The world

ils

1. they (male or mixed group)
2. (informal) they (female)

gravirent

third-person plural past historic of gravir

des

• Article

  1. plural of un (“some; the plural indefinite article”)
  2. plural of une (“some; the plural indefinite article”)
  3. plural of du (“some; the plural partitive article”)
  4. plural of de la (“some; the plural partitive article”)
  5. plural of de l’ (“some; the plural partitive article”)

• Contraction

semblaient

third-person plural imperfect indicative of sembler

dorsale

feminine singular of dorsal

même

• Adv

  even

• Adj

du

• Contraction

  Contraction of de + le (“of the”)

• Article

continent

continent