descent

Significado (Inglês)

  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.

Freqüência

C1
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/dɪˈsɛnt/
Etimologia (Inglês)

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

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