descent

Signification (Anglais)

1. (countable, uncountable) An instance of descending; act of coming down.
2. (countable, uncountable) A way down.
3. (countable, uncountable) A sloping passage or incline.
4. (countable, uncountable) Lineage or hereditary derivation.
5. (countable, uncountable) A drop to a lower status or condition; decline.
6. (countable, uncountable) A falling upon or invasion.
7. (countable, uncountable) A particular extension of the idea of gluing.

Concepts

descente

origine

descendance

abaissement

extraction

sang

🩸

déclin

chute

côte

attaque

👊

en pente

espèce

être suspendu

lignée

approche

pente

provenance

sorte

décroissance

baisse

vers le bas

déclinaison

dépression

atterrissage

descendant

Synonymes

lineage

origin

ancestry

fall

pedigree

declivity

decline

extraction

parentage

family

👪

stock

line of descent

line

slope

birth

source

going down

blood

🩸

downslope

downhill

bloodline

race

downward slope

subsidence

sinking

dip

blood line

descending

landing

filiation

derivation

falling

alighting

declination

declension

drop

stemma

strain

relegation

lowering

clan

kind

emanation

dropping

decrease

provenance

debarkation

cut

curtailment

couching

Traductions

descenso

discesa

Abstieg

bajada

Abstammung

Herkunft

afdaling

κατάβαση

origen

discendenza

calata

lignaggio

daling

Sinken

baixada

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/dɪˈsɛnt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English and Anglo-Norman descente, from Anglo-Norman descendre (“to descend”); see descend. Compare ascent, ascend. Doublet of desant.