descender

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

descend +‎ -er (agent noun suffix)

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈsɛndə(ɹ)/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛndə(ɹ)

Noun[edit]

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descender (plural descenders)

Examples
  • The letters g, p, and q all have descenders.
  1. A person or thing that descends.
  2. (typography) The part of a letter or number that is drawn below the baseline (the bottom of most lowercase letters).
  3. (cycling) A cyclist who excels at fast descents.
  4. (climbing) A belay device used in rock climbing, or as a fire escape.

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese decender, borrowed from Latin dēscendere. Compare descer, probably an inherited doublet.

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  • (Portugal) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /dɨʃ.sẽˈdeɾ/, (natural pronunciation) /dɨ.ʃẽˈdeɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /dɨʃ.sẽˈde.ɾi/, (natural pronunciation) /dɨ.ʃẽˈde.ɾi/

Verb[edit]

descender (first-person singular present descendo, first-person singular preterite descendi, past participle descendido)

  1. (intransitive) to descend (to pass from a higher to a lower place)
  2. (genealogy, with de) to descend (from) (to have as an ancestor)
  3. (etymology, with de) to descend (from) (to have as an etymon)

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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Spanish decender, decendir, borrowed from Latin dēscendere. Compare also the Old Spanish form deçir, which was likely inherited from the same source.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /desθenˈdeɾ/ [d̪es.θẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /desenˈdeɾ/ [d̪e.sẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: des‧cen‧der

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descender (first-person singular present desciendo, first-person singular preterite descendí, past participle descendido)

  1. to descend

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