descendent

also de·scen·dant (dĭ-sĕn'dənt)
adj.

1. Moving downward; descending.
2. Proceeding by descent from an ancestor.

View more Literature & Language videos

In British English descendant is the noun and descendent is the adjective, but in American English either form is used in both cases.

Previous:	derisive, derisory, deprivation, deprecate, depreciate
Next:	description, descriptive, desert, dessert

adjective

Moving or sloping down: descending, downward. See rise/fall.

IN BRIEF: n. - A person considered as being in the same genealogical line as some ancestor or race adj. - Going or coming down.

His only living descendant in our day was an elderly Mr Jacob, who kept the small village store. — www.yourdictionary.com

LearnThatWord.com is a free vocabulary and spelling program where you only pay for results!

For a list of words related to descendant, see:

• Kinship and Ancestry - descendant: person born of same blood as ancestor in later generation; progeny

---

See words rhyming with "descendent."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - nedstammet, afstammende, nedsunket

idioms:

• be descended from    nedstamme fra

Français (French)
adj. - descendu, issu de

idioms:

• be descended from    descendre de, être issu de

Deutsch (German)
adj. - von jmdm. abstammen, hinabgestiegen, gesunken, hervorgekommen

idioms:

• be descended from    abstammen von

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - καταγόμενος

idioms:

• be descended from    προέρχομαι από, κατάγομαι από

Italiano (Italian)
idioms:

• be descended from    discendere da

Português (Portuguese)
v. - descender

idioms:

• be descended from    descender de

Русский (Russian)
спуститься, происходящий от

idioms:

• be descended from    происходить от

Español (Spanish)
adj. - descendido

idioms:

• be descended from    descender de, tener su origen en, provenir de

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - härstamma

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
为...的后裔的, 出身于...的

idioms:

• be descended from    起源于..., 是...的后裔

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 為...的後裔的, 出身於...的

idioms:

• be descended from    起源於..., 是...的後裔

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 이어진, 유래한

idioms:

• be descended from    ~의 후손이다

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 伝わった

idioms:

• be descended from    子孫である

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מצאצאי‬

If you are unable to view some languages clearly, click here.

To select your translation preferences click here.