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Summary

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distinction:
- réputation; notoriété; considération; renommée; prestige; distinction; air distinguée; grand air; classe
Wiktionary:
- distinction → distinction, élégance
- distinction → distinction

English

Detailed Translations for distinction from English to French

distinction:

distinction [the ~] nom

the distinction (reputation; rank; standing; renown)
la réputation; la notoriété; la considération; la renommée; le prestige
- réputation [la ~] nom
- notoriété [la ~] nom
- considération [la ~] nom
- renommée [la ~] nom
- prestige [le ~] nom
the distinction (distinction of manner)
la distinction; l'air distinguée; le grand air; la classe
- distinction [la ~] nom
- air distinguée [la ~] nom
- grand air [le ~] nom
- classe [la ~] nom

Translation Matrix for distinction:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
air distinguée	distinction; distinction of manner
classe	distinction; distinction of manner	category; class; classroom; course; curriculum; education; genre; grade; instruction; kind; lesson; object class; position; school year; social class; social group; social position; sort; style; subject room; teaching; tuition; type
considération	distinction; rank; renown; reputation; standing	adoration; appreciation; awe; consideration; considered opinion; considering; contemplation; deference; deliberation; esteem; estimation; ground; meditation; observance; pondering; prestige; reflection; reflexion; regard; respect; respectability; reverence; status; think it over; thought; veneration; worship
distinction	distinction; distinction of manner	badge; becomingness; decency; decoration; differentiate; distinguishing; gentility; honor; honour; insignia; knighthood; mark; medal; order; propriety; respectability; seemliness
grand air	distinction; distinction of manner	firmament; fresh air; heaven; open air; open-air; sky
notoriété	distinction; rank; renown; reputation; standing	fame; name; publicity; reputation; respectability
prestige	distinction; rank; renown; reputation; standing	fame; grandeur; grandiosity; haughtiness; impressiveness; majesty; name; prestige; pride; reputation; respectability; status
renommée	distinction; rank; renown; reputation; standing	brand awareness; celebrity; fame; glory; popularity
réputation	distinction; rank; renown; reputation; standing	fame; honor; honour; name; pride; reputation; reputations; respectability; sense of honour
-	differentiation; eminence; note; preeminence
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	honor; honour; separation
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
classe		-class

Related Words for "distinction":

distinctions

Synonyms for "distinction":

differentiation; discrimination; secernment
eminence; preeminence; note; high status
quality
difference

Related Definitions for "distinction":

a distinguishing difference¹
- he learned the distinction between gold and lead¹
a distinguishing quality¹
- it has the distinction of being the cheapest restaurant in town¹
a discrimination between things as different and distinct¹
- it is necessary to make a distinction between love and infatuation¹
high status importance owing to marked superiority¹

Wiktionary Translations for distinction:

distinction

noun

that which distinguishes
- distinction → distinction

distinction

noun

Ce qui établit une différence
- distinction → distinction
marque d'estime
- distinction → distinction
grâce des formes qui se manifester dans les productions de la nature et de l’art.
- élégance → elegance; distinction

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• distinction	→ distinction	↔ Distinktion — Unterscheidung
• distinction	→ distinction	↔ Unterscheidung — die Tätigkeit, zwei oder mehr Objekte als verschieden (ungleich oder nicht identisch) zu erkennen oder zu definieren
• distinction	→ distinction	↔ distinctie — onderscheiding

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