descendent

English

Adjective

descendent (not comparable)

1. Alternative spelling of descendant.

Derived terms

• descendental

Noun

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

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

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dēscendentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [də.sənˈden]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [də.sənˈdent]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [de.senˈdent]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Adjective

descendent m or f (masculine and feminine plural descendents)

1. descending

   Antonym: ascendent

Noun

descendent m or f by sense (plural descendents)

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

Related terms

• descendir

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Brétigny-sur-Orge)):

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• Audio (Canada (Shawinigan)):

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Verb

descendent

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

Latin

Verb

dēscendent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of dēscendō

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French descendant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛsˈt͡sɛn.dɛnt/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛndɛnt
• Syllabification: des‧cen‧dent

Noun

descendent m pers

1. (law, archaic) descendant

   Synonyms: zstępny, potomek

   Antonyms: wstępny, ascendent, antenat, przodek

Declension

Declension of descendent

	singular	plural
nominative	descendent	descendenci/descendenty (deprecative)
genitive	descendenta	descendentów
dative	descendentowi	descendentom
accusative	descendenta	descendentów
instrumental	descendentem	descendentami
locative	descendencie	descendentach
vocative	descendencie	descendenci

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French descendant, Latin dēscendēns, dēscendēntem.

Adjective

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

1. descendent; descending; that which descends

Declension

Declension of descendent

		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

descendent m (plural descendenți, feminine equivalent descendentă)

1. descendant

Declension

Declension of descendent

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

Related terms

• descinde