distrait (redirected from distraite)

dis·trait  (d-str)

adj.

Inattentive or preoccupied, especially because of anxiety: "When she did not occupy her accustomed chair at the seminar, Freud felt uneasy and distrait" (Times Literary Supplement).

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[Middle English, from Old French, past participle of distraire, to distract, from Latin distrahere; see distract.]

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distrait [dɪˈstreɪ (French) distrɛ]

adj

absent-minded; abstracted

[from French, from distraire to distract]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

distrait - having the attention diverted especially because of anxiety distracted inattentive - showing a lack of attention or care; "inattentive students"; "an inattentive babysitter"

Translations

distrait [dɪsˈtreɪ] ADJ (liter) → distraído