descendance

English

Noun

descendance (uncountable)

1. The property of being a descendant; descent.
   • 1977, Haskell Brooks Curry, Foundations of Mathematical Logic, page 199:

     The relation of being a descendant is defined as the quasi ordering generated by immediate descendance.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.sɑ̃.dɑ̃s/

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• Rhymes: -ɑ̃s

Noun

descendance f (plural descendances)

1. line of descent

Related terms

• descendant
• descendre

Further reading

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