descend

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• Received-Pronunciation: /dɪˈsɛnd/
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• General-American: /dəˈsɛnd/
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• General-American: /dɪˈsɛnd/
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• General-American: /diˈsɛnd/
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• rhymes with -ɛnd
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• CMU ARPABET: D IH0 S EH1 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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The verb is derived from Middle English descenden (“to move downwards, fall, descend; to slope downwards; to go from a better to a worse condition, decline, degenerate; to be a descendant, derive from (a source); etc.”), from Anglo-Norman descendere, descendre, and Old French descendere, descendre (“to move downwards, fall, descend; to slope downwards; to be a descendant, derive from (a source); etc.”) (modern French descendre), and from their etymon Latin dēscendere, the present active infinitive of dēscendō (“to come or go down, fall, descend; to slope downwards; to be a descendant; etc.”), from de- (prefix meaning ‘from; down from’) + scandō (“to ascend, climb; to clamber”) (from Proto-Indo-European *skend- (“to climb, scale; to dart; to jump”)). The noun is derived from the verb.

192 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: bie — to pass from a higher to a lower part of (something)
• Albanian: ulem — to pass from a higher to a lower part of (something)
• Bangi: sunda — to pass from a higher to a lower part of (something)
• Finnish: laskea — to pass from a higher to a lower part of (something)
• Finnish: laskeutua — to pass from a higher to a lower part of (something)
• French: descendre — to pass from a higher to a lower part of (something)
• German: hinuntergehen — to pass from a higher to a lower part of (something)
• Hungarian: lemegy — to pass from a higher to a lower part of (something)
• Lingala: kita — to pass from a higher to a lower part of (something)
• Lingala: sunda — to pass from a higher to a lower part of (something)
• Portuguese: descer — to pass from a higher to a lower part of (something)
• Spanish: descender — to pass from a higher to a lower part of (something)
• Turkish: inmek — to pass from a higher to a lower part of (something)
• Albanian: bien — of a flight of stairs, a road, etc.: to lead down (a hill, a slope, etc.)
• Finnish: laskea — of a flight of stairs, a road, etc.: to lead down (a hill, a slope, etc.)
• Portuguese: descer — of a flight of stairs, a road, etc.: to lead down (a hill, a slope, etc.)
• Albanian: zbres ul — to move (someone or something) from a higher to a lower place or position
• Finnish: laskea — to move (someone or something) from a higher to a lower place or position
• Portuguese: descer — to move (someone or something) from a higher to a lower place or position
• Portuguese: baixar — to move (someone or something) from a higher to a lower place or position
• Portuguese: abaixar — to move (someone or something) from a higher to a lower place or position
• Afrikaans: afgaan — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Albanian: bie — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Southern Altai: тӱжер (tüžer) — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Arabic: نَزَلَ (nazala) — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Arabic: نزل (nizil) — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Arabic: هبط (hbaṭ) — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Arabic: نزل (nzal) — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Armenian: իջնել (iǰnel) — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Aromanian: dipun — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Aromanian: versu — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Azerbaijani: çökmək — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Azerbaijani: enmək — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Balinese: tuun — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Bashkir: төшөү (töşöw) — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Belarusian: спуска́цца (spuskácca) — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Belarusian: спусці́цца (spuscícca) — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Bulgarian: слизам (slizam) — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Bulgarian: спускам се (spuskam se) — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Burmese: ဆင်း (hcang:) — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Catalan: descendir — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Chickasaw: akkowa — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Chinese Mandarin: 降 — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Chinese Mandarin: 下 (xià) — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Chinese Mandarin: 下降 (xiàjiàng) — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Maore Comorian: ushuka — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Czech: sestoupit — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Dutch: afdalen — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Dutch: neerdalen — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Egyptian: h-A-D54 (hꜣj) — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Esperanto: profundiĝi — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Estonian: alanduma — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Estonian: langema — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Estonian: laskuma — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Estonian: madalduma — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Finnish: laskeutua — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• French: descendre — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• West-Frisian: ôfdale — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• West-Frisian: dale — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Friulian: