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distrait

Pronunciation: /dis.tʁɛ/

“distrait” is a French word. Its 2 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. absent-minded
  2. distracted

In French

  1. Qui n’a pas d’attention à ce qu’il dit ou à ce qu’il fait, qui n’est pas à l'écoute de ce qu’on lui dit.
  2. Qui dénote que l’on est distrait.

Etymology

From Old French destrait, past participle of destraire (modern distraire), from Latin distrahō (“to distract”).

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