distancer

English

Etymology

distance +‎ -er

Noun

distancer (plural distancers)

  1. (psychology) A person who tends to maintain emotional distance and detachment
    • 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 distance
    • 2008, December 14, “Ben Ratliff”, in Critic's Choice: New CDs‎:
      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.
  3. (dated) A long-distance runner
    • 1921, August 22, Paulist Distancer Triumphs in Two-Mile Race‎, 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.

Coordinate terms
  • (emotionally distant person): pursuer

Anagrams

Danish

Noun

distancer c

  1. plural indefinite of distance

Verb

distancer or distancér

  1. imperative of distancere

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English distance +‎ -er.

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

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)
present participle distançant
/dis.tɑ̃.sɑ̃/
past participle distancé
/dis.tɑ̃.se/
infinitive
simple distancer
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple distançant
/dis.tɑ̃.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle 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 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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