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noun, feminine

distance

/dis.tɑ̃s/

noun, feminine/dis.tɑ̃s/plural: distances

distance (literal physical distance); distance (metaphoric or figurative)

On se tient à distance de deux kilomètres l'un de l'autre.We stand at a distance of two kilometers from each other.

From Middle French distance, from Old French destance, destaunce, distaunce (“debate; difference, distinction; discord, quarrel; dispute; space between two points; time interval”), borrowed from Latin distantia (“difference, diversity; distance, remoteness; space between two points”).