distinguished

English

Etymology

From distinguish + -ed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃt/

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• Hyphenation: dis‧tin‧guished

Adjective

distinguished (comparative more distinguished, superlative most distinguished)

1. Celebrated, well-known or eminent because of achievements or rank; prestigious.

   Synonyms: eminent, exceptional, remarkable; see also Thesaurus:famous, Thesaurus:notable, Thesaurus:revered

   Antonyms: despised, disrespected, mediocre

   The lecture was attended by many distinguished mathematicians.

2. Having a dignified appearance or demeanor.

   Synonyms: grand, imposing, sophisticated

   Her father was a distinguished gentleman, albeit a poor one.

3. (mathematics) Specified, noted.

   Let X be a topological space with a distinguished point p.

Derived terms

• distinguishedly
• distinguishedness
• distinguished open set
• distinguished professor
• indistinguished
• undistinguished

Translations

celebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious

• Arabic: مُمَيَّز (mumayyaz), مُمْتَاز (mumtāz), بَارِز (bāriz)، شَهِير (šahīr)
• Bulgarian: виден (bg) (viden), изтъкнат (bg) (iztăknat)
• Catalan: distingit (ca)
• Cherokee: ᎠᏥᎸᏉᏗ (atsilvquodi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 卓著 (zh) (zhuózhù), 顯赫 / 显赫 (zh) (xiǎnhè), 卓越 (zh) (zhuóyuè)

• Czech: význačný (cs), vynikající (cs), uznávaný (cs)
• Danish: anset, fremtrædende
• Dutch: voortreffelijk (nl), eminent (nl), voornaam (nl)
• Finnish: tunnettu (fi), arvostettu (fi)
• French: distingué (fr)
• Galician: distinguido m
• German: bedeutend (de), hervorragend (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: ὑπέροχος (hupérokhos)

• Hindi: विशिष्ट (hi) (viśiṣṭ)
• Italian: emerito (it) m, distinto (it) m
• Japanese: 非凡な (ja) (hibon na), 特異な (ja) (tokui na), 傑出した (ja) (kesshutsu shita)
• Latin: ēgregius, amplus (la), notātus (la)
• Malayalam: വിശിഷ്ട (ml) (viśiṣṭa)
• Māori: taiea, kairangatira, ahurei, matararahi, amaru
• Polish: wybitny (pl)
• Portuguese: distinto (pt) m
• Romanian: distinct (ro) m
• Russian: ви́дный (ru) (vídnyj), выдаю́щийся (ru) (vydajúščijsja), имени́тый (ru) (imenítyj)
• Sanskrit: प्रभव (sa) (prabhava)
• Scottish Gaelic: cliùiteach
• Spanish: distinguido (es)
• Tocharian B: ṣotarye

having a dignified appearance or demeanor

• Arabic: أَنِيق (ʔanīq)
• Catalan: distingit (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 儀表堂堂 / 仪表堂堂 (yíbiǎo tángtáng), 雍容華貴 / 雍容华贵

• Danish: distingveret
• Finnish: kunnianarvoisa
• French: distingué (fr)
• German: vornehm (de), distinguiert (de)
• Māori: amaru, taiea
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fornem (no)

• Polish: dystyngowany (pl)
• Romanian: distinct (ro) m
• Spanish: distinguido (es)

mathematics: specified, noted

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 特殊的 (tèshū de), 標誌的 / 标志的 (biāozhì de)

• Finnish: erikois-
• Italian: distinto (it) m
• Polish: wyróżniony
• Russian: за́данный (ru) (zádannyj)

Verb

distinguished

1. simple past and past participle of distinguish