descendent

English

Alternative forms

• descendant

Adjective

descendent (not comparable)

1. descending; going down

   The elevator resumed its descendent trajectory.

2. descending from (an ancestor)

   Power in the kingdom is transferred in a descendent manner.

Translations

descending

• Finnish: laskeva (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

descending from (an ancestor)

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Noun

descendent (plural descendents)

1. Misspelling of descendant.
   • 2002, Rukmini Bhaya Nair, Lying on the Postcolonial Couch: The Idea of Indifference (page 216)

     Traces of the answer, I submit, are to be discerned in all writings by the daughters of Sappho or the descendents of the tenth muse […]

Usage notes

The adjective, "descending from a biological ancestor", may be spelt either with an a or with an e in the final syllable (see descendant). However, the noun descendant, "one who is the progeny of someone", may be spelt only with an a.

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēscendēns, dēscendentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [də.sənˈden]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [də.sənˈdent]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [de.senˈdent]

Adjective

descendent m or f (masculine and feminine plural descendents)

1. descending

Antonyms

• ascendent

Noun

descendent m or f (plural descendents)

1. descendant (one who is the progeny of a specified person)

Related terms

• descendir

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French

Verb

descendent

1. third-person plural present indicative of descendre
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of descendre

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) dēscendent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of dēscendō

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French descendant, Latin dēscendēns, dēscendēntem.

Adjective

descendent m or n (feminine singular descendentă, masculine plural descendenți, feminine and neuter plural descendente)

1. descendent; descending; that which descends

Declension

Declension of descendent

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	descendent		descendentă	descendenți	descendente
	definite	descendentul		descendenta	descendenții	descendentele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	descendent		descendente	descendenți	descendente
	definite	descendentului		descendentei	descendenților	descendentelor

Noun

descendent m (plural descendenți, feminine equivalent descendentă)

1. descendant

Declension

Declension of descendent

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) descendent	descendentul	(niște) descendenți	descendenții
genitive/dative	(unui) descendent	descendentului	(unor) descendenți	descendenților
vocative	descendentule		descendenților

Related terms

• descinde