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descent:
- origine; source; provenance; racines; descendance; ascendance; descente; atterrissage; inclination; angle de pente
Wiktionary:
- descent → descendance, origine, abaissement, descente
- descent → origine, vent descendant, courant descendant, courant rabattant, déchéance, descente, diminution, baisse, descendance

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Detailed Translations for descent from English to French

descent:

descent [the ~] nom

the descent (origin; ancestry; provenance; source; parentage; birth)
l'origine; la source; la provenance; la racines; la descendance; l'ascendance
- origine [la ~] nom
- source [la ~] nom
- provenance [la ~] nom
- racines [la ~] nom
- descendance [la ~] nom
- ascendance [la ~] nom
the descent (landing; touchdown)
la descente; l'atterrissage
- descente [la ~] nom
- atterrissage [le ~] nom
the descent (lineage)
l'origine; la descendance
- origine [la ~] nom
- descendance [la ~] nom
the descent (inclination; incline; ramp; slope; slip)
l'inclination; l'angle de pente
- inclination [la ~] nom
- angle de pente [le ~] nom

Translation Matrix for descent:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
angle de pente	descent; inclination; incline; ramp; slip; slope
ascendance	ancestry; birth; descent; origin; parentage; provenance; source
atterrissage	descent; landing; touchdown	fall; landing
descendance	ancestry; birth; descent; lineage; origin; parentage; provenance; source	brood; children; descendants; offspring; progeny; successors
descente	descent; landing; touchdown	climbing down; crash; decline; decrease; descending; downfall; fall; landing; letting down
inclination	descent; inclination; incline; ramp; slip; slope	affection; bend; bending; choice; curve; fancy; fondness; frame of mind; humor; humour; inclination; liking; mood; preference; taste; temper; tendency; tenderness; tenor; trend; twisting
origine	ancestry; birth; descent; lineage; origin; parentage; provenance; source	beginning; commencement; opening; origin; outset; roots; source; start; starting-time
provenance	ancestry; birth; descent; origin; parentage; provenance; source
racines	ancestry; birth; descent; origin; parentage; provenance; source
source	ancestry; birth; descent; origin; parentage; provenance; source	data source; origin; river source; roots; source; source of information; source of inspiration; source provider; spring; water spring; well
-	declension; declination; decline; declivity; downslope; extraction; fall; filiation; line of descent; lineage; origin
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	downhill slope; way down

Synonyms for "descent":

change of location; travel
origin; extraction; ancestry; lineage; derivation; filiation
motion; movement; move
line of descent; lineage; filiation; kinship; family relationship; relationship
declivity; fall; decline; declination; declension; downslope; slope; incline; side
line; bloodline; blood line; blood; pedigree; ancestry; parentage; stemma; stock; genealogy; family tree

Antonyms for "descent":

ascent

Related Definitions for "descent":

the act of changing your location in a downward direction¹
properties attributable to your ancestry¹
a movement downward¹
a downward slope or bend¹
the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors¹

Wiktionary Translations for descent:

descent

noun

lineage or hereditary derivation
- descent → descendance; origine

descent

noun

action d’abaisser, de s’abaisser, ou résultat de cette action.
- abaissement → lowering; pulling down; dropping; reduction; dip; abasement; humiliation; fall; subsidence; sinking; cut; couching; prolapse; derogation; decay; destruction; ruin; adversity; failure; abatement; decrease; diminishment; curtailment; retrenchment; descent; decrepitude; abjection; abjectness; degradation; demotion; disrating; relegation; reduction to the ranks; deterioration
action de descendre ou par laquelle on descend.
- descente → descent; downhill

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• descent	→ origine	↔ Herkunft — woher jemandes Familie stammen
• descent	→ vent descendant; courant descendant; courant rabattant	↔ Abwind — Meteorologie:
• descent	→ déchéance; descente	↔ Abstieg — das Herunterklettern aus der Höhe in tiefere Bereiche
• descent	→ origine	↔ Abstammung — Biologie: die Herkunft von Organismen bezüglich der evolutionären Stammesentwicklung und die Weitergabe von Erbanlagen
• descent	→ descente	↔ Abfahrt — die Fahrt nach unten, die Fahrt herab oder hinab
• descent	→ diminution; descente; baisse	↔ daling — het dalen, het lager worden
• descent	→ descendance	↔ afstamming — de genetische voorgescheidenis van een individu, volk of soort

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