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descendant en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (General-American) audio
• (California, Southern) audio
• /dɪˈsendənt/ (Australia)
• /dɪˈsɛndənt/ (Canada, UK, US)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Descending; going down.
   • Azure, surmounting a cloud argent, an American eagle descendant, wings endorsed proper, between his beak four lightning streaks, […] 1984, Charles A. Ravenstein, Air Force combat wings: lineage and honors histories 1947-1977, DIANE Publishing, →ISBN, page 259:
   • The elevator resumed its descendant trajectory.
   • Eagle descendant, or descending. See DESCENDANT, and Pl. 22, fig. 6. Eagle descendant, displayed. See Pl. 22, fig. 7. Eagle displayed, recursant. See DISPLAYED RECURSANT, and Pl. 22, […] 1830, Thomas Robson (engraver.), The British herald, or Cabinet of armorial bearings of the nobility & gentry of Great Britain & Ireland, page 14:
2. (not-comparable) Descending from a biological ancestor.
   • Power in the kingdom is transferred in a descendant manner.
   • Pitiable sportster, / To choose thy prey so humbly, to seduce / A beggar wench who hath not the high pride / Descendant still from kingly ancestors, / To keep her royal place. 1892, Arthur Dillon, Gods and Men, page 214:
3. (not-comparable) Proceeding from a figurative ancestor or source.

Forms

Antonyms

montant (antonym(s) of “heraldry”) · ascendant · ascendent · ascending

Relateds

descendancy

Translations (6)

ca descendent (descending from (an ancestor)) · es descendiente (descending from (an ancestor)) · hi वंशज (descending from (an ancestor)) · es postremo (descending from (an ancestor)) · ojb ondoode (descending from (an ancestor)) · gl descendente (descending from (an ancestor))

descendant en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (General-American) audio
• (California, Southern) audio
• /dɪˈsendənt/ (Australia)
• /dɪˈsɛndənt/ (Canada, UK, US)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. One of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.
   • The patriarch survived many descendants: five children, a dozen grandchildren, even a great grandchild.
   • Meronyms: issue, line, progeny; family; clan
   • a lineal descendant of Charlemagne
2. (figuratively) A thing that derives directly from a given precursor or source.
   • This famous medieval manuscript has many descendants.
3. A later evolutionary type.
   • Dogs evolved as descendants of early wolves.
4. A language that is descended from another.
   • English and Scots are the descendants of Old English.
5. A word or form in one language that is descended from a counterpart in an ancestor language.
   • The direct descendant of this form is the Slavic aorist: Sb.-Cr. nȍsī, dȍnosī. 1993, Jens Elmegård Rasmussen, “The Slavic i-verbs with an excursus on the Indo-European ē-verbs”, in Bela Brogyanyi, Reiner Lipp, editors, Comparative-Historical Linguistics, John Benjamins Publishing, →ISBN, page 479:
6. The intersection of the western (setting) horizon and the ecliptic, its ecliptical longitude; the astrological sign it corresponds to.

Forms

Antonyms

ancestor · progenitor · etymon · forebear · forefather · foremother · ascendant · ancestor

Coordinates

cognate

Deriveds

descendantless · indirect descendant · direct descendant · nondescendant · Afrodescendant

Hypernyms

successor

Relateds

offshoot · offspring · progeny

Synonyms

offspring · afterbear (offspring) · scion · reflex · and see Thesaurus:child & relative · derivative

Translations (153)

