ascendance

English

Alternative forms

• ascendence

Noun

ascendance (countable and uncountable, plural ascendances)

1. Ascendancy; superiority.

Related terms

• ascend
• ascendant

• ascendancy/ascendency
• ascender

• ascending
• ascent

Anagrams

• adnascence

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French

Etymology

ascendant +‎ -ance

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.sɑ̃.dɑ̃s/
• Rhymes: -ɑ̃s

Noun

ascendance f (plural ascendances)

1. (astronomy) ascent
2. (family) ancestry

Antonyms

• descendance

Related terms

• ascendant

Further reading

• “ascendance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.