No. 3,619 in French
loin
Far; distant.
In a sentence
Il habite loin de chez moi.
He lives far from my home.
The word 'loin' is used here to indicate physical distance.
Tu n'es pas loin de la vérité.
You are not far from the truth.
The word 'loin' in this sentence metaphorically denotes proximity to an abstract concept, here the truth.
Cela arrive très loin dans le futur.
That happens very far in the future.
Here, 'loin' refers to temporal distance, suggesting a far-off time in the future.
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