Polyglot Dictionary

descendant

/de.sɑ̃.dɑ̃/

le noun B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les descendants

Meaning

  1. descendant

    • Elle est une descendante directe du peintre.

      She is a direct descendant of the painter.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Nachkomme

Nachkomme is the German word for the same thing — both mean "descendant."

Spanish

descendiente

descendiente is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "descendant."

Portuguese

descendente

descendente is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "descendant."

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