ascendant

English

Adjective

ascendant (comparative more ascendant, superlative most ascendant)

1. Rising, moving upward.
2. Surpassing or controlling.

Translations

Rising, moving upward

Bulgarian: възходящ (bg), изгряващ (bg), издигащ се (bg)

Finnish: nouseva, nousussa oleva

Surpassing or controlling

Bulgarian: господствуващ (bg)

Finnish: nousussa oleva

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French: ascendant

Noun

Wikipedia ascendant (plural ascendants)

1. Being in control.
2. An ancestor (antonym of descendant)

Translations

Being in control

Bulgarian: власт (bg), влияние (bg)

Finnish: valta-asemassa oleva

An ancestor

Bulgarian: предшественик (bg)

Finnish: esi-isä (fi) Romanian: strămoș (ro) m., predecesor (ro) m.

Related terms

• ascend
• ascent
• ascendance
• ascendancy/ascendency
• ascending
• ascender

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French

Adjective

ascendant m. (f. ascendante, m. plural ascendants, f. plural ascendantes)

1. ascendant

Noun

ascendant m. (plural ascendants)

1. (astronomy) ascendant
2. influence, ascendancy

   L'équipe adverse a repris l'ascendant du match. - The team is again dominated by the adversary.

3. (genealogy) ancestry

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Latin

Verb

ascendant

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of ascendō