distingue

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distingue

  • /dɪsˈtæŋɡeɪ/
  • /dɪstæŋˈɡeɪ/

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From French distingué.

adjective more distingue · most distingue · distingué · distinguee

  1. Fashionably distinguished or elegant; having an air of superiority. By the time the blue dress was tried on, Madame Cie had, with the aid of a few pins, plaits, and a bow of blue ribbon, transformed the half-lace shawl into one of the smartest and distingué things imaginable; but when the bill came in at Christmas, for that five minutes' labor and distingué touch, s

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adj fashionably distinguished or elegant

Españoldistinguido
中文時髦的 /时髦的 shímáo de, 高雅的 gāoyǎ de, 優越感十足的 /优越感十足的 yōuyuègǎn shízú de
Portuguêsdistinto
Françaisdistingué
Deutschvornehm, di­s­tin­guiert
Ελληνικάντιστενγκέ ntistengké
Русскийизы́сканный izýskannyj, изя́щный izjáščnyj, то́нкий tónkij, утончённый utončónnyj

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@misc{distingue_2026,
  title = {distingue},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/distingue},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}