descendant

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• Australian: /dɪˈsendənt/
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From Middle English dessendaunte, borrowed from Middle French, from Latin dēscendēns, present participle of descendere, from dē + scandere (“to climb, ascend”).

159 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: descendent — descending from (an ancestor)
• Galician: descendente — descending from (an ancestor)
• Hindi: वंशज (vañśaj) — descending from (an ancestor)
• Northwestern Ojibwa: ondoode — descending from (an ancestor)
• Spanish: postremo — descending from (an ancestor)
• Spanish: descendiente — descending from (an ancestor)
• Afrikaans: afstammeling — one who is the progeny of someone
• Albanian: pasardhës — one who is the progeny of someone
• Arabic: سَلِيل (salīl) — one who is the progeny of someone
• Armenian: հետնորդ (hetnord) — one who is the progeny of someone
• Armenian: ժառանգ (žaṙang) — one who is the progeny of someone
• Armenian: սերունդ (serund) — one who is the progeny of someone
• Belarusian: нашча́дак (naščádak) — one who is the progeny of someone
• Belarusian: нашча́дніца (naščádnica) — one who is the progeny of someone
• Belarusian: пато́мак (patómak) — one who is the progeny of someone
• Bengali: আওলাদ (aōlad) — one who is the progeny of someone
• Bengali: ফরজন্দ (phorjondo) — one who is the progeny of someone
• Bulgarian: пото́мък (potómǎk) — one who is the progeny of someone
• Catalan: descendent — one who is the progeny of someone
• Chinese Cantonese: 後裔 /后裔 (hau6 jeoi6) — one who is the progeny of someone
• Chinese Cantonese: 子孫 /子孙 (zi2 syun1) — one who is the progeny of someone
• Chinese Cantonese: 後嗣 /后嗣 (hau6 zi6) — one who is the progeny of someone
• Chinese Cantonese: 兒孫 /儿孙 (ji4 syun1) — one who is the progeny of someone
• Chinese Cantonese: 後代 /后代 (hau6 doi6) — one who is the progeny of someone
• Chinese: 後裔 /后裔 (hō͘-è) — one who is the progeny of someone
• Chinese: 囝孫 /囝孙 (zh-min-nan) — one who is the progeny of someone
• Chinese: 後嗣 /后嗣 (zh-min-nan) — one who is the progeny of someone
• Chinese: 裔孫 /裔孙 (è-sun) — one who is the progeny of someone
• Chinese: 後代 /后代 (zh-min-nan) — one who is the progeny of someone
• Chinese Mandarin: 後裔 /后裔 (hòuyì) — one who is the progeny of someone
• Chinese Mandarin: 子孫 /子孙 (zǐsūn) — one who is the progeny of someone
• Chinese Mandarin: 後嗣 /后嗣 (hòusì) — one who is the progeny of someone
• Chinese Mandarin: 兒孫 /儿孙 (érsūn) — one who is the progeny of someone
• Chinese Mandarin: 後代 /后代 (hòudài) — one who is the progeny of someone
• Czech: potomek — one who is the progeny of someone
• Czech: potomkyně — one who is the progeny of someone
• Danish: efterkommer — one who is the progeny of someone
• Danish: afkom — one who is the progeny of someone
• Dutch: afstammeling — one who is the progeny of someone
• Dutch: nakomeling — one who is the progeny of someone
• Dutch: nazaat — one who is the progeny of someone
• Dutch: telg — one who is the progeny of someone
• Esperanto: posteulo — one who is the progeny of someone
• Esperanto: ido — one who is the progeny of someone
• Estonian: järglane — one who is the progeny of someone
• Ewe: dzidzimevi — one who is the progeny of someone
• Finnish: jälkeläinen — one who is the progeny of someone
• French: descendant — one who is the progeny of someone
• French: descendante — one who is the progeny of someone
• German: Nachkomme — one who is the progeny of someone
• German: Nachkommin — one who is the progeny of someone
• German: Deszendent — one who is the progeny of someone
• German: Deszendentin — one who is the progeny of someone
• German: Spross — one who is the progeny of someone
• German: Sproß — one who is the progeny of someone
• German: Sprössling — one who is the progeny of someone
• German: Abkomme — one who is the progeny of someone
• German: Abkommin — one who is the progeny of someone
• German: Abkömmling — one who is the progeny of someone
• German: Nachfahr — one who is the progeny of someone
• German: Nachfahre — one who is the progeny of someone
• German: Nachfahrin — one who is the progeny of someone
• German: Nachkömmling — one who is the progeny of someone
• German: Nachwuchs — one who is the progeny of someone
• Gothic: 𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌰 (afara) — one who is the progeny of someone
• Greek: απόγονος (apógonos) — one who is the progeny of someone
• Ancient Greek: ἐπίγονος (epígonos) — one who is the progeny of someone
• Hausa: zuriya — one who is the progeny of someone
• Hebrew: צֶאֱצָא (tse'etsa) — one who is the progeny of someone
• Hindi: वंशज (vañśaj) — one who is the progeny of someone
• Hittite: 𒄩𒀸𒊭𒀸 (ḫa-aš-ša-aš) — one who is the progeny of someone
• Hungarian: leszármazott — one who is the progeny of someone
• Icelandic: afkomandi — one who is the progeny of someone
• Icelandic: niðji — one who is the progeny of someone
• Ido: decendanto — one who is the progeny of someone
