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Meaning of Descendant | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
dɪˈsɛndənt

Definitions

  1. One of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.
  2. A thing that derives directly from a given precursor or source.
  3. A later evolutionary type.
  4. A language that is descended from another.
  5. A word or form in one language that is descended from a counterpart in an ancestor language.
  6. The intersection of the western (setting) horizon and the ecliptic, its ecliptical longitude; the astrological sign it corresponds to.

Equivalents

العربية ابن السليل خلف ذرية سليل
Беларуская нашча́дак пато́мак
Български пото́мък
Bosanski dol narod potomak потомак
Català descendent
Čeština potomek
Cymraeg disgynnydd
Dansk afkom
Ελληνικά απόγονος
Esperanto ido posteulo
Eesti järglane
Gaeilge sliochtach
Gàidhlig glùn gobhal
Hausa zuriya
עברית צאצא
हिन्दी वंशज
Hrvatski dol narod potomak потомак
Bahasa Indonesia darah keturunan pancar pancaran peranakan tos turunan
Íslenska afkomandi niðji
Italiano discendente
Қазақша тұқым ұрық
한국어 자손 후손 후예 후윤
Kurdî dol ferî ido
Te Reo Māori mokopuna
Македонски потомок
Bahasa Melayu keturunan
Nederlands afstammeling nakomeling nazaat telg
Português descendente
Русский потомок
Српски dol narod potomak потомак
Tagalog inanak
Türkçe döl feri oğul zürriyet
Українська наща́док
Tiếng Việt hậu duệ

Examples

“Meronyms: issue, line, progeny; family; clan”
“The patriarch survived many descendants: five children, a dozen grandchildren, even a great grandchild.”
“This famous medieval manuscript has many descendants.”
“Dogs evolved as descendants of early wolves.”
“English and Scots are the descendants of Old English.”
“The direct descendant of this form is the Slavic aorist: Sb.-Cr. nȍsī, dȍnosī.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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