descender
English
editEtymology
editFrom descend + -er (agent noun suffix).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdescender (plural descenders)
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- A person or thing that descends.
- (typography) The part of a letter or number that is drawn below the baseline (the bottom of most lowercase letters).
- (cycling) A cyclist who excels at fast descents.
- (climbing) A belay device used in rock climbing, or as a fire escape.
Synonyms
edit- (typography): tail
Translations
edittypography
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climbing
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Anagrams
editPortuguese
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese decender, borrowed from Latin dēscendere. Compare descer, probably an inherited doublet.
Pronunciation
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Verb
editdescender (first-person singular present descendo, first-person singular preterite descendi, past participle descendido)
- (intransitive) to descend (to pass from a higher to a lower place)
- (genealogy, with de) to descend (from) (to have as an ancestor)
- (etymology, with de) to descend (from) (to have as an etymon)
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of descender (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Synonyms
editRelated terms
editSpanish
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Spanish decender, decendir, borrowed from Latin dēscendere. Compare also the Old Spanish form deçir, which was likely inherited from the same source.[1]
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Spain) /desθenˈdeɾ/ [d̪es.θẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /desenˈdeɾ/ [d̪e.sẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: des‧cen‧der
Verb
editdescender (first-person singular present desciendo, first-person singular preterite descendí, past participle descendido)
- to descend
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of descender (e-ie alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of descender (e-ie alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
edit- “descender”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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