descendre

Inherited from Middle French descendre, from Old French descendre, borrowed from Latin descendere.

• IPA^(key): /de.sɑ̃dʁ/

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• Rhymes: -ɑ̃dr

descendre

1. (intransitive) to go down
2. (intransitive, transitive) to descend
3. (transitive) to put down; disparage
4. (transitive, slang) to kill (someone)
5. (intransitive) to stay (in a hotel or other temporary lodging)

• This verb uses the auxiliary verb avoir when used transitively (or with a transitive sense, even when the complement is omitted); otherwise (when it is intransitive), it uses être.

  elle a descendu les valises ― she brought down the suitcases

  il est descendu de l’armoire ― he came down from the wardrobe

• descendance
• descendant
• descendeur
• descente
• redescendre

• “descendre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• redescend

From Old French descendre.

descendre

1. to dismount (get down from a horse, etc.)

• French: descendre

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descendre

1. to descend; to go down

   Synonym: davalar

• descenta

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 189.

From Latin descendō, descendere.

• IPA^(key): /desˈt͡sendɾə/, (later) /desˈt͡sandɾə/

descendre

1. to go down; to descend
2. to dismount (get down from a horse, etc.)
   • c. 1250, Marie de France, Guigemar:

     Son seignur veit, a pié descent

     He sees his master, and goes down to him on foot

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

• Middle French: descendre
  • French: descendre
• Jersey Norman: d'scendre
• → Middle English: descenden
  • English: descend

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