descent

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• UK: /dɪˈsɛnt/
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• General-American: /dəˈsɛnt/
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• General-American: /dɪˈsɛnt/
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• General-American: /diˈsɛnt/
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• rhymes with -ɛnt
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• homophone: dissent
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From Middle English and Anglo-Norman descente, from Anglo-Norman descendre (“to descend”); see descend. Compare ascent, ascend. Doublet of desant.

124 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: نُزُول (nuzūl) — instance of descending
• Bulgarian: слизане (slizane) — instance of descending
• Bulgarian: спускане (spuskane) — instance of descending
• Catalan: descens — instance of descending
• Czech: sestup — instance of descending
• Dutch: afdaling — instance of descending
• Esperanto: descendo — instance of descending
• French: descente — instance of descending
• Galician: baixada — instance of descending
• Galician: descenso — instance of descending
• Georgian: დაშვება (dašveba) — instance of descending
• Georgian: ჩამოსვლა (čamosvla) — instance of descending
• German: Abstieg — instance of descending
• German: Runterweg — instance of descending
• Ancient Greek: κατάβασις (katábasis) — instance of descending
• Hawaiian: ʻāluna — instance of descending
• Irish: tuirlingt — instance of descending
• Italian: discesa — instance of descending
• Japanese: 降下 — instance of descending
• Latin: descensus — instance of descending
• Old English: æfdæl — instance of descending
• Polish: zejście — instance of descending
• Portuguese: descida — instance of descending
• Portuguese: descimento — instance of descending
• Russian: спуск (spusk) — instance of descending
• Russian: схождение (sxoždenije) — instance of descending
• Scottish Gaelic: teàrnadh — instance of descending
• Serbo-Croatian: sílaz — instance of descending
• Serbo-Croatian: sìlazak — instance of descending
• Serbo-Croatian: spȕst — instance of descending
• Spanish: descenso — instance of descending
• Tamil: இறக்கம் (iṟakkam) — instance of descending
• Tamil: இறங்குகை (iṟaṅkukai) — instance of descending
• Ukrainian: спуск (spusk) — instance of descending
• Ukrainian: спускання (spuskannja) — instance of descending
• Ukrainian: сходження (sxodžennja) — instance of descending
• Bulgarian: слизане (slizane) — way down
• Catalan: baixada — way down
• Czech: sestup — way down
• Dutch: afdaling — way down
• Galician: baixada — way down
• German: Abstieg — way down
• German: Weg nach unten — way down
• Latin: descensus — way down
• Māori: heketanga — way down
• Polish: zejście — way down
• Polish: droga w dół — way down
• Portuguese: declive — way down
• Portuguese: descida — way down
• Portuguese: ladeira — way down
• Russian: спуск (spusk) — way down
• Scottish Gaelic: teàrnadh — way down
• Serbo-Croatian: sìlazak — way down
• Serbo-Croatian: spȕst — way down
• Spanish: bajada — way down
• Bulgarian: нанадолнище (nanadolnište) — sloping passage or incline
• Czech: spád — sloping passage or incline
• Dutch: afdaling — sloping passage or incline
• Dutch: helling — sloping passage or incline
• Galician: baixada — sloping passage or incline
• German: Abstieg — sloping passage or incline
• Old English: æfdȳne — sloping passage or incline
• Polish: zejście — sloping passage or incline
• Polish: droga w dół — sloping passage or incline
• Portuguese: descida — sloping passage or incline
• Scottish Gaelic: teàrnadh — sloping passage or incline
• Serbo-Croatian: pàdina — sloping passage or incline
• Serbo-Croatian: òbronak — sloping passage or incline
• Serbo-Croatian: nágib — sloping passage or incline
• Spanish: bajada — sloping passage or incline
• Afrikaans: afkoms — lineage or hereditary derivation
• Afrikaans: herkoms — lineage or hereditary derivation
• Arabic: اَصْل (aṣl) — lineage or hereditary derivation
• Belarusian: пахаджэньне (paxadženʹnje) — lineage or hereditary derivation
• Bulgarian: произход (proizhod) — lineage or hereditary derivation
• Czech: původ — lineage or hereditary derivation
• Dutch: afkomst — lineage or hereditary derivation
• Dutch: herkomst — lineage or hereditary derivation
• Finnish: syntyperä — lineage or hereditary derivation
• French: origine — lineage or hereditary derivation
• French: ascendance — lineage or hereditary derivation
• Galician: ascendencia — lineage or hereditary derivation
• Galician: prosapia — lineage or hereditary derivation
• Galician: proxenie — lineage or hereditary derivation
• Georgian: წარმომავლობა (c̣armomavloba) — lineage or hereditary derivation
• German: Herkunft — lineage or hereditary derivation
• German: Abstammung — lineage or hereditary derivation
• Indonesian: keturunan — lineage or hereditary derivation
• Italian: ascendenza — lineage or hereditary derivation
• Central Kurdish: بِنەچە (bineçe) — lineage or hereditary derivation
• Northern Kurdish: bineçe — lineage or hereditary derivation
• Northern Kurdish: binate — lineage or hereditary derivation
• Southern Kurdish: بِنەچە (bineçe) — lineage or hereditary derivation
• Norwegian Bokmål: avstamning — lineage or hereditary derivation
• Persian: تبار (tabâr) — lineage or hereditary derivation
• Plautdietsch: Häakunft — lineage or hereditary derivation
• Polish: pochodzenie — lineage or hereditary derivation
• Portuguese: ascendência — lineage or hereditary derivation
• Portuguese: origem — lineage or hereditary derivation
• Portuguese: descendência — lineage or hereditary derivation
• Russian: происхожде́ние (proisxoždénije) — lineage or hereditary derivation
• Scottish Gaelic: sinnsearachd — lineage or hereditary derivation
• Serbo-Croatian: porijéklo — lineage or hereditary derivation
• Serbo-Croatian: podrijétlo — lineage or hereditary derivation
• Serbo-Croatian: rȏd — lineage or hereditary derivation
• Spanish: ascendencia — lineage or hereditary derivation
• Spanish: origen — lineage or hereditary derivation
• Spanish: abolengo — lineage or hereditary derivation
• Tagalog: panupling — lineage or hereditary derivation
• Ottoman Turkish: صوی (soy) — lineage or hereditary derivation
• Ottoman Turkish: نسل (nesl) — lineage or hereditary derivation
• Ottoman Turkish: ذریت (zürriyet) — lineage or hereditary derivation
• Ukrainian: походження (poxodžennja) — lineage or hereditary derivation
• Bulgarian: понижение (poniženie) — drop to a lower status or condition
• Czech: pád — drop to a lower status or condition
• Galician: caída — drop to a lower status or condition
• Galician: decadencia — drop to a lower status or condition
• Galician: declive — drop to a lower status or condition
• German: Abstieg — drop to a lower status or condition
• German: Verschlechterung — drop to a lower status or condition
• Portuguese: decadência — drop to a lower status or condition
• Russian: пониже́ние (ponižénije) — drop to a lower status or condition
• Serbo-Croatian: pȃd — drop to a lower status or condition
• Spanish: descenso — drop to a lower status or condition