English-French translations for descent

• origine
  La Syrie a récemment secrètement extradé un Néerlandais d'origine iranienne en Iran. Syria has recently secretly extradited a Dutchman of Iranian descent to Iran.
  Les citoyens musulmans et les citoyens d'origine turque ont aussi leur place au sein de l'Union européenne. Both Muslim citizens and citizens of Turkish descent have a place in the European Union.
  Certaines de ces personnes sont d’origine française et espagnole et sont, bien sûr, des citoyens américains. Some of these people are of French and Spanish descent and are, of course, American citizens.
• ascendance
  Hongrois d'ascendance transylvanienne, je suis aujourd'hui citoyen roumain. As a Hungarian of Transylvanian descent, I am today a citizen of Romania.
  La notion d' origine est capitale, en effet, puisque les discriminations éventuelles peuvent viser non seulement le statut actuel d' un individu, mais aussi son origine, son ascendance. The concept of origin is fundamental as discrimination may relate not only to the current status of an individual but also to his origin and descent.
• descendance
• descente
  Les différents plans de relance économique ont au mieux freiné cette descente aux enfers. La relance ne se fait pas encore sentir. The various plans for economic recovery have at best slowed down this descent into the underworld, but signs of recovery are not yet apparent.
• d’origine
  Certaines de ces personnes sont d’origine française et espagnole et sont, bien sûr, des citoyens américains. Some of these people are of French and Spanish descent and are, of course, American citizens.
  L’évolution de la situation en Géorgie concerne également la Grèce, car des milliers de citoyens d’origine grecque vivent en Géorgie dans l’insécurité. Developments in Georgia also concern Greece, because thousands of citizens of Greek descent live in Georgia in a state of insecurity.
  Dans ma circonscription de Londres, la police britannique a arrêté, hier, huit citoyens britanniques d’origine pakistanaise en possession d’une demi-tonne de matériel destiné à fabriquer des bombes. In my London constituency yesterday British police arrested eight British citizens of Pakistani descent with half a tonne of bomb-making material.

Definition of descent

• An instance of descending; act of coming down
• A way down
• A sloping passage or incline
• Lineage or hereditary derivation
• A drop to a lower status or condition; decline. current example sounds unlikely--
• A falling upon or invasion

Examples

• We climbed the mountain with difficulty, but the descent was easier
• We had difficulty in finding the correct descent.
• The descent into the cavern was wet and slippery.
• Our guide was of Welsh descent.
• After that, the holiday went into a steep descent.

Related words

• incandescent
• iridescent
• recrudescent
• viridescent
• redescent
• descent module
• descent of a cliff face by rope
• incandescent lamp
• iridescent shark