distancer

English

Etymology 1

distance (verb) +‎ -er

Noun

distancer (plural distancers)

  1. (psychology) A person who tends to maintain emotional distance and detachment.
    Coordinate term: pursuer
    • 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.
  2. A means for establishing physical or emotional distance.
    • 2008 December 14, Ben Ratliff, “Critic's Choice: New CDs”, in The New York Times‎:
      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.

Etymology 2

distance (noun) +‎ -er

Noun

distancer (plural distancers)

  1. (dated) A long-distance runner.
    Synonym: long distancer
    • 1921 August 22, “Paulist Distancer Triumphs in Two-Mile Race”, in The New York Times‎, 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.

Anagrams

Danish

Noun

distancer c

  1. indefinite plural of distance

Verb

distancer or distancér

  1. imperative of distancere

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English distance +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dis.tɑ̃.se/
  • Audio(file)

Verb

distancer

  1. (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 – tu – nous vous –
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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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