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Complete Definition of "descendant"

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English

Etymology
ME. dessendaunte, from AF. #French|descendant.

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-descendant.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun

  1. One who is the progeny of someone at any distance of time; e.g. a child; a grandchild, etc.
  2. (Biology) A later type; as, dogs evolved from relatives of early wolves.

Translations
one who is the progeny of someone (1)

Albanian: pasardhës n
Catalan: descendent m
Czech: potomek m
Ewe: dzidzimevi n
French: descendant#French|descendant m
German: Nachkomme m
Hebrew: צ××¦× (tze'etza) m
Japanese: å­å­« (ããã, shison)
mid
Korean: ìì (ja son), íì (hu ye) m
Russian: поÑомок (potómok) m
Serbian: potomak m, potomka f, potomstvo n
Spanish: descendiente m
Teugu: వారసà±à°¡à± (vaarasuDu)), à°à°¨à±à°µà°à°¶à±à°à±à°¡à± (aanuvaMSIkuDu) m

a later type (2)

Finnish: jälkeläinen
French: descendant#French|descendant m
German: Abkömmling m
mid
Russian: поÑомок (potómok) m
Serbian: potomak m, potomka f, potomstvo n

Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Chinese: åè£
ttbc|Irish: clann (mass noun corresponding to plural descendants)
ttbc|Turkish: evlat, torun, altsoy


French

Etymology
From L. descendent, descendens, present participle of descendere.

Pronunciation
w:IPA|IPA: /de.sÉÌ.dÉÌ/
w:SAMPA|SAMPA: /de.sA~.dA~/

Verb form
descendant

  1. present participle of|descendre|lang=French

Noun
fr-infl-noun|smdescendant|sfdescendante|pmdescendants|pfdescendantes|smpde.sÉÌ.dÉÌ|sfpde.sÉÌ.dÉÌt|pmpde.sÉÌ.dÉÌ|pfpde.sÉÌ.dÉÌt
descendant

  1. A descendant; one who is the progeny of someone at any distance of time; e.g. a child; a grandchild, etc.

Adjective
fr-infl-adj|smdescendant|sfdescendante|pmdescendants|pfdescendantes|smpde.sÉÌ.dÉÌ|sfpde.sÉÌ.dÉÌt|pmpde.sÉÌ.dÉÌ|pfpde.sÉÌ.dÉÌt
descendant

  1. Which is descending.

Category:Family
Category:French nouns

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zh:descendant

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