descendent
English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]descendent (not comparable)
- Alternative spelling of descendant
Noun
[edit]descendent (plural descendents)
- Misspelling of descendant.
- 2002, Rukmini Bhaya Nair, Lying on the Postcolonial Couch: The Idea of Indifference, page 216:
- Traces of the answer, I submit, are to be discerned in all writings by the daughters of Sappho or the descendents of the tenth muse […]
Usage notes
[edit]The adjective, "descending from a biological ancestor", may be spelt either with an a or with an e in the final syllable (see descendant). However, the noun descendant, "one who is the progeny of someone", may be spelt only with an a. Compare also dependent and dependant.
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin dēscendentem.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Central) [də.sənˈden]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [də.sənˈdent]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [de.senˈdent]
Adjective
[edit]descendent m or f (masculine and feminine plural descendents)
- descending
- Antonym: ascendent
Noun
[edit]descendent m or f by sense (plural descendents)
- descendant (one who is the progeny of a specified person)
Related terms
[edit]French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]descendent
Latin
[edit]Verb
[edit]dēscendent
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French descendant, from Latin dēscendēns.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]descendent m pers
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | descendent | descendenci/descendenty (deprecative) |
genitive | descendenta | descendentów |
dative | descendentowi | descendentom |
accusative | descendenta | descendentów |
instrumental | descendentem | descendentami |
locative | descendencie | descendentach |
vocative | descendencie | descendenci |
Further reading
[edit]- descendent in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- descendent in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French descendant, Latin dēscendēns, dēscendēntem.
Adjective
[edit]descendent m or n (feminine singular descendentă, masculine plural descendenți, feminine and neuter plural descendente)
- descendent; descending; that which descends
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | descendent | descendentă | descendenți | descendente | ||
definite | descendentul | descendenta | descendenții | descendentele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | descendent | descendente | descendenți | descendente | ||
definite | descendentului | descendentei | descendenților | descendentelor |
Noun
[edit]descendent m (plural descendenți, feminine equivalent descendentă)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) descendent | descendentul | (niște) descendenți | descendenții |
genitive/dative | (unui) descendent | descendentului | (unor) descendenți | descendenților |
vocative | descendentule | descendenților |
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- Rhymes:Polish/ɛndɛnt
- Rhymes:Polish/ɛndɛnt/3 syllables
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- pl:Law
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- pl:Male people
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