lointain
French
    
    Etymology
    
From Old French loingtien, from Vulgar Latin *longitānus, from Latin longē. Compare Italian lontano.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /lwɛ̃.tɛ̃/
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Adjective
    
lointain (feminine lointaine, masculine plural lointains, feminine plural lointaines)
- (of a place) (usually literary) distant, remote, far-off
- (figuratively) distant
-  2015, Fréro Delavega, Ton visage:- Que n'ai-je? Une planche de salut, loin du métro, de son raffut. Les yeux rivés sur le rivage oublier ton lointain visage.- (please add an English translation of this quote)
 
 
 - une expression lointaine ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
 
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Further reading
    
- “lointain”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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