "word": "ἀσαφής"
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          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "not clearly defined",
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          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "not clearly defined",
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          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "not clearly defined",
          "word": "ākahukahu"
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          "english": "due to a great distance",
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          "word": "whakanawenawe"
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          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "sağır",
          "sense": "difficult to understand (of speech)",
          "word": "صاغر"
        },
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          "code": "sa",
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          "sense": "difficult to understand (of speech)",
          "word": "कल"
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          "sense": "difficult to understand (of speech)",
          "word": "oklar"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "difficult to understand (of speech)",
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      "form": "indistinctele",
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    "Terms with Manx translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
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    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
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        "(of speech) difficult to understand through being muffled or slurred"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɪndɪsˈtɪŋkt/"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:indistinct",
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      "word": "fuzzy"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:indistinct",
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:indistinct",
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:indistinct",
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:indistinct",
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:indistinct",
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:indistinct",
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      "word": "неясен"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "smǎten",
      "sense": "not clearly defined",
      "word": "смътен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "not clearly defined",
      "word": "indistint"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "not clearly defined",
      "word": "nezřetelný"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "not clearly defined",
      "word": "indistinto"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
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      "roman": "asaphḗs",
      "sense": "not clearly defined",
      "word": "ἀσαφής"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "not clearly defined",
      "word": "indistinctus"
    },
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "not clearly defined",
      "word": "mōnehunehu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "not clearly defined",
      "word": "whekowheko"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "not clearly defined",
      "word": "ākahukahu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "not clearly defined",
      "word": "makaro"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "english": "due to a great distance",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "not clearly defined",
      "word": "whakanawenawe"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "not clearly defined",
      "word": "mōnenehu"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "not clearly defined",
      "word": "niewyraźny"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not clearly defined",
      "word": "indistinto"
    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "not clearly defined",
      "word": "indistinto"
    },
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "not clearly defined",
      "word": "diffus"
    },
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nejasen",
      "sense": "difficult to understand (of speech)",
      "word": "неясен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "difficult to understand (of speech)",
      "word": "mārearea"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "note": "of speech",
      "sense": "difficult to understand (of speech)",
      "word": "ngau"
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      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "sağır",
      "sense": "difficult to understand (of speech)",
      "word": "صاغر"
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    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "kala",
      "sense": "difficult to understand (of speech)",
      "word": "कल"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "difficult to understand (of speech)",
      "word": "oklar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "difficult to understand (of speech)",
      "word": "vag"
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}

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        "French terms prefixed with in-",
        "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        "Pages with entries"
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        "neuter",
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    {
      "form": "indistincte",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "indistincți",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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        "neuter",
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      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
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        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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        "plural"
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        "Romanian terms borrowed from French",
        "Romanian terms derived from French",
        "Romanian terms derived from Latin",
        "Romanian terms prefixed with in-"
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}

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