Definition
Plural of descent; instances of moving downward, drops in level or status, or lines of ancestry tracing back to ancestors.
Etymology
From descent (from Latin descensus, past participle of descendere) + plural -s. Established in English since Middle English for physical, social, and genealogical movement.
Kelly Says
The word 'descents' perfectly captures how English uses one word for different meanings—literal downward movement, social downfall, and family genealogy all connect through the idea of 'going down.'
Translations
AMአማርኛ
መንደር (mendeR)
men-der
ARالعربية
انحدارات (inhi Daraat)
in-hee-da-ra-at
BNবাংলা
উতরান (utaran)
oo-ta-ran
CACatalà
descens
des-sens
DADansk
nedstigninger
ned-stee-g-ninger
DEDeutsch
Abstiege
abs-tee-geh
ELΕλληνικά
καταβάσεις (katavases)
kat-ah-vah-seh-es
ESEspañol
descendientes
des-sen-dee-en-tes
FAفارسی
کاهش (kaheesh)
kah-hees
FISuomi
laskeutumat
las-keu-tu-mat
FRFrançais
descentes
de-sahn-t
HEעברית
ירידות (yridot)
yee-ree-dot
HIहिन्दी
उतार (utār)
oo-taar
HUMagyar
leszállások
les-sah-la-shak
IDBahasa Indonesia
penurunan
pen-oo-ran-an
ITItaliano
discese
dee-cheh-zeh
JA日本語
下降 (kōkaku)
koh-kah-koo
KMKM
ការចុះ (kar chuh)
kar-choo
KO한국어
하강 (hagang)
ha-gang
MSBahasa Melayu
turun
too-run
MYမြန်မာ
ပျံ့လျော့ (pyan lyo)
pyan-lyo
NLNederlands
afdalen
af-da-len
NONorsk
nedstigninger
ned-stig-ningar
PLPolski
zjeżdżanie
zheh-zh-dan-yeh
PTPortuguês
descendentes
des-sen-den-tes
RORomână
coborâri
koh-bo-ra-ree
RUРусский
спускания (spuskaniya)
spus-kah-nee-ya
SVSvenska
nedstigningar
ned-s-teeg-ningar
SWKiswahili
mapori
ma-po-ree
TAதமிழ்
இறங்குதல் (iṟanguthal)
ir-an-gu-thal
TEతెలుగు
గిరిజన (girijan)
gee-ree-jan
THไทย
การลง (kan long)
gaan long
TRTürkçe
incelmeler
in-cel-meh-ler
UKУкраїнська
спуск (spusk)
spusk
URاردو
چڑھائی (chaṛhāī)
cha-r-hai
VITiếng Việt
xuống
shwung
ZH中文
下降 (xiàjiàng)
hsia-chang
ZUZU
ukuthula
oo-koo-thoo-la