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descendent

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English

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Adjective

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descendent (not comparable)

  1. Alternative spelling of descendant

Derived terms

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Noun

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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

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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. Compare also dependent and dependant.

Catalan

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin dēscendentem.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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descendent m or f (masculine and feminine plural descendents)

  1. descending
    Antonym: ascendent

Noun

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descendent m or f by sense (plural descendents)

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

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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descendent

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

Latin

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Verb

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dēscendent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of dēscendō

Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French descendant.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /dɛsˈt͡sɛn.dɛnt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛndɛnt
  • Syllabification: des‧cen‧dent

Noun

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descendent m pers

  1. (law, archaic) descendant
    Synonyms: zstępny, potomek
    Antonyms: wstępny, ascendent, antenat, przodek

Declension

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Further reading

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  • descendent in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • descendent in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French descendant, Latin dēscendēns, dēscendēntem.

Adjective

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

  1. descendent; descending; that which descends

Declension

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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

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descendent m (plural descendenți, feminine equivalent descendentă)

  1. descendant

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative descendent descendentul descendenți descendenții
genitive-dative descendent descendentului descendenți descendenților
vocative descendentule descendenților
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