ascension

See also: Ascension, ascensión, and Ascensión

English

Etymology

From Middle English ascencioun, from Old French ascension, from Latin ascēnsiō, ascēnsiōnem (“ascent”).

Noun

ascension (countable and uncountable, plural ascensions)

1. The act of ascending; an ascent.

   The ascension of the hot-air balloon gave us a better view.

2. That which rises, as from distillation.
   • 1683, Thomas Browne, “Observations upon Several Plants Mention’d in Scripture” in Certain Miscellany Tracts

     vaporous ascensions from the stomach

Related terms

• ascend
• descension

Translations

the act of ascending

• Asturian: ascensión f
• Bashkir: күтәрелеү (kütärelew), ҡалҡыу (qalqïw)
• Bulgarian: издигане (bg) (izdigane), изкачване (bg) (izkačvane), възход (bg) (vǎzhod)
• Catalan: ascensió (ca) f
• Czech: stoupání, vzestup (cs)
• Dutch: hemelvaart (nl)
• Finnish: nouseminen (fi), nousu (fi)
• French: ascension (fr) f
• Galician: ascensión f
• Georgian: ამაღლება (amaɣleba), ასვლა (asvla), აღმასვლა (aɣmasvla)

• German: Aufstieg (de) m, Aufsteigen n
• Greek: ανάβαση (el) f (anávasi)
• Hungarian: felszállás (hu), felemelkedés (hu)
• Italian: ascensione (it) f
• Maori: kakenga
• Persian: برایش‎ (fa) (barāyeš), طلوع‎ (fa) (tolu')
• Portuguese: ascensão (pt) f
• Russian: подъём (ru) m (podʺjóm)
• Spanish: ascensión (es) f
• Welsh: esgyniad m

Anagrams

• canonises, sonancies

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French

Etymology

From Old French ascension, borrowed from Latin ascēnsiō, ascēnsiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.sɑ̃.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

ascension f (plural ascensions)

1. ascent
2. ascension

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Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ascēnsiō, ascēnsiōnem.

Noun

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

1. ascent

Antonyms

• descension

Descendants

• → Middle English: ascencioun
  • English: ascension
• French: ascension
• Norman: ascension