descents in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for descents in the English»French Dictionary

descent [Brit dɪˈsɛnt, Am dəˈsɛnt] N

1. descent (downward motion):

descent

descente f (on, upon sur)

to make one's descent

faire sa descente

the aircraft began its descent

l'avion a commencé sa descente

his descent into crime/alcoholism started in 1964

c'est en 1964 qu'il a versé dans la criminalité/qu'il a sombré dans l'alcoolisme

2. descent (extraction):

descent

descendance f

of Irish descent

de descendance or d'origine irlandaise

to claim descent from

prétendre descendre de

a British citizen by descent

un citoyen britannique par filiation

to trace one's line of descent back to Henry VIII

faire remonter sa généalogie jusqu'à Henri VIII

line of descent N

line of descent

descendance f

line of descent

lignée f

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lineal descent from

descendance en ligne directe de

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descendance dated

descent

ascendance

descent

il est d'ascendance normande

he is of Norman descent

lignée (famille)

line of descent

de haute lignée

of noble descent

une descente émaillée de chutes

a descent punctuated by falls

descente

descent

nous amorçons notre descente sur Paris

we're beginning our descent toward(s) Paris

la descente a été plus dure que la montée

it was much more difficult coming down than going up, the climb down ou descent was more difficult than the climb up

descente (en alpinisme, cyclisme, spéléologie)

descent

descente de croix ART, REL

descent from the cross

descente aux enfers

descent into hell

une descente en rappel

a descent

la descente aux enfers

the descent into Hell ou the Underworld

le Tour de France

The world's most prestigious race for professional cyclists held annually in July since 1903, when it was founded by Henri Desgrange (1865-1940). Renowned for its mountain stages, involving exhausting climbs and hair-raising descents, it covers between 3, 000 and 4, 000 km (1, 875-2, 500 miles) over a three-week period and follows a different route each year, roughly circling France, with a stage in a neighbouring country, ending with a triumphant finish on the Champs Élysées. The event attracts huge media attention and crowds gather all along the route to watch the race go by. Throughout the Tour the previous day's overall winner wears the coveted maillot jaune (yellow jersey). The winner on points of the most recent sprint (speed race on the flat) wears the maillot vert (green jersey), and the winner, again on a points system, of the most recent mountain-climbing stage wears a white jersey with red spots. A plain white jersey is worn by the youngest competitor in the race. The Tour proper is preceded the evening before by le Prologue, a short race to establish the wearer of le maillot jaune for the following day.

descents in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for descents in the English»French Dictionary

descent [dɪˈsent] N

1. descent (movement):

descent

descente f

2. descent fig (decline):

descent

déclin m

3. descent no pl (ancestry):

descent

descendance f

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he claimed lineal descent from Henry VIII

il a prétendu descendre directement d'Henry VIII

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descendance

descent

descente

descent

descente dans qc

descent into sth

descente aux enfers

descent into Hell

souche

descent

descents Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

he claimed lineal descent from Henry VIII

il a prétendu descendre directement d'Henry VIII

descents Glossary « Intégration et égalité des chances » courtesy of the French-German Youth Office

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beur (ette)

a French person of North-African descent

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English

In emergency descents it was permissible to use reverse thrust of up to 10,000 rpm.

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Place the beach unique, high seas, he cape, rock, partly bulk schebenochnye descents into the sea.

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Wing mounted spoilers were retained from the 1-26, allowing steep low-speed descents at about a 5:1 glide ratio.

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To get to the beach, there are 4 descents from the clifftop path.

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Ascents have to be mastered with affixed ski fells, that have to be removed for the descents and refixed for the following ascents.

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There, a comfortable chalet sits at the centre of a sprawling bounty of long, steep ascents and deliriously delicious descents.

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This part of the system is much harder to navigate involving vertical rope pitches and steep narrow descents.

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Former theory suggested that hailstones were subjected to multiple descents and ascents, falling into a zone of humidity and refreezing as they were uplifted.

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For faster, gravity assisted descents, he collected drinking bottles ballasted with lead or mercury at the summits of mountain climbs and cols.

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The beach is equipped with playgrounds, small benches, football fields and volleyball courts, as well as descents for prams and wheelchairs.

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