• Indonesian: keturunan — one who is the progeny of someone
• Irish: sliochtach — one who is the progeny of someone
• Italian: discendente — one who is the progeny of someone
• Japanese: 子孫 (shison) — one who is the progeny of someone
• Japanese: 子種 (kodane) — one who is the progeny of someone
• Japanese: 後裔 (kōei) — one who is the progeny of someone
• Kazakh: ұрық (ūryq) — one who is the progeny of someone
• Kazakh: тұқым (tūqym) — one who is the progeny of someone
• Korean: 자손 (jason) — one who is the progeny of someone
• Korean: 후예 (huye) — one who is the progeny of someone
• Kyrgyz: тукум (tukum) — one who is the progeny of someone
• Latin: prōgnātus — one who is the progeny of someone
• Latin: successiō — one who is the progeny of someone
• Luganda: omuzzukulu — one who is the progeny of someone
• Lycian: 𐊏𐊁𐊇𐊁 (newe) — one who is the progeny of someone
• Macedonian: потомок (potomok) — one who is the progeny of someone
• Malay: keturunan — one who is the progeny of someone
• Manchu: ᠠᠮᠠᡤᠠ ᡝᠨᡝᠨ (amaga enen) — one who is the progeny of someone
• Māori: mokopuna — one who is the progeny of someone
• Māori: whakahekenga — one who is the progeny of someone
• Māori: mangainga — one who is the progeny of someone
• Māori: tākerekere — one who is the progeny of someone
• Norman: d'scendant — one who is the progeny of someone
• Norman: d'scendante — one who is the progeny of someone
• Norwegian Bokmål: etterkommer — one who is the progeny of someone
• Norwegian Nynorsk: etterkomar — one who is the progeny of someone
• Norwegian Nynorsk: etterkommar — one who is the progeny of someone
• Persian: فروشونده (forušavande) — one who is the progeny of someone
• Polish: potomek — one who is the progeny of someone
• Polish: potomkini — one who is the progeny of someone
• Polish: zstępny — one who is the progeny of someone
• Polish: descendent — one who is the progeny of someone
• Portuguese: descendente — one who is the progeny of someone
• Romanian: descendent — one who is the progeny of someone
• Romanian: descendentă — one who is the progeny of someone
• Romanian: urmaș — one who is the progeny of someone
• Romanian: urmașă — one who is the progeny of someone
• Russian: пото́мок (potómok) — one who is the progeny of someone
• Serbo-Croatian: по̀томак — one who is the progeny of someone
• Serbo-Croatian: pòtomak — one who is the progeny of someone
• Slovak: potomok — one who is the progeny of someone
• Slovak: potomkyňa — one who is the progeny of someone
• Slovene: potomec — one who is the progeny of someone
• Spanish: descendiente — one who is the progeny of someone
• Swahili: mzao — one who is the progeny of someone
• Swedish: ättling — one who is the progeny of someone
• Swedish: avkomma — one who is the progeny of someone
• Swedish: avkomling — one who is the progeny of someone
• Tagalog: inanak — one who is the progeny of someone
• Tarifit: tarwa — one who is the progeny of someone
• Tày: bổi — one who is the progeny of someone
• Telugu: వారసుడు (vārasuḍu) — one who is the progeny of someone
• Telugu: ఆనువంశీకుడు (ānuvaṁśīkuḍu) — one who is the progeny of someone
• Thai: ผู้สืบสันดาน (pûu-sʉ̀ʉp-sǎn-daan) — one who is the progeny of someone
• Turkish: döl — one who is the progeny of someone
• Turkish: zürriyet — one who is the progeny of someone
• Ottoman Turkish: نسل (nesl) — one who is the progeny of someone
• Ukrainian: наща́док (naščádok) — one who is the progeny of someone
• Ukrainian: пото́мок (potómok) — one who is the progeny of someone
• Vietnamese: hậu bối — one who is the progeny of someone
• Welsh: disgynnydd — one who is the progeny of someone
• Welsh: disgynnyddion — one who is the progeny of someone
• Yiddish: אָפּשטאַמלינג (opshtamling) — one who is the progeny of someone
• Dutch: afstammeling — which derives directly from a given precursor or source
• Dutch: nakomeling — which derives directly from a given precursor or source
• Finnish: seuraaja — which derives directly from a given precursor or source
• German: Ableger — which derives directly from a given precursor or source
• German: Abschrift — which derives directly from a given precursor or source
• Māori: whakahekenga — which derives directly from a given precursor or source
• Portuguese: descendente — which derives directly from a given precursor or source
• Chinese Mandarin: 後裔 /后裔 (hòuyì) — later evolutionary type
• Danish: efterkommer — later evolutionary type
• Dutch: afstammeling — later evolutionary type
• Finnish: jälkeläinen — later evolutionary type
• French: descendant — later evolutionary type
• German: Abkömmling — later evolutionary type
• Icelandic: afkomandi — later evolutionary type
• Norman: d'scendant — later evolutionary type
• Portuguese: descendente — later evolutionary type
• Russian: пото́мок (potómok) — later evolutionary type
• Serbo-Croatian: потомак — later evolutionary type
• Serbo-Croatian: pòtomak — later evolutionary type
• Turkish: feri — later evolutionary type
• Ukrainian: наща́док (naščádok) — later evolutionary type