ascendência

See also: ascendencia and ascendència

Portuguese

Etymology

From ascendente, from Latin ascendēns.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.sẽˈdẽ.si.ɐ/ [a.sẽˈdẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /a.sẽˈdẽ.sjɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.sẽˈdẽ.si.ɐ/ [a.sẽˈdẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /a.sẽˈdẽ.sjɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.sẽˈdẽ.si.a/ [a.sẽˈdẽ.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /a.sẽˈdẽ.sja/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ɐʃ.sẽˈdẽ.sjɐ/, /ɐ.ʃẽˈdẽ.sjɐ/

• Rhymes: -ẽsjɐ

Noun

ascendência f (plural ascendências)

1. descent; ancestry; lineage (hereditary derivation)

   Synonyms: descendência, linhagem, origem, raiz