How is the word au loin translated from French to English

English translation
Distantly
adverb

Depuis un endroit éloigné ou à un endroit éloigné.

From or at a place far away.

Examples with “au loin”

See how the word “au loin” is used in sentences

  • Un chien a aboyé au loin dans la nuit. — A dog barked distantly in the night.

  • Elle lui a fait signe de loin. — She waved at him from a distant place.

  • Elle lui a parlé froidement pendant la réunion. — She spoke to him distantly during the meeting.

  • Ils ne sont lointainement apparentés que par alliance. — They are related only distantly through marriage.

  • Nous apercevions au loin les lumières du port. — We could distantly see the lights of the harbor.

  • Vois-tu de loin les montagnes se dresser ? — Can you see the mountains distantly rising?

  • Pourquoi me regardes-tu toujours si froidement ? — Why do you always look at me so distantly?

  • J'ai rencontré à la fête de famille mon cousin lointainement apparenté. — I met my distantly related cousin at the reunion.

  • As-tu entendu les cloches sonner au loin ? — Did you hear the bells ringing distantly?

  • Le son de la musique nous parvenait de loin. — The sound of music came to us distantly.

  • Il paraissait froid et indifférent à la conversation. — He seemed distant and uninterested in the conversation.

  • Les parents lointainement apparentés se perdent souvent de vue avec le temps. — Distantly connected family members often lose touch over time.

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