éloignement
French edit
Etymology edit
From éloigner (“to remove; to distance”) + -ment.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
éloignement m (plural éloignements)
- distancing (putting something further away)
- removal
- distance between two things
- long time ago
- dans l’éloignement ― a long time ago
- long distance
- distance (lack of intimacy)
Further reading edit
- “éloignement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.