descente

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French descente, from descendre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.sɑ̃t/

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Noun

descente f (plural descentes)

1. descent (act of going down)
2. descent (downward slope)
3. way down
4. descending
5. raid (e.g. police raid)
6. (sports) downhill (an event in skiing or canoeing)
7. comedown (from a drug), crash

Derived terms

• à la descente
• avoir une bonne descente
• descente aux enfers
• descente de croix
• descente de lit
• descente de matrice
• patinage de descente
• patinage de descente extrême

Related terms

• descendre

Descendants

• → Polish: desant
• → Russian: деса́нт (desánt)

Further reading

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