descendants in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for descendants in the English»French Dictionary

descendant [Brit dɪˈsɛnd(ə)nt, Am dəˈsɛndənt] N

descendant

descendant/-e m/f (of de)

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untraced descendant, survivor

qui n'a pas encore été retrouvé

distant relative, cousin, descendant

éloigné

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descendance

descendants pl

une nombreuse descendance

many descendants

béké

(French) Caribbean descendant of white French settlers

lignée (descendants)

descendants

postérité

descendants pl

descendant (descendante)

descendant (de of)

descendre de qn par filiation directe

to be a direct descendant of sb

descendant d'une grande maison

descendant of a great family

descendants in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for descendants in the English»French Dictionary

descendant [dɪˈsendənt] N

descendant

descendant(e) m (f)

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descendance

descendants pl

descendant(e)

descendant

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Their descendants born already in the new lands are only extremely long-lived, though.

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That arrangement lasted until 1921, when his descendants bought the orphanage's lease out and donated the building to the village.

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Married three times, he fathered 42 or 43 children in and out of wedlock, and more than 300 of his descendants attended his funeral.

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His descendants say that they like to think he did so out of a guilty conscience.

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These "canti" are the textual descendants of the "caccia", a song form that was typically satiric and obscene, revelling in the double entendre.

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Many of these settlers' descendants have remained in the community as is evident from a list of surnames prevalent in the area today.

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Funerals ensure comfort and reassurance for the deceased, and promote good fortune for their descendants.

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A clan ("lo") often several thousand individuals consists of the matrilineal descendants of an original band of escaped slaves.

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Only allottees and their descendants with headrights could vote or run for office in the tribe and, over the generations, headrights and votes became highly fractionated.

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He suggested that mutations of the chromosomes could generate a cell with unlimited growth potential which could be passed onto its descendants.

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