descent in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for descent 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

angle of attack/of descent/of refraction

angle d'attaque/de chute/de réfraction

Translations for descent in the French»English Dictionary

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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

descent in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for descent in the English»French Dictionary

descent [dɪ·ˈsent] N

1. descent (movement):

descent

descente f

2. descent fig (decline):

descent

déclin m

3. descent (ancestry):

descent

descendance f

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descendance

descent

souche

descent

pied-noir

pied-noir (person of European descent living in Algeria during French) rule

descente

descent

descente dans qc

descent into sth

descente aux enfers

descent into Hell

descent 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

This generality is used in preconditioned gradient descent methods.

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Figure eights allow fast but controlled descent on a rope.

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In this system, relatives are sorted according to their descent and their gender.

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Its descent has not been traced from that time until the end of the 18th century.

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The jetliner hit the ground at, with a descent rate of.

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The whole descent took 13 minutes and 45 seconds and set a world record for the highest parachute jump.

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