From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin _distinctus_, past participle of _distinguere_ (“to distinguish”); see distinguish.

* (UK, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɪˈstɪŋ(k)t/ * (US) IPA(key): /dɪsˈtɪŋkt/, [dɪsˈtʰɪŋkt] * Rhymes: -ɪŋkt

DISTINCT (_comparative_ MORE DISTINCT, _superlative_ MOST DISTINCT) * Capable of being perceived very clearly. _Her voice was DISTINCT despite the heavy traffic._ * Different from one another (with the preferable adposition being "from"). _Horses are distinct from zebras._ * Noticeably different from others; distinctive. _Olga's voice is quite DISTINCT because of her accent._ * Separate in place; not conjunct or united; with _from_. * Clarendon The intention was that the two armies which marched out together should afterward be DISTINCT. * (obsolete) Distinguished; having the difference marked; separated by a visible sign; marked out; specified. * Milton Wherever thus created — for no place / Is yet DISTINCT by name. * (obsolete) Marked; variegated. * Spenser The which [place] was dight / With divers flowers DISTINCT with rare delight. SYNONYMS * prominent * separate * several (in dated sense) ANTONYMS * indistinct * (capable of being perceived very clearly): confusing * (different from one another): same RELATED TERMS * distinction * distinctive * distinguish * distinguished * distinguishable * distinguishness TRANSLATIONS EXTERNAL LINKS * distinct in _Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary_, G. & C. Merriam, 1913 * distinct in _The Century Dictionary_, The Century Co., New York, 1911

* IPA(key): /dis.tɛ̃/ * Homophone: distincts

DISTINCT m (_feminine_ DISTINCTE, _masculine plural_ DISTINCTS, _feminine plural_ DISTINCTES) * distinct * discrete

* “distinct” in _le Trésor de la langue française informatisé_ (_The Digitized Treasury of the French Language_).