uk наща́док (later evolutionary type) · pt descendente (later evolutionary type) · xlc 𐊏𐊁𐊇𐊁 (one who is the progeny of someone) · el απόγονος (one who is the progeny of someone) · de Nachfahrin (one who is the progeny of someone) · ko 자손 (one who is the progeny of someone) · pl potomek (one who is the progeny of someone) · ha zuriya (one who is the progeny of someone) · et järglane (one who is the progeny of someone) · sh pòtomak (one who is the progeny of someone) · he צֶאֱצָא (one who is the progeny of someone) · sv avkomling (one who is the progeny of someone) · la successiō (one who is the progeny of someone) · yue 後嗣 /后嗣 (one who is the progeny of someone) · tr zürriyet (one who is the progeny of someone) · is niðji (one who is the progeny of someone) · yi אָפּשטאַמלינג (one who is the progeny of someone) · fi jälkeläinen (one who is the progeny of someone) · fa فروشونده (one who is the progeny of someone) · tl inanak (one who is the progeny of someone) · cmn 兒孫 /儿孙 (one who is the progeny of someone) · nl afstammeling (one who is the progeny of someone) · de Ableger (which derives directly from a given precursor or source) · be пато́мак (one who is the progeny of someone) · nrf d'scendante (one who is the progeny of someone) · de Sproß (one who is the progeny of someone) · cmn 後代 /后代 (one who is the progeny of someone) · de Abkomme (one who is the progeny of someone) · yue 兒孫 /儿孙 (one who is the progeny of someone) · mi mokopuna (one who is the progeny of someone) · yue 子孫 /子孙 (one who is the progeny of someone) · mi tākerekere (one who is the progeny of someone) · fr descendant (later evolutionary type) · cy disgynnydd (one who is the progeny of someone) · rif tarwa (one who is the progeny of someone) · bn ফরজন্দ (one who is the progeny of someone) · ro urmaș (one who is the progeny of someone) · de Deszendent (one who is the progeny of someone) · nan-hbl 後嗣 /后嗣 (one who is the progeny of someone) · eo posteulo (one who is the progeny of someone) · nl nazaat (one who is the progeny of someone) · ja 後裔 (one who is the progeny of someone) · ota نسل (one who is the progeny of someone) · ja 子孫 (one who is the progeny of someone) · nl afstammeling (which derives directly from a given precursor or source) · ms keturunan (one who is the progeny of someone) · cmn 後裔 /后裔 (later evolutionary type) · sh по̀томак (one who is the progeny of someone) · sq pasardhës (one who is the progeny of someone) · bn আওলাদ (one who is the progeny of someone) · bg пото́мък (one who is the progeny of someone) · da afkom (one who is the progeny of someone) · ru пото́мок (one who is the progeny of someone) · te ఆనువంశీకుడు (one who is the progeny of someone) · pl descendent (one who is the progeny of someone) · hu leszármazott (one who is the progeny of someone) · got 𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌰 (one who is the progeny of someone) · hi वंशज (one who is the progeny of someone) · uk пото́мок (one who is the progeny of someone) · ee dzidzimevi (one who is the progeny of someone) · nn etterkommar (one who is the progeny of someone) · vi hậu bối (one who is the progeny of someone) · sh pòtomak (later evolutionary type) · nn etterkomar (one who is the progeny of someone) · is afkomandi (one who is the progeny of someone) · nan-hbl 後代 /后代 (one who is the progeny of someone) · is afkomandi (later evolutionary type) · de Nachwuchs (one who is the progeny of someone) · nl nakomeling (one who is the progeny of someone) · de Nachkomme (one who is the progeny of someone) · nl telg (one who is the progeny of someone) · nrf d'scendant (later evolutionary type) · cy disgynnyddion (one who is the progeny of someone) · th ผู้สืบสันดาน (one who is the progeny of someone) · de Abkömmling (later evolutionary type) · ro descendentă (one who is the progeny of someone) · de Abschrift (which derives directly from a given precursor or source) · kk тұқым (one who is the progeny of someone) · be нашча́дніца (one who is the progeny of someone) · pl potomkini (one who is the progeny of someone) · sk potomok (one who is the progeny of someone) · de Nachkommin (one who is the progeny of someone) · de Nachfahr (one who is the progeny of someone) · af afstammeling (one who is the progeny of someone) · hy սերունդ (one who is the progeny of someone) · nan-hbl 囝孫 /囝孙 (one who is the progeny of someone) · hy ժառանգ (one who is the progeny of someone) · nl nakomeling (which derives directly from a given precursor or source) · id keturunan (one who is the progeny of someone) · sv ättling (one who is the progeny of someone) · ca descendent (one who is the progeny of someone) · nan-hbl 後裔 /后裔 (one who is the progeny of someone) · it discendente (one who is the progeny of someone) · tyz bổi (one who is the progeny of someone) · nrf d'scendant (one who is the progeny of someone) · kk ұрық (one who is the progeny of someone) · de Nachkömmling (one who is the progeny of someone) · de Abkommin (one who is the progeny of someone) · cs potomek (one who is the progeny of someone) · de Deszendentin (one who is the progeny of someone) · pt descendente (which derives directly from a given precursor or source) · da efterkommer (one who is the progeny of someone) · ru пото́мок (later evolutionary type) · mi whakahekenga (one who is the progeny of someone) · es descendiente (one who is the progeny of someone) · eo ido (one who is the progeny of someone) · yue 後裔 /后裔 (one who is the progeny of someone) · hit 𒄩𒀸𒊭𒀸 (one who is the progeny of someone) · cmn 子孫 /子孙 (one who is the progeny of someone) · hy հետնորդ (one who is the progeny of someone) · de Spross (one who is the progeny of someone) · fi seuraaja (which derives directly from a given precursor or source) · nb etterkommer (one who is the progeny of someone) · mnc ᠠᠮᠠᡤᠠ ᡝᠨᡝᠨ (one who is the progeny of someone) · ro urmașă (one who is the progeny of someone) · te వారసుడు (one who is the progeny of someone) · fr descendant (one who is the progeny of someone) · ga sliochtach (one who is the progeny of someone) · da efterkommer (later evolutionary type) · tr feri (later evolutionary type) · nan-hbl 裔孫 /裔孙 (one who is the progeny of someone) · yue 後代 /后代 (one who is the progeny of someone) · cmn 後嗣 /后嗣 (one who is the progeny of someone) · ky тукум (one who is the progeny of someone) · ro descendent (one who is the progeny of someone) · be нашча́дак (one who is the progeny of someone) · sk potomkyňa (one who is the progeny of someone) · uk наща́док (one who is the progeny of someone) · ko 후예 (one who is the progeny of someone) · fi jälkeläinen (later evolutionary type) · tr döl (one who is the progeny of someone) · grc ἐπίγονος (one who is the progeny of someone) · sv avkomma (one who is the progeny of someone) · mi mangainga (one who is the progeny of someone) · mi whakahekenga (which derives directly from a given precursor or source) · ar سَلِيل (one who is the progeny of someone) · la prōgnātus (one who is the progeny of someone) · cmn 後裔 /后裔 (one who is the progeny of someone) · mk потомок (one who is the progeny of someone) · sw mzao (one who is the progeny of someone) · de Abkömmling (one who is the progeny of someone) · sl potomec (one who is the progeny of someone) · sh потомак (later evolutionary type) · fr descendante (one who is the progeny of someone) · lg omuzzukulu (one who is the progeny of someone) · de Nachfahre (one who is the progeny of someone) · de Sprössling (one who is the progeny of someone) · cs potomkyně (one who is the progeny of someone) · io decendanto (one who is the progeny of someone) · pl zstępny (one who is the progeny of someone) · nl afstammeling (later evolutionary type) · pt descendente (one who is the progeny of someone) · ja 子種 (one who is the progeny of someone)