ascension

See also Ascension

English

Etymology

From Latin ascensio (“ascent”)

Noun

ascension (plural ascensions)

1. The act of ascending; an ascent

   He made an ascension in the balloon to get a better view.

Translations

the act of ascending

• Bulgarian: издигане (bg) (izdigane), изкачване (bg) (izkačvane), възход (bg) (vǎzhod)
• Czech: stoupání (cs), vzestup (cs)
• Dutch: Hemelvaart (nl)
• Finnish: nouseminen (fi), nousu (fi)
• French: ascension (fr) f
• Georgian: ამაღლება (ka) (amağleba) 

• German: Aufstieg m, Aufsteigen n
• Hungarian: felszállás (hu), felemelkedés (hu)
• Italian: ascensione (it) f
• Maori: kakenga (mi)
• Russian: подъём (ru) (pod”jóm) m 
• Spanish: ascensión (es) f

Anagrams

• canonises

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin ascēnsiō, ascēnsiōnem.

Noun

ascension f (oblique plural ascensions, nominative singular ascension, nominative plural ascensions)

1. ascent

Antonyms

• descension

Descendants

• French: ascension
• Jèrriais: ascension