"distrait" meaning in French

See distrait in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /dis.tʁɛ/ Audio: Fr-distrait.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-distrait.wav [Canada] (note: Shawinigan) Forms: distraite [feminine], distraits [masculine, plural], distraites [feminine, plural]
Etymology: From Old French destrait, past participle of destraire (modern distraire), from Latin distrahō (“to distract”). Etymology templates: {{uder|fr|fro|destrait}} Old French destrait, {{uder|fr|la|distrahō||to distract}} Latin distrahō (“to distract”) Head templates: {{fr-adj}} distrait (feminine distraite, masculine plural distraits, feminine plural distraites)
  1. absent-minded
    Sense id: en-distrait-fr-adj-F8I6MyWE Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French undefined derivations Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 40 35 24 Disambiguation of French undefined derivations: 36 36 28
  2. distracted
    Sense id: en-distrait-fr-adj-bINkozD6 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French undefined derivations Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 40 35 24 Disambiguation of French undefined derivations: 36 36 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: distraitement
Categories (other): Personality Disambiguation of Personality: 0 0 0

Verb

IPA: /dis.tʁɛ/ Audio: Fr-distrait.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-distrait.wav [Canada] (note: Shawinigan) Forms: distraite [feminine], distraits [masculine, plural], distraites [feminine, plural]
Etymology: From Old French destrait, past participle of destraire (modern distraire), from Latin distrahō (“to distract”). Etymology templates: {{uder|fr|fro|destrait}} Old French destrait, {{uder|fr|la|distrahō||to distract}} Latin distrahō (“to distract”) Head templates: {{fr-past participle}} distrait (feminine distraite, masculine plural distraits, feminine plural distraites)
  1. past participle of distraire Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: distraire
    Sense id: en-distrait-fr-verb-dRbdaH~R Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French undefined derivations Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 40 35 24 Disambiguation of French undefined derivations: 36 36 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Personality Disambiguation of Personality: 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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