different between ascendance vs ascension

English

Alternative forms

• ascendence

Noun

ascendance (countable and uncountable, plural ascendances)

1. Ascendancy; superiority.

Related terms

Anagrams

• adnascence

French

Etymology

ascendant +? -ance

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.s??.d??s/
• Rhymes: -??s

Noun

ascendance f (plural ascendances)

1. (astronomy) ascent
2. (family) ancestry

Antonyms

• descendance

Related terms

• ascendant

Further reading

• “ascendance” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Middle English ascencioun, from Old French ascension, from Latin asc?nsi?, asc?nsi?nem (“ascent”).

Noun

ascension (countable and uncountable, plural ascensions)

1. The act of ascending; an ascent.

   The ascension of the hot-air balloon gave us a better view.

2. That which rises, as from distillation.
   • 1683, Thomas Browne, “Observations upon Several Plants Mention’d in Scripture” in Certain Miscellany Tracts

     vaporous ascensions from the stomach

Related terms

• ascend
• descension

Translations

Anagrams

• canonises, sonancies

French

Etymology

From Old French ascension, borrowed from Latin asc?nsi?, asc?nsi?nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.s??.sj??/

Noun

ascension f (plural ascensions)

1. ascent
2. ascension

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin asc?nsi?, asc?nsi?nem.

Noun

ascension f (oblique plural ascensions, nominative singular ascension, nominative plural ascensions)

1. ascent

Antonyms

• descension

Descendants

• ? Middle English: ascencioun
  • English: ascension
• French: ascension
• Norman: ascension