dismontâ — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• German: absteigen — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• German: herabsteigen — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• German: herunterkommen — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• German: niedergehen — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Greek: κατεβαίνω (katevaíno) — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Ancient Greek: καταβαίνω (katabaínō) — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Hebrew: יָרַד (yarád) — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Hindi: उतरना (utarnā) — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Hungarian: lemegy — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Ido: decensar — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Indonesian: turun — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Irish: ísligh — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Italian: discendere — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Italian: scendere — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Japanese: 降下する (kōkasuru) — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Japanese: 降りる (oriru) — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Javanese: mudhun — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Khmer: ចុះ (coh) — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Kituba: kita — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Kituba: kukita — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Korean: 내리다 (naerida) — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Korean: 내려오다 (naeryeooda) — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Korean: 내려가다 (naeryeogada) — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Lao: ລົງ (long) — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Latin: descendō — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Lingala: kita — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Lombard: andà giò — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Malay: turun — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Maltese: niżel — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Māori: makere — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Māori: marere — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Norman: d'scendre — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Occitan: descénder — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Occitan: descendre — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Occitan: davalar — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Oromo: bu'uu — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Polish: schodzić — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Polish: zejść — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Polish: zniżać się — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Polish: zniżyć się — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Portuguese: descender — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Portuguese: baixar — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Portuguese: descer — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Quechua: bahay — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Quechua: uray — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Romanian: coborî — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Russian: спуска́ться (spuskátʹsja) — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Russian: спусти́ться (spustítʹsja) — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Russian: сходи́ть (sxodítʹ) — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Russian: сойти́ (sojtí) — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Serbo-Croatian: сѝлазити — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Serbo-Croatian: си̑ћи — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Serbo-Croatian: спу́штати се — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Serbo-Croatian: спу̀стити се — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Serbo-Croatian: sìlaziti — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Serbo-Croatian: sȋći — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Serbo-Croatian: spúštati se — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Serbo-Croatian: spùstiti se — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Sidamo: dirra — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Spanish: descender — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Spanish: bajar — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Swahili: kushuka — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Tagalog: bumaba — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Tamil: இறங்கு (iṟaṅku) — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Tetum: tun — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Thai: ลง (long) — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Tocharian B: kārp- — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Turkish: alçalmak — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Turkish: inmek — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Ottoman Turkish: آشاغیلامق (aşağılamak) — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Ugaritic: 𐎊𐎗𐎄 (yrd) — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Ukrainian: спуска́тися (spuskátysja) — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Ukrainian: спусти́тися (spustýtysja) — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Vietnamese: xuống — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Walloon: dischinde — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Walloon: adschinde — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Welsh: disgyn — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Yaghnobi: ԝесак (wyesak) — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Yiddish: אַראָפּגיין (aropgeyn) — to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position
