descended in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for descended in the English»French Dictionary

I.descend [Brit dɪˈsɛnd, Am dəˈsɛnd] VB trans

descend steps, slope, path:

descend

descendre

II.descend [Brit dɪˈsɛnd, Am dəˈsɛnd] VB intr

1. descend (go down):

descend person, path, plane:

descendre (from de)

in descending order of importance

en or par ordre décroissant d'importance

2. descend (fall):

descend darkness, rain, mist:

tomber (on, over sur)

3. descend (be felt):

descend gloom, chill, exhaustion:

s'abattre (on sur)

descend calm, peace:

s'étendre (on sur)

4. descend (arrive):

descend tourists, family:

arriver, débarquer inf

to descend on sb/Oxford/the village

débarquer chez qn/à Oxford/dans le village

to descend on the enemy

fondre sur l'ennemi

5. descend (be related to):

to descend from, to be descended from person, family:

descendre de

6. descend (sink):

to descend to doing

s'abaisser à faire

to descend so low or far as to do

s'abaisser jusqu'à faire

to descend into chaos, sentimentality

s'enfoncer dans

to descend into alcoholism, crime

sombrer dans

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steeply rise, climb, descend

à pic, abruptement

to be directly descended from

descendre en droite ligne de

Translations for descended in the French»English Dictionary

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sombrer dans le chaos

to descend into chaos

débarquer (arriver) (en masse)

to descend (à upon)

la famille dont il descend

the family from which he is descended

descendre à la verticale paquet, alpiniste:

to descend vertically

descendre aux Enfers REL

to descend into Hell

descendre de (génétiquement)

to be descended from

l'homme descend du singe

man is descended from the ape

s'abattre sur malheur:

to descend upon

arriver sur qn personne:

to descend on sb

tomber sur qn pillards, police:

to descend on sb

descended in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for descended in the English»French Dictionary

I.descend [dɪˈsend] VB intr

1. descend (go down):

descend

descendre

2. descend (fall):

descend darkness

tomber

3. descend (deteriorate):

to descend into sth

tomber en qc

4. descend (lower oneself):

descend

s'abaisser

Phrases:

to descend from sb/sth

provenir de qn/qc

II.descend [dɪˈsend] VB trans

descend

descendre

Translations for descended in the French»English Dictionary

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l'homme descend du singe

humankind is descended from the apes

fondre sur qn fig

to descend on sb

descendre de qn par sa mère

to descend from sb on one's mother's side

descendre de qn

to descend from sb

descended Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to descend into sth

tomber en qc

to descend from sb/sth

provenir de qn/qc

humankind is descended from the apes

l'homme descend du singe

to descend from sb on one's mother's side

descendre de qn par sa mère

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

A line of palisades, twelve feet high, at the distance of thirty feet, inclosed the whole, and descended to the river.

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Ferocious, aggressive, and merciless, they have descended on human-controlled space in a slow and steady wave of invasion.

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This suggests that the anomalocaridid group is in fact paraphyleticthat is, that the arthropods are descended from anomalocaridids.

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The strip rarely ventured far from everyday reality, and was characterized by a gradually building absurdity that rarely descended to simple slapstick.

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The modern necktie, ascot, and bow tie are descended from the cravat.

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Even so, the autumn harvest promised to be abundant; however, swarms of locusts descended upon the fields and destroyed the young crops.

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The tornado first descended about 8:30 p.m. on a humid evening near a drive-in movie theater that was flickering to life at twilight time.

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He also added them to be partly descended from Trojan refugees.

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Such mechanisms may also allow the incorporation of purebred animals descended from unregistered stock or of uncertain parentage.

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According to this story, heavenly beings once descended to earth, intermarried with humans, and produced the "nephilim", the heroes of old, men of renown.

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