"distance" meaning in French

See distance in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /dis.tɑ̃s/ Audio: Fr-distance.ogg Forms: distances [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑ̃s Etymology: From Middle French distance, from Old French destance, destaunce, distaunce (“debate; difference, distinction; discord, quarrel; dispute; space between two points; time interval”), borrowed from Latin distantia (“difference, diversity; distance, remoteness; space between two points”). Etymology templates: {{root|fr|ine-pro|*dus-|*dwi-|*steh₂-}}, {{inh|fr|frm|distance}} Middle French distance, {{inh|fr|fro|destance}} Old French destance, {{bor+|fr|la|distantia|nocap=1|t=difference, diversity; distance, remoteness; space between two points}} borrowed from Latin distantia (“difference, diversity; distance, remoteness; space between two points”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} distance f (plural distances)
  1. distance (literal physical distance) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-distance-fr-noun-ah-b7Xv-
  2. distance (metaphoric or figurative) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-distance-fr-noun-~NIytabJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: à distance, de distance en distance, distance de freinage, distance focale, distance matrimoniale, prendre de la distance, prendre ses distances, tenir la distance, toutes distances gardées Related terms: distant
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /dis.tɑ̃s/ Audio: Fr-distance.ogg
Rhymes: -ɑ̃s Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} distance
  1. inflection of distancer:
    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: distancer
    Sense id: en-distance-fr-verb-iBWolc09 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 7 20 50 22
  2. inflection of distancer:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: distancer
    Sense id: en-distance-fr-verb-WL992GM9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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