• Finnish: laskea — of a zodiac sign: to move away from the zenith towards the horizon; of a planet: to move to a place where it has less astrological significance
• Finnish: laskeutua — of a zodiac sign: to move away from the zenith towards the horizon; of a planet: to move to a place where it has less astrological significance
• Albanian: zbres — of a celestial body: to move away from the zenith towards the horizon; to move towards the south
• Finnish: laskeutua — of a celestial body: to move away from the zenith towards the horizon; to move towards the south
• Finnish: laskeutua — of a body part: to move downwards, especially during development of the embryo; specifically, of the testes of a mammal: to move downwards from the abdominal cavity into the scrotum
• Finnish: laskea — to slope or stretch downwards
• Esperanto: profundiĝi — to come or go down, or reduce, in intensity or some other quality
• Finnish: laskea — to come or go down, or reduce, in intensity or some other quality
• Finnish: mennä yksityiskohtiin — in speech or writing: to proceed from one matter to another; to pass from more general or important to specific or less important matters to be considered
• Bulgarian: нахвърлям се (nahvǎrljam se) — to make an attack or incursion, from or as if from a vantage ground
• Bulgarian: налитам (nalitam) — to make an attack or incursion, from or as if from a vantage ground
• Finnish: laskeutua — to make an attack or incursion, from or as if from a vantage ground
• Russian: напада́ть (napadátʹ) — to make an attack or incursion, from or as if from a vantage ground
• Russian: напа́сть (napástʹ) — to make an attack or incursion, from or as if from a vantage ground
• Russian: обру́шиваться (obrúšivatʹsja) — to make an attack or incursion, from or as if from a vantage ground
• Russian: обру́шиться (obrúšitʹsja) — to make an attack or incursion, from or as if from a vantage ground
• Turkish: saldırmak — to make an attack or incursion, from or as if from a vantage ground
• Turkish: üşüşmek — to make an attack or incursion, from or as if from a vantage ground
• Finnish: langeta — to arrive suddenly or unexpectedly, especially in a manner that causes disruption or inconvenience
• Bulgarian: снижавам се (snižavam se) — to come down to a humbler or less fortunate, or a worse or less virtuous, rank or state — see also abase, condescend
• Finnish: alentua — to come down to a humbler or less fortunate, or a worse or less virtuous, rank or state — see also abase, condescend
• Finnish: laskeutua — to come down to a humbler or less fortunate, or a worse or less virtuous, rank or state — see also abase, condescend
• Irish: ísligh — to come down to a humbler or less fortunate, or a worse or less virtuous, rank or state — see also abase, condescend
• Finnish: vajota — to mentally enter a state of (deep) meditation or thought — see also retire
• Finnish: laskea — of a sequence or series: to proceed from higher to lower values
• Finnish: pienetä — of a sequence or series: to proceed from higher to lower values
• Finnish: alentua — to pass from a higher to a lower note or tone; to fall in pitch
• Finnish: laskea — to pass from a higher to a lower note or tone; to fall in pitch
• Finnish: laskeutua — to pass from a higher to a lower note or tone; to fall in pitch
• Finnish: pudota — to pass from a higher to a lower note or tone; to fall in pitch
• French: descendre — to pass from a higher to a lower note or tone; to fall in pitch
• Finnish: kulkea — of a characteristic: to be transmitted from a parent to a child
• Finnish: periytyä — of a characteristic: to be transmitted from a parent to a child
• German: abstammen — of a characteristic: to be transmitted from a parent to a child
• Irish: síolaigh — of a characteristic: to be transmitted from a parent to a child
• Bulgarian: предавам се по наследство (predavam se po nasledstvo) — to come down or derive from an ancestor or ancestral stock, or a source — see also originate, stem
• Bulgarian: произлизам (proizlizam) — to come down or derive from an ancestor or ancestral stock, or a source — see also originate, stem
• Dutch: afstammen — to come down or derive from an ancestor or ancestral stock, or a source — see also originate, stem
• Finnish: periytyä — to come down or derive from an ancestor or ancestral stock, or a source — see also originate, stem
• Finnish: polveutua — to come down or derive from an ancestor or ancestral stock, or a source — see also originate, stem
• Irish: ísligh — to come down or derive from an ancestor or ancestral stock, or a source — see also originate, stem
• Northwestern Ojibwa: ondoode — to come down or derive from an ancestor or ancestral stock, or a source — see also originate, stem
• Romanian: descinde — to come down or derive from an ancestor or ancestral stock, or a source — see also originate, stem
• Romanian: proveni — to come down or derive from an ancestor or ancestral stock, or a source — see also originate, stem
• Russian: происходи́ть (proisxodítʹ) — to come down or derive from an ancestor or ancestral stock, or a source — see also originate, stem
• Russian: произойти́ (proizojtí) — to come down or derive from an ancestor or ancestral stock, or a source — see also originate, stem
• Serbo-Croatian: по̀тјецати — to come down or derive from an ancestor or ancestral stock, or a source — see also originate, stem
• Serbo-Croatian: по̀тицати — to come down or derive from an ancestor or ancestral stock, or a source — see also originate, stem
• Serbo-Croatian: pòtjecati — to come down or derive from an ancestor or ancestral stock, or a source — see also originate, stem
• Serbo-Croatian: pòticati — to come down or derive from an ancestor or ancestral stock, or a source — see also originate, stem
• Spanish: descender — to come down or derive from an ancestor or ancestral stock, or a source — see also originate, stem
• Turkish: soyundan gelmek — to come down or derive from an ancestor or ancestral stock, or a source — see also originate, stem
• Finnish: periytyä — of property, a right, etc.: to pass down to a generation, a person, etc., by inheritance