descender
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
descend + -er (agent noun suffix)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
descender (plural descenders)
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- A person or thing that descends.
- (typography) The part of a letter or number that is drawn below the baseline (the bottom of most lowercase letters).
- (cycling) A cyclist who excels at fast descents.
- (climbing) A belay device used in rock climbing, or as a fire escape.
Synonyms[edit]
- (typography): tail
Translations[edit]
typography
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climbing
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Anagrams[edit]
Portuguese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- decender (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
From Old Galician-Portuguese decender, borrowed from Latin dēscendere. Compare descer, probably an inherited doublet.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
descender (first-person singular present descendo, first-person singular preterite descendi, past participle descendido)
- (intransitive) to descend (to pass from a higher to a lower place)
- (genealogy, with de) to descend (from) (to have as an ancestor)
- (etymology, with de) to descend (from) (to have as an etymon)
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of descender (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Synonyms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
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
Verb[edit]
descender (first-person singular present desciendo, first-person singular preterite descendí, past participle descendido)
- to descend
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of descender (e-ie alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of descender (e-ie alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading[edit]
- “descender”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- en:Typography
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