distinguer.
to distinguish
Meaning & usage
to distinguish
Il n'existe pas de critère strictement linguistique permettant de distinguer une langue d'un dialecte.
to make out (with one of the senses, often visually)
Je n'arrive pas à distinguer les contours de la maison dans la pénombre.
to be distinguished
Where this word comes from
From Middle French distinguer, a 14th-century borrowing from Latin distinguere.
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