detached

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈtæt͡ʃt/
• IPA^(key): /dəˈtæt͡ʃt/

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• Rhymes: -ætʃt
• Hyphenation: de‧tached

Adjective

detached (comparative more detached, superlative most detached)

1. Not physically attached; separated from something it could connect to.
2. Of a house: not joined to another house on either side.
   • 1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, When the World Screamed‎^[1]:

     "That field is their football ground and the detached house is their library and recreation room."

3. Having or showing no bias or emotional involvement; disinterested.
4. Not influenced by anyone else; characterized by an impersonal objectivity; impartial.

Derived terms

• detached house
• detachedly
• detachedness
• detached work
• nondetached
• semi-detached
• semidetached
• undetached

 

Translations

not physically attached; separated from something it could connect to

• Spanish: desfijado (es) m, desprendido (es) m, desasido (es) m, separado (es) m, desconectado (es) m

of a house: not joined to another house on either side

• Bulgarian: отделен (bg) (otdelen), самостоятелен (bg) (samostojatelen)
• Catalan: exempt (ca), a quatre vents
• Danish: fritstående
• Finnish: erillinen (fi), erillis- (fi)
• French: à quatre façades
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: frittstående

  Nynorsk: frittståande

• Spanish: aislada (es) f, unifamiliar
• Swedish: fristående (sv)

having or showing no bias or emotional involvement; disinterested

• Catalan: desinteressat
• Hungarian: elfogulatlan (hu), tárgyilagos (hu)
• Portuguese: imparcial (pt), desinteressado (pt) m, desapegado m
• Spanish: desinteresado (es), imparcial (es), objetivo (es)

not influenced by anyone else; characterized by an impersonal objectivity; impartial

• Bulgarian: безпристрастен (bg) (bezpristrasten)
• Finnish: ulkopuolinen (fi), puolueeton (fi)

Verb

detached

1. simple past and past participle of detach