distinguished

English

Etymology

From distinguish +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɪsˈtɪŋɡwɪʃt/
Audio (US) (file)
Hyphenation: dis‧tin‧guished

Adjective

distinguished (comparative more distinguished, superlative most distinguished)

celebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious
The lecture was attended by many distinguished mathematicians.
Having a dignified appearance or demeanor
Her father was a distinguished gentleman, albeit a poor one.
(mathematics) Specified, noted.
Let X be a topological space with a distinguished point p.

Synonyms

(celebrated): eminent, exceptional, remarkable; see also Thesaurus:famous or Thesaurus:notable
(dignified appearance): grand, imposing
(specified):

Antonyms

mediocre

Translations

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

Catalan: distingit (ca)
Cherokee: ᎠᏥᎸᏉᏗ (atsilvquodi)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 卓著 (zh) (zhuózhù)
Dutch: voortreffelijk (nl), eminent (nl), voornaam (nl)
Finnish: tunnettu (fi), arvostettu (fi)
French: distingué (fr)
Galician: distinguido m
German: bedeutend (de), hervorragend (de)

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
Maori: taiea, kairangatira, ahurei, matararahi, amaru
Portuguese: distinto (pt) m
Romanian: distinct (ro) m
Russian: ви́дный (ru) (vídnyj), выдаю́щийся (ru) (vydajúščijsja), имени́тый (ru) (imenítyj)
Scottish Gaelic: cliùiteach
Spanish: distinguido (es)

having a dignified appearance or demeanor

Catalan: distingit (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: kunnianarvoisa
French: distingué (fr)
German: vornehm (de), distinguiert (de)

Maori: amaru
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fornem (no)
Romanian: distinct (ro) m
Spanish: distinguido (es)

mathematics: specified, noted

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: erikois-

Italian: distinto (it) m
Russian: за́данный (ru) (zádannyj)

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Translations to be checked

Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} виден (bg) (viden), ^{(please verify)} изтъкнат (bg) (iztǎknat), ^{(please verify)} бележит (bg) (beležit)

Verb

distinguished

simple past tense and past participle of distinguish

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